Deep Simplicity
John Gribbin always provides a very thoughtful and well-informed read through whatever topic attracts his fancy. It has taken him several years to decide that…… Read More »
Category: Science Philosophy of Science
The Moons of Jupiter
This rather stunning book draws on some of the 6,000 images transmitted back to earth by the Galileo orbiter as well as the Voyager and…… Read More »
Science and Wisdom
A substantial contribution to the science and religion field by a noted theologian. Moltmann stresses wisdom as the ethics of knowledge, remarking that the enormous…… Read More »
The Millennium Problems
Subtitled ' The Seven Greatest Unsolved Mathematical Puzzles of Our Time', this book gives the background of the competition sponsored by the Clay Mathematical Institute…… Read More »
What is Time?
This classic account was first published in 1972 and ranges across our whole understanding of time - philosophical, scientific and cultural. Beginning with the origins…… Read More »
Magic Universe - The Oxford Guide to Modern Science
This book thoroughly deserves the accolade of Sir Martin Rees, the Astronomer Royal, who comments that Nigel Calder 'remains supreme in his range and depth,…… Read More »
The Rise of Early Modern Science
This fascinating study examines the reasons why modern science arose only in the West and not with the civilisations of Islam and China, and its…… Read More »
Galileo in Rome
The condemnation of Galileo by the Holy Office in 1633 is one of the great dates in the history of science. It is usually seen…… Read More »
Hidden Nature
Readers will have read Alick Bartholomew's article in this issue and will have gained an understanding of the principles of Viktor Schauberger's philosophy. Alick has…… Read More »
CHAOS AND LIFE
This order did none of gods or men make, but it always was and shall be: an ever living fire, kindling in measures and going…… Read More »