Experimental Astronomy (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1970)

Socrates knew all that was known by his contemporaries. But already in the Middle Ages it was becoming difficult for a single man to have a truly encyclopedic view of all human knowledge. It is true that Pico della Mirandola, Pius II, Leonardo da Vinci, and several other great minds were thoroughly in possession of considerable know ledge, and knew all that one could know, except no doubt for some techniques. The encyclopedists of the 18th century had to be content with an admirable survey: they could not go into details, and their work is a collective one, the specialized science of each collaborator compensating for the insufficiencies of the others. We know very well that our science of today is a science of specialists. Not only is it impossible for anyone person to assimilate the totality of human knowledge, it is impossible even to know ones own discipline perfectly thoroughly. Each year the presses of science pro duce a frightening quantity of printed paper. Even in very limited fields, new journals are created every day, devoted to extremely specialized, often very narrowly defined subjects. It is indeed evident that in a field whose scope extends well beyond astronomical or astrophysical research, it is materially impossible to be informed of everything, even with the richest of libraries at hand.

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 18
Release date:	November 2011
First published:	1970
Translators:	Robert S Kandel
Authors:	Jean-Claude Pecker
Dimensions:	240 x 160 x 7mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	105
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1970
ISBN-13:	978-9401033046
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Astronomy, space & time > General Promotions
LSN:	9401033048
Barcode:	9789401033046

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