{"title":"Karl Popper","description":"Sir Karl Popper was one of the foremost philosophers of the Twentieth century. Born in Vienna in 1902, Popper grew up in a city witnessing great intellectual ferment. His relationship with the philosophers and scientists led to his first book, The Logic of Scientific Discovery, published in 1934. On its publication in English in 1959 it was described by The New Scientist as 'one of the most important documents of the twentieth century'. On the eve of World War Two Popper was forced to flee to New Zealand, where he took up a teaching post at Canterbury University College at Christchurch. It was there, reflecting on the tyranny sweeping through Eastern Europe, that he wrote The Open Society and Its Enemies, published in 1945. In 1946 Popper moved to the London School of Economics, where he taught until his retirement in 1969. This period saw the publication of The Poverty of Historicism, described by the Sunday Times as 'probably the only book which will outlive this century'. He was knighted in 1965 and appointed Companion of Honour in 1982. He died in 1994.","products":[{"product_id":"the-open-society-and-its-enemies-paperback","title":"The Open Society and Its Enemies - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in two volumes in 1945, Karl Popper's \u003cem\u003eThe Open Society and Its Enemies\u003c\/em\u003e is one of the most influential books of all time. This single volume paperback edition, available for the first time, includes a preface by Vaclav Havel and a personal recollection of the story behind the publication of \u003cem\u003eThe Open Society and Its Enemies\u003c\/em\u003e by Karl Popper's friend, E.H. Gombrich.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51377337532639,"sku":"9780415610216","price":55.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/DDXgGN-znw9780415610216.webp?v=1789232834"},{"product_id":"the-logic-of-scientific-discovery-paperback-1","title":"The Logic of Scientific Discovery - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDescribed by the philosopher A.J. Ayer as a work of 'great originality and power', this book revolutionized contemporary thinking on science and knowledge. Ideas such as the now legendary doctrine of 'falsificationism' electrified the scientific community, influencing even working scientists, as well as post-war philosophy. This astonishing work ranks alongside \u003cem\u003eThe Open Society and Its Enemies\u003c\/em\u003e as one of Popper's most enduring books and contains insights and arguments that demand to be read to this day.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51379100156127,"sku":"9780415278447","price":66.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/9TA7lptce-9780415278447.webp?v=1789268564"},{"product_id":"conjectures-and-refutations-the-growth-of-scientific-knowledge-paperback","title":"Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eConjectures and Refutations\u003c\/em\u003e is one of Karl Popper's most wide-ranging and popular works, notable not only for its acute insight into the way scientific knowledge grows, but also for applying those insights to politics and to history. It provides one of the clearest and most accessible statements of the fundamental idea that guided his work: not only our knowledge, but our aims and our standards, grow through an unending process of trial and error.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51379100844255,"sku":"9780415285940","price":58.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/5ofpqWeFr49780415285940.webp?v=1789268566"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/karl-popper.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}