Carlo Rovelli presents Anaximander: And the Nature of Science

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617700 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Anaximander: And the Nature of Science Author: Carlo Rovelli Narrator: Roy Mcmillan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 43 minutes Release date: February 23, 2023 Genres: Ancient Civilizations Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. The bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics illuminates the nature of science by exploring the revolutionary ideas of one of its great forefathers: the Greek philosopher Anaximander Over two millennia ago, a Greek philosopher had a number of wondrous insights that paved the way to cosmology, physics, geography, meteorology, and biology, setting in motion a new way of seeing the world. Anaximander's legacy includes the revolutionary idea that the earth floats in a void, that the world can be understood in natural rather than supernatural terms, that animals evolved, and that universal laws govern all phenomena. He introduced a new mode of rational thinking with an openness to uncertainty and to the progress of knowledge. In this elegant work, acclaimed physicist Carlo Rovelli brings to light the importance of Anaximander's overlooked legacy to modern science. He examines Anaximander as a scientist interested in shedding light on the deep nature of scientific thinking, which Rovelli locates in his rebellious ability to reimagine the world again and again. Anaximander celebrates the radical lack of certainty that defines the scientific quest for knowledge. © 2023 Carlo Rovelli (P)2023 Penguin Audio