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The Science of Can and Can't
- A Physicist's Journey Through the Land of Counterfactuals
- De: Chiara Marletto
- Narrado por: Katharine Lee McEwan
- Duración: 7 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 119
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 102
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 101
There is a vast class of things that science has so far almost entirely neglected. They are central to the understanding of physical reality both at an everyday level and at the level of the most fundamental phenomena in physics, yet have traditionally been assumed to be impossible to incorporate into fundamental scientific explanations. They are facts not about what is (the actual) but about what could be (counterfactuals).
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Was Hoping for Depth
- De Evert en 06-19-21
- The Science of Can and Can't
- A Physicist's Journey Through the Land of Counterfactuals
- De: Chiara Marletto
- Narrado por: Katharine Lee McEwan
Catchy Concept But Not Well Described
Revisado: 09-02-21
The Science of Can and Can't by Chiara Marletto received great press when it was first released and I had high expectations for this book. However, I felt the author was unsure who her audience was. Was it the physical science community or the educated by non-technically schooled public?
As scientifically educated but not in the physical sciences, I found that her explanation of counter-factuals, the point of the book, to be opaque and at the same time overly general. Her attempts to use metaphors from the biological sciences were not drawn from current understandings.
I was disappointed in this book and can not recommend it for those of us who are looking for a better understanding of the physical world.
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