Higher Superstition: The Academic Left and Its Quarrels with Science - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Paul R. Gross, Norman LevittAudience:Young AdultPublish date:1997-11-06Pages:348
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Johns Hopkins University PressISBN-13:9780801857072ISBN-10:801857074UPC:9780801857072Book Category:Science, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Reference, Philosophy & Social AspectsSize:9.01 x 6.01 x 0.95 inchesWeight:1.0318Product ID:SC5C8TCSZG
With the emergence of "cultural studies" and the blurring of once-clear academic boundaries, scholars are turning to subjects far outside their traditional disciplines and areas of expertise. In Higher Superstition scientists Paul Gross and Norman Levitt raise serious questions about the growing criticism of science by humanists and social scientists on the "academic left." This paperback edition of Higher Superstition includes a new afterword by the authors .
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Johns Hopkins University PressISBN-13:9780801857072ISBN-10:801857074UPC:9780801857072Book Category:Science, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Reference, Philosophy & Social AspectsSize:9.01 x 6.01 x 0.95 inchesWeight:1.0318Product ID:SC5C8TCSZG
Paul R. Gross, former director and president of the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, is University Professor of Life Sciences, Emeritus, at the University of Virginia and a visiting scholar at Harvard University. Norman Levitt is professor of mathematics at Rutgers University and the author of Grassmannians and Gauss Maps in Piecewise-Linear Topology.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
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