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Facing Up - Science and Its Cultural Adversaries (Paperback, New edition)
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Facing Up - Science and Its Cultural Adversaries (Paperback, New edition)
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The New York Times's James Glanz has called Steven Weinberg
"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. Together, they afford the general reader the unique
pleasure of experiencing the superb sense, understanding, and
knowledge of one of the most interesting and forceful scientific
minds of our era.
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