by Lewis Wolpert · Faber & Faber Ltd · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780571169726
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«The Unnatural Nature of Science» is Lewis Wolpert's essay on the philosophy of science, published by Faber & Faber in paperback (224 pages, in English).
Lewis Wolpert argues that science does not arise from common sense, but is a human activity that contradicts many of our intuitions. Throughout the book he analyzes how the scientific method works, why it is so easy to misinterpret it, and what consequences this gap between the scientific view and everyday perception has.
The cover of this edition carries the mention «Shortlisted for the NCR Prize» and a quote from Richard Dawkins in the Sunday Times.
For readers interested in the philosophy of science, popular science, and how scientific knowledge distances itself from everyday thought.
Lewis Wolpert was a South African-born British developmental biologist, author, and broadcaster. Wolpert popularized his French flag model of embryonic development, using the colours of the French flag as a visual aid to explain how embryonic cells interpret genetic code for expressing characteristics of living organisms and explaining how signalling between cells early in morphogenesis could inform cells with the same genetic regulatory network of their position and role.
