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Convergence : The Idea at the Heart of Science by Peter Watson (2018, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherSimon & Schuster

ISBN-101476754357

ISBN-139781476754352

eBay Product ID (ePID)237562204

Product Key Features

Book TitleConvergence : the Idea at the Heart of Science

Number of Pages576 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2018

TopicCurricula, General, History, Science & Technology

GenreScience, Education, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorPeter Watson

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.6 in

Item Weight24.4 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2016-059213

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal509

Synopsis"Those seeking a grand overview of science's greatest hits over the past century will find it here" ( The Washington Post ). Peter Watson's bold history of science offers a powerful argument--that the many disparate scientific branches are converging on the same truths. Convergence is a history of modern science with an original and significant twist. Various scientific disciplines, despite their very different beginnings, have been coming together over the years, converging and coalescing. Intimate connections have been discovered between physics and chemistry, psychology and biology, genetics and linguistics. In this groundbreaking book, Peter Watson identifies one extraordinary master narrative, capturing how the sciences are slowly resolving into one overwhelming, interlocking story about the universe. Watson begins his narrative in the 1850s, the decade when, he argues, the convergence of the sciences began. The idea of the conservation of energy was introduced in this decade, as was Darwin's theory of evolution--both of which rocketed the sciences forward and revealed unimagined interconnections and overlaps between disciplines. Decade after decade, the story captures every major scientific advance en route to the present, proceeding like a cosmic detective story, or the world's most massive code-breaking effort. "Fascinating...Highly recommended...Watson treats biology, chemistry, and physics as entangled plotlines, and readers' excitement will build as more connections are made" ( Library Journal , starred review). Told through the eyes of the scientists themselves, charting each discovery and breakthrough, Convergence is a "massive tour de force" ( Publishers Weekly ) and a gripping way to learn what we now know about the universe and where our inquiries are heading.

LC Classification NumberQ175.32.K45W38 2017