Cosmic Apprentice: Dispatches from the Edges of Science

by Dorion Sagan

Book Overview

In the pursuit of knowledge, Dorion Sagan argues in this dazzlingly eclectic, rigorously crafted, and deliciously witty collection of essays, scientific authoritarianism and philosophical obscurantism are equally formidable obstacles to discovery. As science has become more specialized and more costly, its questing spirit has been constrained by dogma. And philosophy, perhaps the discipline best placed to question orthodoxy, has retreated behind...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081668135X
• ISBN13: 9780816681358
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 8.6"