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Carregando... Paradigms Lost (1989)de John L. Casti
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Intended for both the layman and the scientist, this book presents an overview of some of today's great scientific questions, from the way in which we acquire language and the fundamental nature of our thinking processes, to the possible existence of life elsewhere in the universe. Each chapter is constructed in the form of a trial, with the conventional scientific wisdom presented by the prosecution and alternative views put forward by the defence . The author, who aims to be both informative and entertaining, subsequently steps in to act as juror , offering explanations of his verdicts. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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John Casti, mathématicien spécialisé dans l’étude des systèmes, examine successivement les principales interrogations de la science moderne : origine de la vie, sociobiologie, acquisition du langage, machines pensantes, recherche d’une intelligence extraterrestre, réalité quantique. Pour les étudier, il a imaginé une approche originale : un tribunal jugeant les diverses hypothèses qui s’affrontent. Le procureur expose le courant de pensée dominant, la défense présente les théories élaborées par les scientifiques qui ont transgressé le cadre conventionnel de leur discipline. Ces divers points de vue étant exposés, l’auteur développe les délibérations et rend son verdict final.
Avec cet ouvrage fourmillant d’anecdotes historiques, de portraits hauts en couleur de scientifiques éminents comme Noam Chomsky, Stephen Jay Gould, Alan Turing ou Carl Sagan : John Casti s’inscrit dans la lignée des meilleurs auteurs de vulgarisation scientifique. InterEditions, 1991 - 495 p.
—3e millénaire, (21), Automne 1991