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An accessible exploration of scientific explanation and how it leads to knowledge and understanding of the world.

All people desire to know. We want to not only know what has happened, but also why it happened, how it happened, whether it will happen again, whether it can b

A masterful commentary on the history of science from the Greeks to modern times, by Nobel Prize-winning physicist Steven Weinberg—a thought-provoking and imp

A timely and accessible synthesis of the strengths, weaknesses and reality of science through the eyes of a practicing scientist.

“The Knowledge Machine is the most stunningly illuminating book of the last several decades regarding the all-important scientific enterprise.” —Rebecca N