Overview
How do we establish what we believe? For thousands of years, from the ancient Greeks to the Arabic golden age to the modern world, science has used different methods—logical, empirical, intuitive, and more—to separate fact from fiction. But it all had the same goal: find perfect evidence and be rewarded with universal truth.
As mathematician Adam Kucharski shows, however, there is far more to proof than axioms, theories, and laws. Whether demonstrating that a new medical treatment works or persuading a jury of someone’s guilt, the weighing up of evidence is far from simple. To discover proof, we must reach into a thicket of errors and biases and embrace uncertainty—and never more so than when existing methods fail.
Spanning mathematics, science, politics, philosophy, and economics, Proof offers the ultimate exploration of how we can find our way to the truth.
The book, Proof: The Art and Science of Certainty [Bulk, Wholesale, Quantity] ISBN#9781541606722 in Paperback by Adam Kucharski may be ordered in bulk quantities. Minimum starts at 25 copies. Availability based on publisher status and quantity being ordered.
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