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Philosophy, sociology and religion

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Home » Culture, history and society » Philosophy, sociology and religion » Science pushed to the limit

Science pushed to the limit

01 Jul 1998

Impossibility
John Barrow
1998 Oxford University Press 292pp £18.99/$27.50hb

What are the limits of science? Will the pursuit of knowledge lead to a never-ending source of intel

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Andreas Albrecht is in the theoretical physics group, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London, UK
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