Scientific Authority and Twentieth-Century America

By: Ronald G. Walters

Book Overview

Turn-of-the-century Americans strongly believed that science -- "disinterested" and authoritative -- could help them to organize society and understand the natural world. Yet today, even scientists... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801853893
• ISBN13: 9780801853890
• Release Date: May 1997
• Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.3" x 6.5"