A Mosaic World (Research on the Frontiers of Science)

Author: (English) Cartwright, N. (Author), Wang Wei, Wang Na (Translators)
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Publish Date: 2006-04-01
Features: In people's minds, the great success of modern mathematical science supports the arrogant view that the world is entirely arranged by an elegant theory. In this book, the author argues the opposite. When we form an image of the world through the way modern science operates—just as empiricism teaches us to do—we finally arrive at a world. In this world, some features are precisely ordered, others have only rough regularity, and some operate in their own distinct ways. Laws are a very special product of nature; their emergence requires very special arrangements. "Law assembly" is plausible.