{"product_id":"0195116992-the_ascent_of_science","title":"The Ascent of Science","description":"\n\u003cp\u003eProvides An Overview Of Western Science From The Renaissance To The Present. Newton Gets It Completely Wrong -- I Believe -- Thomas Aquinas Versus Neil Armstrong -- The Second Law -- Predicting Catastrophe -- From Newton To De Sade: The Partial Triumph Of Reason -- From Rousseau To Blake : The Revolt Against Reason -- Lodestone, Amber, And Lightning -- Belief And Action -- The Demise Of Alchemy -- The Nineteenth Century -- The Material Trinity : The Atom -- The Stuff Of Existence -- Scipio's Dream -- Making Waves -- The Ubiquity Of Motion -- Energy -- Entropy : Intimations Of Mortality -- Chaos -- The Slow Birth Of Biology -- In A Monastery Garden -- Evolution -- The Descent Of Man -- The Gene Machine -- The Lords Of Nature? -- Life : The Molecular Battle -- The Origin Of Life? : Take Your Choice -- The Inexplicable Quantum -- New Ways Of Thinking -- The Land Of Paradox -- The Elementary Particles -- Relativity -- Cosmology -- The Cosmos And Peeping Tom -- The Impossibility Of Creation -- The Tree Of Death -- What The Devil Does It All Mean? -- The Future. Brian L. Silver. A Solomon Press Book. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [513]-518) And Index.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCategories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScience \u0026amp; Math\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Philosophy\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eHistory of Science\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Used - Very Good","offer_id":47596926861502,"sku":"0195116992-3","price":19.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/9689\/5166\/files\/81QJCcASvFL.jpg?v=1780321507","url":"https:\/\/shop.sustainablebooks.com\/products\/0195116992-the_ascent_of_science","provider":"Sustainable Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}