In Praise of Science: Curiosity, Understanding, and Progress

by Sander Bais

Book Overview

A virtuoso introduction to the field of science, the most democratic of human endeavors.

In this engaging, lyrical book, physicist Sander Bais shows how science can liberate us from our cultural straitjacket of prejudice and intolerance. We're living in a time in which technology is taken for granted, yet belief in such standard scientific facts as evolution is actually decreasing. How is it possible for cell phones and Creationism...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262014351
• ISBN13: 9780262014359
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.9" x 7.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher