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Six of today's greatest thinkers take on a plethora of issues and unanswered questions of late twentieth-century science, such as the boundaries of scientific inquiry, the possibility of conducting studies of creativity, and other topics. This indeed…

An accessible survey of the efforts scientists have made to understand the concept of the infinite traces its relationship to religion and quantum physics and shows how it may help explain why the universe exists.

Heisenberg’s non-technical writings on physics have always been notable for a strong sense of the history of the subject, and for a clear perception of the impact of modern discoveries on time-honoured  philosophical disputes.  The essays in this…

The master of sciene fiction explores the true mysteries of space.

On astrology

Deze catalogus werd samengesteld door Jan Vandenbruaene, ter gelegenheid van de zomertentoonstelling 2022 op Cozmix (Volkssterrenwacht Beisbroek).    

The origins of life on earth, the workings of the human mind, the mysteries of the Universe itself-profound questions such as these were once the province of philosophy and theology alone. Today they have become the staple-and indeed the hallmark-of…

Boojums All the Way Through is a collection of essays that presents the dilemma of communicating modern physics to both physicists and non-physicists. Some addressed to a general audience, some to students and others to scientists, the essays all…

Over Camille Flammarion

Where does our fascination with the Apocalypse come from? Is time cyclical or linear? Can society survive without ideology? Can children be philosophers? Four great witnesses of our closing century examine our preoccupations at the end of this…