The Frontiers of Knowledge
What We Know About Science, History and The Mind
A. C. Grayling
- 'Grayling
- brings
- satisfying
- order
- to
- daunting
- subjects'
- Steven
- Pinker
_________________________In
- very
- recent
- times
- humanity
- has
- learnt
- a
- vast
- amount
- about
- the
- universe,
- the
- past,
- and
- itself.
- But
- through
- our
- remarkable
- successes
- in
- acquiring
- knowledge
- we
- have
- learned
- how
- much
- we
- have
- yet
- to
- learn:
- the
- science
- we
- have,
- for
- example,
- addresses
- just
- 5
- per
- cent
- of
- the
- universe;
- pre-history
- is
- still
- being
- revealed,
- with
- thousands
- of
- historical
- sites
- yet
- to
- be
- explored;
- and
- the
- new
- neurosciences
- of
- mind
- and
- brain
- are
- just
- beginning.What
- do
- we
- know,
- and
- how
- do
- we
- know
- it?
- What
- do
- we
- now
- know
- that
- we
- don't
- know?
- And
- what
- have
- we
- learnt
- about
- the
- obstacles
- to
- knowing
- more?
- In
- a
- time
- of
- deepening
- battles
- over
- what
- knowledge
- and
- truth
- mean,
- these
- questions
- matter
- more
- than
- ever.
- Bestselling
- polymath
- and
- philosopher
- A.
- C.
- Grayling
- seeks
- to
- answer
- them
- in
- three
- crucial
- areas
- at
- the
- frontiers
- of
- knowledge:
- science,
- history
- and
- psychology.
- A
- remarkable
- history
- of
- science,
- life
- on
- earth,
- and
- the
- human
- mind
- itself,
- this
- is
- a
- compelling
- and
- fascinating
- tour
- de
- force,
- written
- with
- verve,
- clarity
- and
- remarkable
- breadth
- of
- knowledge.
_________________________'Remarkable,
- readable
- and
- authoritative.
- How
- he
- has
- mastered
- so
- much,
- so
- thoroughly,
- is
- nothing
- short
- of
- amazing'
- Lawrence
- M.
- Krauss,
- author
- of
- A
- Universe
- from
- Nothing'This
- book
- hums
- with
- the
- excitement
- of
- the
- great
- human
- project
- of
- discovery'
- Adam
- Zeman,
- author
- of Aphantasia
