Science and human experience : values, culture and the mind / Leon N. Cooper, Brown University.
Science and human experience : values, culture and the mind / Leon N. Cooper, Brown University.
Science and human experience : values, culture and the mind / Leon N. Cooper, Brown University.
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Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
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G 2015/692
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English
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xiii, 246 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Part One. Science and Society: 1. Science and human experience; 2. Does science undermine our values?; 3. Can science serve mankind?; 4. Modern science and contemporary discomfort: metaphor and reality; 5. Faith and science; 6. Art and science; 7. Fraud in science; 8. Why study science? The keys to...
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Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
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England
Date Published
2014.
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"Does science have limits? Where does order come from? Can we understand consciousness? Written by Nobel Laureate Leon N. Cooper, this book places pressing scientific questions in the broader context of how they relate to human experience. Widely considered to be a highly original thinker, Cooper has written and given talks on a large variety of su...
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Science and human experience : values, culture and the mind / Leon N. Cooper, Brown University.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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G 2015/692
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74VKOd5vAQJX
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1107043174 ( hardback)
9781107043176 (hardback)
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303.48/3
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991022407979702626
