How the World Works: Philosophy: From the Ancient Greeks to great thinkers of modern times

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Includes biographies of significant figures, accounts of important texts, and definitions of key concepts such as scepticism, relativism and empiricism.

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Anne Rooney gained a degree and a PhD from Trinity College, Cambridge. After teaching at the universities of Cambridge and York, she became a full-time writer. She has written many books on the history and philosophy of science and other aspects of science and technology. She has been a Royal Literary Fund Fellow at Newnham College, Cambridge.