{"product_id":"convergence-the-idea-at-the-heart-of-science-paperback","title":"Convergence - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Watson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Those seeking a grand overview of science's greatest hits over the past century will find it here.\" --The Washington Post From the bestselling author of Ideas and The Modern Mind comes a bold history of science offering a groundbreaking and powerful argument: the many disparate scientific disciplines are converging on the same truths.Convergence is a history of modern science with an original and significant twist. Various scientific disciplines, despite their very different beginnings, have been coming together over the years, converging and coalescing. Intimate connections have been discovered between physics and chemistry, psychology and biology, genetics and linguistics. In this groundbreaking book, Peter Watson identifies one extraordinary master narrative, capturing how the sciences are slowly resolving into one overwhelming, interlocking story about the universe. Watson begins his narrative in the 1850s, the decade when, he argues, the convergence of the sciences began. The idea of the conservation of energy was introduced in this decade, as was Darwin's theory of evolution--both of which rocketed the sciences forward and revealed unimagined interconnections and overlaps between disciplines. Decade after decade, the story captures every major scientific advance en route to the present, proceeding like a cosmic detective story, or the world's most massive code-breaking effort. \"Fascinating...Highly recommended...Watson treats biology, chemistry, and physics as entangled plotlines, and readers' excitement will build as more connections are made\" (Library Journal, starred review). Told through the eyes of the scientists themselves, charting each discovery and breakthrough, Convergence is a \"massive tour de force\" (Publishers Weekly) and a gripping way to learn what we now know about the universe and where our inquiries are heading.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Watson\u003c\/b\u003e is a journalist, television presenter and historian of ideas. He was a senior editor of the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e, New York correspondent of \u003ci\u003eThe Times \u003c\/i\u003eand a columnist for the \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e. He has written for multiple publications, including the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e. His books, which have been translated into more than 25 languages, include \u003ci\u003eIdeas: A History from Fire to Freud\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe German Genius\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe French Mind\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eConvergence: The Idea at the Heart of Science\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 576\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 27, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48069794234616,"sku":"9781476754352","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/hYNVqrAreQ9781476754352.webp?v=1783225644","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/convergence-the-idea-at-the-heart-of-science-paperback","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}