{"product_id":"9780241205778","title":"The Knowledge Machine: How an Unreasonable Idea Created Modern Science","description":"\u003cp\u003eOver the last three centuries, huge leaps in our scientific understanding and, as a result, in our technology have completely transformed our way of life and our vision of the universe. Why is science so powerful? And why did we take so long to invent it - two thousand years after the invention of philosophy, mathematics and other disciplines that are the mark of civilisation? 'The Knowledge Machine' gives a radical answer, exploring how science calls on its practitioners to do something not supremely rational but rather apparently irrational: strip away all previous knowledge - such as theological or metaphysical beliefs - in order to channel unprecedented energy into observation and experiment.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Allen Lane","offers":[{"title":"Michael \/ Strevens","offer_id":39334210076720,"sku":"9780241205778","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/goldenharebooks.pro\/products\/9780241205778","provider":"Golden Hare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}