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The Knowledge Machine: How Irrational Ideas Created Modern Science by Michael Strevens
How do scientific breakthroughs happen? What role does luck play in discovery? In The Knowledge Machine, Michael Strevens explores the messy, often irrational process that forged modern science. Drawing on physics and biology, he reveals how observation and experiment have helped different schools of thought shape their theories and methods—ultimately forming the scientific worldview we rely on today.
Strevens introduces us to towering figures from Isaac Newton to Albert Einstein and quark discoverer Murray Gell-Mann. He traces how scientific works have addressed questions about God’s role, and how philosophers from Aristotle to Descartes explained motion, inertia, centrifugal force, and other natural phenomena.
Through a detailed history of varied scientific traditions, Strevens demonstrates the power of the scientific method, critical thinking, and the predictive and explanatory strength of theories. He offers a compelling explanation for why science became so powerful—yet took centuries to develop.
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