What Scientists Think (Paperback)

'There is a powerful and revealing means to find out what scientists think. You ask them.' From the Foreword, By Marek Kohn 'A pleasure at last to get access to the varied views of scientists', Lewis Wolpert, University College London What are scientists working on today? What do they worry about? What do they think about the working of the brain, climate change, animal experimentation, cancer, and mental illness? Is science progressing or in retreat? Is this century humankind's last? These are just some of the compelling and provocative questions tackled here by twelve of world's leading scientists and scientific thinkers. In engaging and lucid discussion, they clarify many of the most urgent scientific challenges and dilemmas facing science today. Steven Pinker Evolutionary Psychology Robin Murray Psychiatry and schizophrenia Kevin Warwick Cybernetics Susan Greenfield The Brain and human consciousness Norman Levitt Science under threat E.O. threats Michael Stratton Cancer research Martin Rees Science: It's Dangers and It's Public Colin Blakemore Medical Research, Animal Experimentation and Science Kenan Malik Science and the human animal Essential reading for anyone interested in popular science, What Scientists Think is edited and written by Jeremy Stangroom of the of the highly successful The Philosopher's Magazine. With a Foreword by Marek Kohn, author of A Reason for Everything: Natural Selection and the British Imagination. Steven Pinker, Robin Murray, Kevin Warwick, Susan Greenfield, Norman Levitt, E.O. Wilson, Steve Jones, Dorothy Crawford, Michael Stratton, Martin Rees, Colin Blakemore, John Polkinghorne

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 2005
First published:	2005
Editors:	Jeremy Stangroom
Foreword by:	Marek Kohn
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	194
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-33427-3
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > General Promotions
LSN:	0-415-33427-6
Barcode:	9780415334273

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