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Can science explain everything? Brian Ridley, a physicist himself, explores this question and more in this exploration of both the scope and limits of science. Tracing back to the roots of scientific thinking in a world of ""magical ideals"", he argues that science shares more with magic than we are often led to believe. The book also explores the often overlooked and uneasy relationship between science and mathematics. This is neatly linked to a fascinating discussion of relativity and quantum theory, reminding us of the many perspectives on offer ""within"" science. This work is for those interested in the way we think about and picture science, where it is now, and where it is going.

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Misconceptions about what compirses science are rampant...as are misconceptions about what role science plays or should play in wider society. This book sets to right matters of this sort, about which the conventional wisdom is commonly wrong, and it does so at a level of language and sophistication. <br>- Journal of Scientific Exploration <br> The great value of this book is that it goes much further and deeper than a mere statement of principle....The book deserves to succeed and Ridley's arguments ought to be discussed.. <br>- Physics World <br>... thought-provoking and well-written...an excellent introduction to a number of important questions residing at that interface where philosophy borders on science, and science becomes philosophical.. <br>- Nature <br> This is clearly an important series. I look forward to reading future volumes. <br>-Frank Kermode <br> Brian Ridley's book is a work of value that explores, in a clear and accessible language to the layman, what science really knows about the universe, dispelling a number of scientific myths and inciting us to be prudent against forms of scientism and against scientific myths Revue Philosophique. <br>

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