Closer to truth : science, meaning and the future

Closer to truth science, meaning and the future

What is closer to truth? -- Is science fiction science? -- Why is music so significant? -- Is consciousness an illusion? -- How does the autistic brain work? -- Does psychiatry have a split personality? -- Who gets to validate alternative medicine? -- Microbes, friend or foe? -- Testing new drugs :...

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1. Verfasser: Kuhn, Robert Lawrence (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Westport, Conn. u.a. Praeger 2007
Ausgabe:1. publ.
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Research > Philosophy > Scientists > Psychology > Critical thinking > Science > History > Social aspects > Science and civilization > Forschung > Wissenschaft > Zukunft > Philosophie
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Zusammenfassung:What is closer to truth? -- Is science fiction science? -- Why is music so significant? -- Is consciousness an illusion? -- How does the autistic brain work? -- Does psychiatry have a split personality? -- Who gets to validate alternative medicine? -- Microbes, friend or foe? -- Testing new drugs : are people guinea pigs? -- How does order arise in the universe? -- How weird is the cosmos? -- Is the universe full of life? -- Will computers take a quantum leap? -- How does basic science support national security? -- Can religion withstand technology? -- Can we believe in both religion and science?
Beschreibung:Originally published: New York: London: McGraw-Hill, 2000
Beschreibung:XIX, 306 S
24cm
ISBN:9780275993894
978-0-275-99389-4
0275993892
0-275-99389-2