{"product_id":"2026200011820-secondhand-the-common-sense-of-science","title":"The Common Sense Of Science","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat does it truly mean to think scientifically — and is science really as remote from ordinary human experience as we are so often led to believe? Jacob Bronowski's The Common Sense of Science argues passionately and persuasively that science is not the exclusive domain of specialists, but a natural extension of human curiosity, reason, and imagination. Tracing the history of scientific thought from the Renaissance through the twentieth century, Bronowski chronicles how pivotal discoveries reshaped not only our understanding of the natural world but also our philosophy, art, and society. Written with remarkable clarity and wit, the book presents complex ideas — from the mechanistic worldview of Newton to the revolutionary uncertainties of modern physics — in a language accessible to any thoughtful reader.\n\nBronowski, a polymath celebrated for his later masterwork The Ascent of Man, illustrates here with characteristic elegance that the scientific method is, at its core, a deeply human endeavour rooted in the same creative impulse that drives literature and the arts. The book's enduring significance lies in its insistence that an informed, scientifically literate public is essential to a free and flourishing society — a message that resonates with even greater urgency today. Part intellectual history, part philosophical manifesto, The Common Sense of Science leaves the reader with a profound question: if science is the common sense of our age, why do so few of us dare to claim it as our own?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130869915867,"sku":"2026200011820-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/6ba732a2-712b-4b45-b94a-945bce5fc510.png?v=1786591628","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200011820-secondhand-the-common-sense-of-science","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}