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What We Believe But Cannot Prove Today's Leading Thinkers on Science in the Age of Certainty

Hardcover • 2005 • English

What We Believe But Cannot Prove Today's Leading Thinkers on Science in the Age of Certainty

By John Brockman

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About the book

"What do you believe is true even though you cannot prove it?" This was the question posed by John Brockman to a group of leading scientists and thinkers via his Edge.org website. The subsequent answers created a media storm and prompted a fiery debate about all aspects of science, technology and even the nature of "proof". WHAT WE BELIEVE BUT CANNOT PROVE brings together the very best answers from the most eminent contributors. Here is Ian McEwan on the absence of an afterlife; Richard Dawkins ...Show more

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9780743275927

Publisher

Free Press

Published year

2005

Language

English

Original title

What We Believe But Cannot Prove Today's Leading Thinkers on Science in the Age of Certainty

Format

Hardcover

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