I wish to begin by saying that I regard scientific knowledge as the most important kind of knowledge we have, though I am far from regarding it as the only one, writes Sir Karl Popper in the opening essay of this book.
At the age of eight, Karl Popper was puzzling over the idea of infinity and by fifteen was beginning to take a keen interest in his father's well-stocked library of books. Unended Quest recounts these moments and many others in the life of one of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century, providing an indispensable account of the ideas that influenced him most. As an introduction t…