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The End of Science

John Horgan

Will our descendants someday see our theories of the cosmos as wrong, the way we see Aristotle's?

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Author
John Horgan

Why read it

  • You will weigh the claim that most new knowledge will extend our current maps of reality, not redraw them
  • You will question whether the biggest mysteries, such as how the universe or life began, can ever be solved
  • You will be able to judge, field by field from physics to neuroscience, whether science is running out of big discoveries

Who it is for

  • A science student wondering whether the big discoveries are over
  • A reader curious about limits in physics, biology and the mind
  • Someone who enjoys a bold, unpopular argument

Contents

  1. Preface to the 2015 Edition: Rebooting The End of Science
  2. Introduction: Searching for The Answer
  3. 1 • The End of Progress
  4. 2 • The End of Philosophy
  5. 3 • The End of Physics
  6. 4 • The End of Cosmology
  7. 5 • The End of Evolutionary Biology
  8. 6 • The End of Social Science
  9. 7 • The End of Neuroscience
  10. 8 • The End of Chaoplexity
  11. 9 • The End of Limitology
  12. 10 • Scientific Theology, or The End of Machine Science
  13. Epilogue: The Terror of God
  14. Afterword: Loose Ends

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