The Resource Facing up : science and its cultural adversaries, Steven Weinberg
Facing up : science and its cultural adversaries, Steven Weinberg
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- Summary
- In a New York Times profile, James Glanz remarked, "Steven Weinberg is perhaps the world's most authoritative proponent of the idea that physics is hurtling toward a "final theory," a complete explanation of nature's particles and forces that will endure as the bedrock of all science forevermore. He is also a powerful writer of prose that can illuminate--and sting ... He recently received the Lewis Thomas Prize, awarded to the researcher who best embodies 'the scientist as poet.'" Both the brilliant scientist and the provocative writer are fully present in this book as 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xi, 283 pages)
- Contents
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- Science as a liberal art
- Newtonianism, reductionism, and the art of congressional testimony
- Newton's dream
- Confronting O'Brien
- The heritage of Galileo
- Nature itself
- The boundaries of scientific knowledge
- The methods of science ... and those by which we live
- Night thoughts of a quantum physicist
- Reductionism redux
- Physics and history
- Sokal's hoax
- Science and Sokal's hoax: an exchange
- Before the big bang
- Zionism and its adversaries
- The red Camaro
- The non-revolution of Thomas Kuhn
- T.S. Kuhn's non-revolution: an exchange
- The great reduction: physics in the twentieth century
- A designer universe?
- "A designer universe?": an exchange
- Five and a half utopias
- Looking for peace in the science wars
- Isbn
- 9780674066403
- Label
- Facing up : science and its cultural adversaries
- Title
- Facing up
- Title remainder
- science and its cultural adversaries
- Statement of responsibility
- Steven Weinberg
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In a New York Times profile, James Glanz remarked, "Steven Weinberg is perhaps the world's most authoritative proponent of the idea that physics is hurtling toward a "final theory," a complete explanation of nature's particles and forces that will endure as the bedrock of all science forevermore. He is also a powerful writer of prose that can illuminate--and sting ... He recently received the Lewis Thomas Prize, awarded to the researcher who best embodies 'the scientist as poet.'" Both the brilliant scientist and the provocative writer are fully present in this book as 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
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1933-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Weinberg, Steven
- Dewey number
- 500
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- Q171
- LC item number
- .W419 2003eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
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- Science
- SCIENCE
- SCIENCE
- SCIENCE
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- Label
- Facing up : science and its cultural adversaries, Steven Weinberg
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- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- multicolored
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- Contents
- Science as a liberal art -- Newtonianism, reductionism, and the art of congressional testimony -- Newton's dream -- Confronting O'Brien -- The heritage of Galileo -- Nature itself -- The boundaries of scientific knowledge -- The methods of science ... and those by which we live -- Night thoughts of a quantum physicist -- Reductionism redux -- Physics and history -- Sokal's hoax -- Science and Sokal's hoax: an exchange -- Before the big bang -- Zionism and its adversaries -- The red Camaro -- The non-revolution of Thomas Kuhn -- T.S. Kuhn's non-revolution: an exchange -- The great reduction: physics in the twentieth century -- A designer universe? -- "A designer universe?": an exchange -- Five and a half utopias -- Looking for peace in the science wars
- Control code
- 777587214
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Edition
- 1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xi, 283 pages)
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- online
- Isbn
- 9780674066403
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- rdamedia
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- c
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- 22573/ctt2f3wt1
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- not applicable
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- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)777587214
- Label
- Facing up : science and its cultural adversaries, Steven Weinberg
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
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- txt
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- Contents
- Science as a liberal art -- Newtonianism, reductionism, and the art of congressional testimony -- Newton's dream -- Confronting O'Brien -- The heritage of Galileo -- Nature itself -- The boundaries of scientific knowledge -- The methods of science ... and those by which we live -- Night thoughts of a quantum physicist -- Reductionism redux -- Physics and history -- Sokal's hoax -- Science and Sokal's hoax: an exchange -- Before the big bang -- Zionism and its adversaries -- The red Camaro -- The non-revolution of Thomas Kuhn -- T.S. Kuhn's non-revolution: an exchange -- The great reduction: physics in the twentieth century -- A designer universe? -- "A designer universe?": an exchange -- Five and a half utopias -- Looking for peace in the science wars
- Control code
- 777587214
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Edition
- 1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xi, 283 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780674066403
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt2f3wt1
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)777587214
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