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A new book in the history of science.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1594161313/?tag=pfamazon01-20
Delving into the first glimpses of physical law. The idea that nature and experience could be explained by (semi-quantitative) laws instead of by myths and gods.
What is the root of scientific explanation? How did the idea of it arise?
The history is developed by focusing on a person, a student of Thales, in the Ionian city of Miletus, and the events surrounding his life circa 610-546 BC.
Humanity took a significant step forward around that time, I think
The book is scheduled to go on sale in May 2011, so just a couple of months.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1594161313/?tag=pfamazon01-20
Delving into the first glimpses of physical law. The idea that nature and experience could be explained by (semi-quantitative) laws instead of by myths and gods.
What is the root of scientific explanation? How did the idea of it arise?
The history is developed by focusing on a person, a student of Thales, in the Ionian city of Miletus, and the events surrounding his life circa 610-546 BC.
Humanity took a significant step forward around that time, I think
The book is scheduled to go on sale in May 2011, so just a couple of months.
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