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Title: Labyrinth: A Search for the Hidden Meaning of Science by Peter Pesic ISBN: 0-262-16190-7 Publisher: MIT Press Pub. Date: 01 May, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.17 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Delightful Challenge
Comment: Pesic tells a story of science that is almost mythic: It's a love story, a tale of heroic struggle and conquest, and a glimpse into the twisted passions of the human soul. Its most powerful achievement is to enact the drama between the soul and its need to know, both itself and the world around it. In his writing, he is exacting and specific, but not excruciatingly so. He introduced me to a fascinating man: Francois Viete, a genius code-breaker. (The chapter on Renaissance code-breaking techniques is difficult, but rewarding). I recommend this book to anyone interested in science, math, cryptology, literature, and/or psychology.
Rating: 5
Summary: Correlative study of arcane minds
Comment: I give Labyrinth 5 stars for its presumptuous and didactic approach to some of the great minds that obsessed over science and brought new light and awareness to the world. Peter Pesic does an excellent job of discussing the variant approaches pursued by Kepler, Newton, Bacon, and Einstein in demystifying the relationship between nature and science. He discusses the methods each scientist embraced, their discoveries, their cognitive and emotional struggles, and limitations. Overall, it was a nice introduction for me into the realm of science considering I generally quibble in literature.
Rating: 5
Summary: Vision: Rare and vivid
Comment: 'Labyrinth' broadens the usual approach to science by recognizing the dialogue between humanity and nature. By calling up the image of the labyrinth, Pesic reminds us that so much as science is symbolic, it symbolizes and is interconnected with the natural world. I am reminded that the scientific scope refers to the nature of those who struggle to discover Nature's laws, and who find themselves within that struggle. 'Labyrinth' reminds us of the importance of unifying ourselves with the nature we carry with us but which may not have the courage to know. If a man's vision can be said to be the great fact about him, Pesic's is surely rare and vivid.
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Title: Seeing Double: Shared Identities in Physics, Philosophy, and Literature by Peter Pesic ISBN: 0262162059 Publisher: MIT Press Pub. Date: 01 February, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Abel's Proof : An Essay on the Sources and Meaning of Mathematical Unsolvability by Peter Pesic ISBN: 0262162164 Publisher: MIT Press Pub. Date: 01 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Gamma : Exploring Euler's Constant by Julian Havil ISBN: 0691099839 Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr Pub. Date: 17 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: The Golden Ratio: The Story of Phi, the World's Most Astonishing Number by Mario Livio ISBN: 0767908155 Publisher: Broadway Pub. Date: 29 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Isaac Newton by James Gleick ISBN: 0375422331 Publisher: Pantheon Books Pub. Date: 13 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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