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It focuses on central issues such as the nature of scientific inquiry, whether discovery can be premeditated, whether scientific progress is self-limited, and questions about origins, life’s purpose, destiny, and the existence of God. The book argues why and how science can handle some matters while not others, using accessible, witty, and highly literate exposition.","# THE LIMITSOFSCIENCE\n\nP.B.MEDAWAR  \n>ll.95  \n# THE LIMITSOFSCIENCE\n\nP.B.MEDAWAR  \nThis is a small book but it deals with the largestquestions mankind can pose and separates thosewhich science may be able to answer from thosewhich this outstanding scientist says are beyondthe limits of science.Typical of the matters dis-cussed are:  \n## What is the nature of science?\n\nCan scientific discovery be premeditated?Is the growth of science self-limited?Where do we come from?What is the purpose of life?What is our destiny?The existence of God  \nThe central effort is to show why—andhow—science can deal with some of these mat-ters and not with others.The exploration is il-luminated by Medawar's extraordinary ability tomake high science understandable to anybodyand it is enlivened by his witty and highly literatewriting.Few scientists of Nobel rank can equalMedawar's combination of clarity,concretenessand style.  \n(continuedon backflap)  \n10114984  \nALLEGQ175.M4331984  \nMedawar,P.B.  \nThe limits of science  \n303b000000010b05  \n# THE LIMITS OF SCIENCE\n\n100  \nAMERICAN PUBLICATION OF BOOKSBY SIR PETER MEDAWAR  \nInduction and Intuition in Scientific Thought,1969  \nThe Life Science(with J.S.Medawar),1977  \nAdvice to a Young Scientist,1979  \nPluto's Republic,1982  \nAristotle to Zoos:A Philosophical Dictionary of Biology(with J.S.Medawar),1983  \nTHELIMITSOF SCIENCE  \n# P.B.Medawar\n\nA Cornelia d Michael Bessie Book  \nHARPER &ROW,PUBLISHERS,New YorkCambridge,Philadelphia,San Francisco,LondonMexico City,Sao Paulo,Singapore,Sydney  \n175m433 1984  \nTHE LIMITS oF SCIENCE.Copyright ⑥1984 by Peter B.Medawar.All rightreserved.Printed in the United States of America.No part of this book may beused or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permissionexcept in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.For information address Harper &Row,Publishers,Inc.,10 East 53rd Street,New York,N.Y.10022.Published simultaneously in Canada by Fitzhenry &Whiteside Limited,Toronto.  \n# FIRST EDITION\n\nDesigner:Sidney Feinberg  \nThis book is set in 10 point Gael.It was composed by The Haddon Craftsmen,Inc.,ComCom Division,Allentown,Pennsylvania,and printed and bound byThe Haddon Craftsmen,Inc.,Scranton,Pennsylvania.  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data  \nMedawar,P.B.(Peter Brian),1915-  \nThe limits of science.  \n\"A Cornelia&Michael Bessie book.\"  \n1.Science—Philosophy.I.Title  \nQ175.M433198450184-48841  \nISBN 0-06-039036-0","cbCaiuZE32MYookk","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiuZE32MYookk","pdf",5308670,1,134,"English","en",105,"# What is the nature of science?\n## Can scientific discovery be premeditated?\n## Is the growth of science self-limited?\n## Where do we come from?\n## What is the purpose of life?\n## What is our destiny?\n## The existence of God","[{\"question\":\"What is the main purpose of The Limits of Science?\",\"answer\":\"It separates the largest human questions into those science can potentially answer and those that exceed science’s limits.\"},{\"question\":\"Which questions about science and life does the book address?\",\"answer\":\"It discusses the nature of science, premeditation in discovery, whether scientific growth is self-limited, origins, life’s purpose, destiny, and the existence of God.\"},{\"question\":\"How does Medawar explain science’s ability and its boundaries?\",\"answer\":\"The central effort shows why—and how—science can deal with some matters but not with others.\"}]","The Limits of Science - 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