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- catalog abstract ""Nature has secrets, and it is the desire to uncover them that motivates the scientific quest. But what makes these "secrets" secret? Is it that they are beyond human ken? That they concern divine matters? And if they are accessible to human seeking, why do they seem so carefully hidden? Such questions are at the heart of Peter Pesic's effort to uncover the meaning of modern science. Pesic's quest for the roots of science begins with three key Renaissance figures: William Gilbert, a physician who began the scientific study of magnetism; Francois Viete, a French codebreaker who played a crucial role in the foundation of symbolic mathematics; and Francis Bacon, a visionary who anticipated the shape of modern science. Pesic then describes the encounters of three modern masters - Johannes Kepler, Isaac Newton, and Albert Einstein - with the depths of nature. Throughout, Pesic reads scientific works as works of literature, attending to nuance and tone as much as to surface meaning. He seeks the living center of human concern as it emerges in the ongoing search for nature's secrets."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11997004.
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description ""Nature has secrets, and it is the desire to uncover them that motivates the scientific quest. But what makes these "secrets" secret? Is it that they are beyond human ken? That they concern divine matters? And if they are accessible to human seeking, why do they seem so carefully hidden? Such questions are at the heart of Peter Pesic's effort to uncover the meaning of modern science. Pesic's quest for the roots of science begins with three key Renaissance figures: William Gilbert, a physician who began the scientific study of magnetism; Francois Viete, a French codebreaker who played a crucial role in the foundation of symbolic mathematics; and Francis Bacon, a visionary who anticipated the shape of modern science.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Night watch -- Hard masters -- Wrestling with proteus -- Desire and science -- Wounded seeker -- Creatures of prometheus -- New eros and the new atlantis -- Great decryption -- Clue to the labyrinth -- to leave no problem unsolved -- God's spies -- Kepler at the bridge -- Newton on the beach -- Einstein in the boat.".
- catalog description "Pesic then describes the encounters of three modern masters - Johannes Kepler, Isaac Newton, and Albert Einstein - with the depths of nature. Throughout, Pesic reads scientific works as works of literature, attending to nuance and tone as much as to surface meaning. He seeks the living center of human concern as it emerges in the ongoing search for nature's secrets."--Jacket.".
- catalog extent "186 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0262161907 (hc. : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press,".
- catalog subject "501 21".
- catalog subject "Q175 .P3865 2000".
- catalog subject "Science Methodology.".
- catalog subject "Science Philosophy.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Night watch -- Hard masters -- Wrestling with proteus -- Desire and science -- Wounded seeker -- Creatures of prometheus -- New eros and the new atlantis -- Great decryption -- Clue to the labyrinth -- to leave no problem unsolved -- God's spies -- Kepler at the bridge -- Newton on the beach -- Einstein in the boat.".
- catalog title "Labyrinth : a search for the hidden meaning of science / Peter Pesic.".
- catalog type "text".