The Truth of Science: Physical Theories and Reality

By Roger G. Newton

Book Overview

The very notion of scientific truth is in question. This book aims to offer a constructive response to those who contend that there is no such thing as verifiable objective truth - without which there could be no scientific authority. The reader is given a guided tour of the intellectual structure of physical science and the understanding of reality engendered by modern physics, the most theoretically advanced of the sciences. It explores models, facts, theories, intuition and imagintion, the use of analogies and metaphors, the importance of mathematics and the virtual reality of the physics of micro-particles.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674910923
• ISBN13: 9780674910928
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.5"