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E. Brian Davies, FRS is Emeritus Professor at King's College London.

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Virallinen nimi
Davies, Edward Brian
Syntymäaika
1944
Sukupuoli
male
Koulutus
University of Oxford (DPhil)
Ammatit
emeritus professor
Organisaatiot
King's College London
University of Oxford
Palkinnot ja kunnianosoitukset
Royal Society (Fellow)

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Mathematician Davies briefly weighs in on certain aspects of the philosophy of science and math. I was okay with his arguing that people should use different worldviews (not just the worldview derived from physics) in different contexts, but not with his countenancing of theology as a big part of the discussion. He is no fan of "wacky" speculations in fundamental science and futurology, or of Platonism in mathematics; in the latter context, pluralism is his preferred alternative. I skipped the last quarter of the book because it is permeated with theo-talk.… (lisätietoja)
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fpagan | Jan 7, 2012 |
Books this dense intended for the general public ought to be printed in a larger typeface. Actually, I never did figure out how the author pictured his public. He started each subject at a grade school level, and moved quickly to graduate school. Generally there was an area between the 'I've heard this many times, and you aren't saying anything new about it' and the 'you've left me far behind area', where the subject was actually interesting. There were a few really interesting tidbits here and there, but I never flet that he knew where he wanted the book to go.… (lisätietoja)
 
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MarthaJeanne | 1 muu arvostelu | Jul 4, 2011 |
Meaty enough and interesting enough, but the writing lacks sparkle and some of the main isms on his hit list, such as reductionism and mathematical platonism, are not particularly on mine.
 
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fpagan | 1 muu arvostelu | Dec 2, 2006 |

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