What Science Knows: And How It Knows It

In What Science Knows, the Australian philosopher and mathematician James Franklin explains in captivating and straightforward prose how science works its magic. Franklin describes some colorful examples of discoveries in the natural, mathematical, and social sciences and the reasons for believing them. He examines the limits of what science knows, giving special attention both to mysteries that may be solved by science, and those that may in principle be beyond the reach of science.

JAMES FRANKLIN is the author of The Science of Conjecture: Evidence and Probability Before Pascal and Corrupting the Youth: A History of Philosophy in Australia. He lives in Australia.