The Workshop and the World: What Ten Thinkers Can Teach Us About Science and Authority,Used

The Workshop and the World: What Ten Thinkers Can Teach Us About Science and Authority,Used

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A fascinating look at key thinkers throughout history who have shaped public perception of science and the role of authority.When does a scientific discovery become accepted fact? Why have scientific facts become easy to deny? And what can we do about it? In The Workshop and the World, philosopher and science historian Robert P. Crease answers these questions by describing the origins of our scientific infrastructurethe workshopand the role of ten of the worlds greatest thinkers in shaping it. At a time when the Catholic Church assumed total authority, Francis Bacon, Galileo Galilei, and Ren Descartes were the first to articulate the worldly authority of science, while writers such as Mary Shelley and Auguste Comte told cautionary tales of divorcing science from the humanities. The provocative leaders and thinkers Kemal Atatrk and Hannah Arendt addressed the relationship between the scientific community and the public in in times of deep distrust.As todays politicians and government officials increasingly accuse scientists of dishonesty, conspiracy, and even hoaxes, engaged citizens cant help but wonder how we got to this level of distrust and how we can emerge from it. This book tells dramatic stories of individuals who confronted fierce oppositionand sometimes risked their livesin describing the proper authority of science, and it examines how ignorance and misuse of science constitute the preeminent threat to human life and culture. An essential, timely exploration of what it means to practice science for the common good as well as the danger of political action divorced from science, The Workshop and the World helps us understand both the origins of our current moment of great antiscience rhetoric and what we can do to help keep the modern world from falling apart. 25 black and white images

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