Introduction -- Scientific theories -- Meaning -- Questions -- Networks -- Graph theory -- Communication -- Science and literature -- Science and religion -- Science and art -- Science and history -- Complexity and culture -- Mathematics and ai -- Science and ethics -- Science and education -- Summary : the new Atlantis.
Summary:
Many aspects of research activity in science are opaque to outsiders and this opacity infects how connections are made between science and other disciplines. The aim of Culture, Curiosity and Communication in Scientific Discovery is to try to shine a light through the mist of scientific research by way of examples taken from the sciences, social sciences and the humanities. The book maintains that the foundations of science are built on sand because theories come and go and the search for truth is elusive. Knowledge acquisition appears to be an end in itself, as though knowledge is some sort of commodity or object that can be traded. Nigel Sanitt explains that we have created a mythical objective world, where we pretend that opinions and values are generated by data alone and not by human beings.
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