The End of Discovery: Are We Approaching the Boundaries of the Knowable?

The End of Discovery: Are We Approaching the Boundaries of the Knowable?

2010 | 224 | ISBN: 0199585245 | PDF | 1 Mb

Many scientists acquire extravagant claims as to the space and power of scientific thinking, claiming that ultimately it will provide a complete discernment of everything. But Russell Stannard, himself each eminent high-energy physicist, strongly disagrees through this grandiose claim. Indeed, in The End of Discovery, Stannard argues that eventually-peradventure in a few decades, perhaps in a not many centuries-fundamental science will reach the restrict of what it can explain. On that twenty-four hours, the scientific age, like the marble age and the iron age previous to it, will come to an expiration....