| Place of Science in a World of Values and Facts 2001 Edition Contributor(s): Christophorou, Loucas G. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0306465809 ISBN-13: 9780306465802 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2001 Annotation: This volume is unique and comprehensive in its description of science and the scientist, the role of science in our lives, and the nature of the most important achievements in science. It is the only book of its kind to thoroughly deconstruct so many aspects of scientific culture and its interaction with the larger society in which it is embedded. Written by a working scientist, the volume bridges the gap between the scientific and the nonscientific communities by relating broad social and philosophical issues to science, and by connecting science and its methods to modern human society. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Philosophy & Social Aspects - Science | Study & Teaching - Science | Physics - General |
| Dewey: 501 |
| LCCN: 2001016496 |
| Series: Innovations in Science Education and Technology |
| Physical Information: 0.92" H x 6.68" W x 8.4" (1.05 lbs) 300 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is an engrossing book. It is also an unusual book: it is written by a scientist who is quite willing to talk about the softer side of life, about things such as love and respect and responsibility, and to try and position them in the context of his science. He is also willing to talk about religion, the manner in which it relates to science and science to it, and to attempt reconciliation of both. He sets himself a tough task, to tread the narrow path between the maudlin and the severely sober. In this, he is eminently successful. He is successful not because he aims at any grand synthesis, but because he has chosen the more modest path of simply laying out the cards on the table. This work is also unusual for another reason. The majority of books that attempt to explain science to a lay public, that try to describe its workings, its raison d' tre, its hidden contents, its societal impact, its implications for our future, etc., are written by theorists. This is hardly surprising. The theoretician, after all, is expected to think deeply, to be the great unifier, to be concernedwith meaning. Very few books about science are written by scientists, ones who spend their time in a working experimental laboratory. This is such a book. And because it is, it is also a very different book. |