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Prometheus Bedeviled: Science and the Contradictions of Contemporary Culture

by Norman Levitt

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ISBN13: 9780813526522
ISBN10: 0813526523
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Decrying attempts by outsiders to intervene in science policy and such methodologically unsound movements as alternative medicine, Levitt (mathematics, Rutgers U.) argues that science, by virtue of its accuracy and reliability, should be at the top of the hierarchy of knowledge and that non-scientists should keep their noses out of it.
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ISBN:
9780813526522
Subtitle:
Science and the Contradictions of Contemporary Culture
Author:
Levitt, Norman
Author:
Levitt, N.
Publisher:
Rutgers University Press
Location:
New Brunswick, NJ :
Subject:
Philosophy
Subject:
Science
Subject:
Social aspects
Subject:
Philosophy & Social Aspects
Subject:
Science -- Philosophy.
Subject:
Science -- Social aspects.
Copyright:
1999
Publication Date:
June 1999
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
416
Dimensions:
9.52x6.43x1.17 in. 1.64 lbs.
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