Unreasonable science

• Authors: Piotr Pierański
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

It is argued that most of the great discoveries in science, in particular in mathematics and physics, are from the point of view of the common sense unreasonable. A few examples of such discoveries are discussed, among them the Banach-Tarski paradoxical duplication of a sphere, the non-Euclidean geometry, the special theory of relativity and the quantum mechanics.

Keywords

EN

unreasonable science; common sense; Banach-Tarski paradox

• Publisher: Biuro Upowszechniania i Promocji Nauki PAN
• Journal: Nauka
• Year: 2007
• Issue: 1

Dates

published

2007

online

2015-08-07

Contributors

author

Piotr Pierański