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science and its cultural adversaries
By Steven Weinberg
"Facing up" was published by Harvard University Press in 2001 - Cambridge, Mass, it has 283 pages and the language of the book is English.
“Facing up” Metadata:
- Title: Facing up
- Author: Steven Weinberg
- Language: English
- Number of Pages: 283
- Publisher: Harvard University Press
- Publish Date: 2001
- Publish Location: Cambridge, Mass
“Facing up” Subjects and Themes:
- Subjects: ➤ Naturwissenschaften - Sciences - Natuurwetenschappen - Physik - Science - Ciencia - Weltbild
Edition Specifications:
- Pagination: xi, 283 p. ;
Edition Identifiers:
- The Open Library ID: OL24767899M - OL15859068W
- Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) ID: 46449316
- Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN): 2001024219
- ISBN-13: 9780674006478
- ISBN-10: 067400647X
- All ISBNs: 067400647X - 9780674006478
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"Facing up" Table Of Contents:
- 1- 1. Science as a Liberal Art
- 2- 2. Newtonianism, Reductionism, and the Art of Congressional Testimony
- 3- 3. Newton's Dream
- 4- 4. Confronting O'Brien
- 5- 5. The Heritage of Galileo
- 6- 6. Nature Itself
- 7- 7. The Boundaries of Scientific Knowledge
- 8- 8. The Methods of Science ... and Those by Which We Live
- 9- 9. Night Thoughts of a Quantum Physicist
- 10- 10. Reductionism Redux
- 11- 11. Physics and History
- 12- 12. Sokal's Hoax
- 13- 13. Science and Sokal's Hoax: An Exchange
- 14- 14. Before the Big Bang
- 15- 15. Zionism and Its Adversaries
- 16- 16. The Red Camaro
- 17- 17. The Non-Revolution of Thomas Kuhn
- 18- 18. T. S. Kuhn's Non-Revolution: An Exchange
- 19- 19. The Great Reduction: Physics in the Twentieth Century
- 20- 20. A Designer Universe?
- 21- 21. "A Designer Universe?": An Exchange
- 22- 22. Five and a Half Utopias
- 23- 23. Looking for Peace in the Science Wars.
"Facing up" Description:
The Open Library:
"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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