Science Is Culture Conversations at the New Intersection of Science + Society

Name: Science Is Culture Conversations at the New Intersection of Science + Society
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ISBN: 9780061836541

ISBN-10: 0061836540

ISBN-13: 9780061836541

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Authors: Adam Bly, Adam Bly

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Seed magazine brings together a unique gathering of prominent scientists, artists, novelists, philosophers + other thinkers who are tearing down the wall between science + culture.We are on the cusp of a twenty-first-century scientific renaissance. Science is driving our culture and conversation unlike ever before, transforming the social, political, economic, aesthetic, and intellectual landscape of our time. Today, science is culture. As global issues-like energy and health-become increasingly interconnected, and as our curiosities-like how the mind works or why the universe is expanding-become more complex, we need a new way of looking at the world that blurs the lines between scientific…

Book details

List price: $17.99
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 10/12/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.92" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Introduction




Evolutionary Philosophy




The Problems of Consciousness




Time




On Design




Objectivity and the Image




Climate Politics




War and Deceit




On Dreams




The Truth of Fiction




On Music




On Shape




On Artifacts




Who Makes Science?




What Is Human?




Fractal Architecture




Morality




Free Will




Evolution, Creativity, and Future Life




Complex Networks, Feedback Loops, and the Cities of the Future




Social Networks




The Physics of Infinity




Smarter Infrastructure



Acknowledgments


Index