Facing Up : Science and Its Cultural Adversaries
by Weinberg, Steven
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Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.: Harvard University Press, 2001. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Winner of the Nobel prize for physics in 1979, Weinberg pursues his principal passions, theoretical physics and a deeper understanding of the culture, philosophy, history, and politics of science. 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. 283 pages..
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- Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.: Harvard University Press, 2001
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- SCIENCE GENERAL WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE PHYSICS CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, HISTORY, AND POLITICS 067400647X
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