The End of Discovery

by Russell Stannard

Book Overview

Many scientists make extravagant claims as to the scope and power of scientific thinking, claiming that ultimately it will provide a complete understanding of everything. But Russell Stannard, himself an eminent high-energy physicist, strongly disagrees with this grandiose claim. Indeed, in The End of Discovery, Stannard argues that eventually--perhaps in a few decades, perhaps in a few centuries--fundamental science will reach the limit of what it...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199585245
• ISBN13: 9780199585243
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.9"