Science and Anti-Science

by Gerald Holton

Book Overview

What is good science? What goal--if any--is the proper end of scientific activity? Is there a legitimating authority that scientists mayclaim? Howserious athreat are the anti-science movements? These questions have long been debated but, as Gerald Holton points out, every era must offer its own responses. This book examines these questions not in the abstract but shows their historic roots and the answers emerging from the scientific and political...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674792998
• ISBN13: 9780674792999
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 215 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"