{"product_id":"the-first-scientist-anaximander-and-his-legacy","title":"The First Scientist: Anaximander and His Legacy","description":"\u003cp\u003eTHIS BOOK WILL NO LONGER BE AVAILABLE AFTER SEPTEMBER 10  2021. Carlo Rovelli  a leading theoretical physicist  uses the figure of Anaximander as the starting point for an examination of scientific thinking itself: its limits  its strengths  its benefits to humankind  and its controversial relationship with religion. Anaximander  the sixth-century BC Greek philosopher  is often called the first scientist because he was the first to suggest that order in the world was due to natural forces  not supernatural ones. He is the first person known to understand that the Earth floats in space; to believe that the sun  the moon  and the stars rotate around itseven centuries before Ptolemy; to argue that all animals came from the sea and evolved; and to posit that universal laws control all change in the world. Anaximander taught Pythagoras  who would build on Anaximanders scientific theories by applying mathematical laws to natural phenomena. In the award-winning The First Scientist: Anaximander and His Legacy  translated here for the first time in English  Rovelli restores Anaximander to his place in the history of science by carefully reconstructing his theories from what is known to us and examining them in their historical and philosophical contexts. Rovelli demonstrates that Anaximanders discoveries and theories were decisive influences  putting Western culture on its path toward a scientific revolution. Developing this connection  Rovelli redefines science as a continuous redrawing of our conceptual image of the world. He concludes that scientific thinkingthe legacy of Anaximanderis only reliable when it constantly tests the limits of our current knowledge.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44946750242869,"sku":"ByrdShop_1594161313","price":38.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781594161315_5d16e144-936b-41dc-a241-5f228c37873b.jpg?v=1770307901","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-first-scientist-anaximander-and-his-legacy","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}