In Praise of Science Curiosity, Understanding, and Progress

Name: In Praise of Science Curiosity, Understanding, and Progress
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ISBN: 9780262014359

ISBN-10: 0262014351

ISBN-13: 9780262014359

Edition: 2010

Authors: Sander Bais

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In this engaging, lyrical book, physicist Sander Bais shows how science can liberate us from our cultural straitjacket of prejudice and intolerance. We're living in a time in which technology is taken for granted, yet belief in such standard scientific facts as evolution is actually decreasing. How is it possible for cell phones and Creationism to coexist? Scienceâ€”fundamental, fact-based knowledge, not the latest technological gadgetâ€”can give us the global and local perspectives we need to make the world a better place. Bais argues that turning points in the history of science have been accompanied by similar milestones in social change, deeply affecting our view of nature, our…

Book details

List price: $25.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 1/29/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 192
Size: 7.75" wide x 7.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English

Sander Bais is Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Amsterdam and External Faculty Member of the Santa Fe Institute. He is the author of The Equations: Icons of Knowledge and Very Special Relativity: An Illustrated Guide.