Nature and the Greeks. Science and Humanism

Nobel laureate Erwin Schrödinger was one of the most distinguished scientists of the twentieth century; his lectures on the history and philosophy of science are legendary. ´Nature and the Greeks´ and ´Science and Humanism´ makes available for the first time in many years the texts of two of Schrödinger´s most famous lecture series. ´Nature and the Greeks´ offers a comprehensive historical account of the twentieth-century scientific world picture, tracing modern science back to the earliest stages of Western philosophic thought. ´Science and Humanism´ addresses some of the most fundamental questions of the century: what is the value of scientific research? And how do the achievements of modern science affect the relationship between material and spiritual matters? A foreword by Roger Penrose sets the lectures in a contemporary context, and affirms they are as relevant today as when they were first published.