Closer to truth : science, meaning, and the future /
Kuhn, Robert Lawrence.
Closer to truth : science, meaning, and the future / Robert Lawrence Kuhn. - Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, 2007. - xix, 306 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
What is closer to truth? -- Is science fiction science? -- Why is music so significant? -- Is consciousness an illusion? -- How does the autistic brain work? -- Does psychiatry have a split personality? -- Who gets to validate alternative medicine? -- Microbes, friend or foe? -- Testing new drugs : are people guinea pigs? -- How does order arise in the universe? -- How weird is the cosmos? -- Is the universe full of life? -- Will computers take a quantum leap? -- How does basic science support national security? -- Can religion withstand technology? -- Can we believe in both religion and science?
0275993892 : HRD $49.95 9780275993894
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Research--Philosophy.
Scientists--Psychology.
Critical thinking.
Science--History.
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Closer to truth : science, meaning, and the future / Robert Lawrence Kuhn. - Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, 2007. - xix, 306 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
What is closer to truth? -- Is science fiction science? -- Why is music so significant? -- Is consciousness an illusion? -- How does the autistic brain work? -- Does psychiatry have a split personality? -- Who gets to validate alternative medicine? -- Microbes, friend or foe? -- Testing new drugs : are people guinea pigs? -- How does order arise in the universe? -- How weird is the cosmos? -- Is the universe full of life? -- Will computers take a quantum leap? -- How does basic science support national security? -- Can religion withstand technology? -- Can we believe in both religion and science?
0275993892 : HRD $49.95 9780275993894
Greenwood Pub Group, C/O Harcourt Education 465 S Lincoln Dr, Troy, MO, USA, 63379, (203)2263571-3352 SAN 210-5829
2006038657
Research--Philosophy.
Scientists--Psychology.
Critical thinking.
Science--History.
Q175.3 / .K84 2007
500