Impossibility : the limits of science and the science of limits / John D. Barrow.

By:

Barrow, John D, 1952-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Vintage, 1999.Description: xiii, 279 p. : ill. ; 20 cmISBN:

9780099772118 (pbk.) :
0099772116

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

501 BAR

LOC classification:

Q175

Summary: In this fascinating book Barrow reveals the often paradoxical limits on knowledge and achievement. He also shows that the notion of 'impossibility' has played and continues to play a striking role in our thinking and how we understand ourselves.

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Title notes ( 3 )

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Long Loan	TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending	501 BAR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		115464

Originally published: Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

In this fascinating book Barrow reveals the often paradoxical limits on knowledge and achievement. He also shows that the notion of 'impossibility' has played and continues to play a striking role in our thinking and how we understand ourselves.