{"product_id":"9780241635049-anaximander","title":"Anaximander","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd the Nature of Science\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eTLS\u003c\/i\u003e BOOK OF THE YEAR \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Anaximander is a delight and so is this book' -- James McConnachie, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow widely available in English for the first time, this is Carlo Rovelli's first book: the thrilling story of a little-known man who created one of the greatest intellectual revolutions \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver two thousand years ago, one man changed the way we see the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSince the dawn of civilization, humans had believed in the heavens above and the Earth below. Then, on the Ionian coast, a Greek philosopher named Anaximander set in motion a revolution. He not only conceived that the Earth floats in space, but also that animals evolve, that storms and earthquakes are natural, not supernatural, that the world can be mapped and, above all, that progress is made by the endless search for knowledge. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCarlo Rovelli's first book, now widely available in English, tells the origin story of scientific thinking: our rebellious ability to reimagine the world, again and again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslated by Marion Lignana Rosenberg\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40736981188705,"sku":"9780241635049","price":13.78,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32509586.jpg?v=1737664720","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780241635049-anaximander","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}