{"product_id":"a-ilha-do-conhecimento","title":"The island of knowledge","description":"\"\u003cp\u003e From the same author of \u003cem\u003eThe Dance of the Universe\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe End of the Earth and the Sky\u003c\/em\u003e , winners of the Jabuti Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eAre there answers to all questions? How much do we really know about the world? Is there truly an absolute truth? What defines human beings is curiosity, the constant desire to know more about the world and ourselves. But what we observe of the world is a small portion of what exists. In \u003cem\u003e*The Island of Knowledge*\u003c\/em\u003e , physicist Marcelo Gleiser traces our search for answers to fundamental questions of existence. And he comes to a provocative conclusion: science, the primary tool we have for finding answers, is fundamentally limited. The essence of reality is unknowable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eThe limits of our knowledge derive from our instruments of exploration and the nature of physical reality: the speed of light, the uncertainty principle, the impossibility of seeing beyond the cosmic horizon, incompleteness theorems, and our own capacity as an intelligent species. Recognizing these limits, Gleiser argues, is not an impediment to progress or a reason to succumb to religion. On the contrary, it frees us to question the meaning and nature of the universe, affirming the central role of life and our existence. Science can and must move forward, but by recognizing its own limits, it reveals its true mission: to know the universe is to know ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eA sweeping intellectual history of our search for knowledge and meaning, this book takes a highly original approach to the ideas of some of history's greatest thinkers, from Plato to Einstein, and shows how they continue to influence us. \u003cem\u003eThe Island of Knowledge\u003c\/em\u003e offers a unique vision of what it means to be human in a universe steeped in mystery.\u003c\/p\u003e \"","brand":"Totvsrj-record-dc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47159816454396,"sku":"9788501052773","price":89.9,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/9197\/5420\/files\/8939153aa26d3a9ef81778c5917a9229.jpg?v=1778309742","url":"https:\/\/www.record.com.br\/en\/products\/a-ilha-do-conhecimento","provider":"Editora Record","version":"1.0","type":"link"}