Viața e simplă

Johnjoe McFadden shows how the search for simple answers shaped science. He starts with William of Occam. This Franciscan friar lived in the fourteenth century. His rule, Occam’s razor, favors the simplest way to explain what happens. The book traces this rule’s effects through the years.

This history looks at how science grew from culture and philosophy. It brings people and events from the past into focus. How can a rule for thought help explain a complex universe? McFadden asks this question. He also suggests that life itself may follow simple rules. They may shape more than how we study life.

Vlad Moraru translated this edition from English. He also added notes.