Weinberg, Steven 1933-2021

Facing up science and its cultural adversaries Steven Weinberg - XI, 283 S. Ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index

Machine generated contents note: 1. Science as a Liberal Art -- 2. Newtonianism, Reductionism, and the Art of -- Congressional Testimony -- 3. Newton's Dream -- 4. Confronting O'Brien -- 5. The Heritage of Galileo -- 6. Nature Itself -- 7. The Boundaries of Scientific Knowledge -- 8. The Methods of Science-- and Those by Which We Live -- 9. Night Thoughts of a Quantum Physicist -- 10. Reductionism Redux -- 11. Physics and History -- 12. Sokal's Hoax -- 13. Science and Sokal's Hoax: An Exchange -- 14. Before the Big Bang -- 15. Zionism and Its Adversaries -- 16. The Red Camaro -- 17. The Non-Revolution of Thomas Kuhn -- 18. T. S. Kuhn's Non-Revolution: An Exchange -- 19. The Great Reduction: -- Physics in the Twentieth Century -- 20. A Designer Universe? -- 21. "A Designer Universe?": An Exchange -- 22. Five and a Half Utopias -- 23. Looking for Peace in the Science Wars -- Sources -- Index

Machine generated contents note: 1. Science as a Liberal Art -- 2. Newtonianism, Reductionism, and the Art of -- Congressional Testimony -- 3. Newton's Dream -- 4. Confronting O'Brien -- 5. The Heritage of Galileo -- 6. Nature Itself -- 7. The Boundaries of Scientific Knowledge -- 8. The Methods of Science-- and Those by Which We Live -- 9. Night Thoughts of a Quantum Physicist -- 10. Reductionism Redux -- 11. Physics and History -- 12. Sokal's Hoax -- 13. Science and Sokal's Hoax: An Exchange -- 14. Before the Big Bang -- 15. Zionism and Its Adversaries -- 16. The Red Camaro -- 17. The Non-Revolution of Thomas Kuhn -- 18. T. S. Kuhn's Non-Revolution: An Exchange -- 19. The Great Reduction: -- Physics in the Twentieth Century -- 20. A Designer Universe? -- 21. "A Designer Universe?": An Exchange -- 22. Five and a Half Utopias -- 23. Looking for Peace in the Science Wars -- Sources -- Index

067400647X (hardcover : alk. paper)

9780674006478

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Science

Science


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