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Author:
Crease, Robert P., author.
Title:
The workshop and the world : what ten thinkers can teach us about science and authority / Robert P. Crease.
Publisher:
W.W. Norton & Company,
Copyright Date:
2019
Description:
319 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subject:
Science--Methodology.
Science--Social aspects.
Science--Political aspects.
Science and state.
Discoveries in science.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Francis Bacon's New Atlantis -- Galileo and the authority of science -- Rene Descartes : workshop thinking -- Giambattista Vico : going mad rationally -- Mary Shelley's hideous idea -- Auguste Comte's religion of humanity -- Max Weber : authority and bureaucracy -- Kemal Atatørk : science and patriotism -- Edmund Husserl : cultural crisis -- Hannah Arendt : action -- Conclusion.
Summary:
"A fascinating look at key thinkers throughout history who have shaped public perception of science and the role of authority."-- Amazon.com
ISBN:
0393292436
9780393292435
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1037807472
LCCN:
2018047219
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)
SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)
CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)
BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)
SCPC074 -- Hudson Public Library (Hudson)
DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)

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