Science and Anti-Science

by Gerald Holton

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What is good science? What goal--if any--is the proper end of scientific activity? Is there a legitimating authority that scientists mayclaim? Howserious athreat are the anti-science movements? These questions have long been debated but, as Gerald Holton points out, every era must offer its own responses. This book examines these questions not in the abstract but shows their historic roots and the answers emerging from the scientific and political...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:067479298X

ISBN13:9780674792982

Release Date:July 1995

Publisher:Harvard University Press

Length:215 Pages

Weight:1.05 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"

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