Facing up
science and its cultural adversaries
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Author
Publication
2001 - Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass, Massachusetts
Language
English
Word Count
70,750 words, Guess
Page Count
283 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivefacingupsciencei00wein
- ISBN-10067400647X
- ISBN-139780674006478
- Library of Congress Control Number2001024219
- OCLC Control Number46449316
and 2 more
- Better World Books9780674006478
- Open LibraryOL24767899M
Classifications
- DDC500
- LCCQ171 .W419 2001
- LCCQ171.W419 2001
Description
"Each of these essays, which span fifteen years, struggles in one way or another with the necessity of facing up to the discovery that the laws of nature are impersonal, with no hint of a special status for human beings. Defending the spirit of science against its cultural adversaries, these essays express a viewpoint that is reductionist, realist, and devoutly secular. Each is preceded by a new introduction that explains its provenance and, if necessary, brings it up to date. Together, they afford the general reader the unique pleasure of experiencing the superb sense, understanding, and knowledge of one of the most interesting and forceful scientific minds of our era."--BOOK JACKET.
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