What is the role of scientists in society? What should we think when they talk about more than just science? Mary Midgley discusses the high spiritual ambitions which tend to gather around the notion of science.

在线阅读本书 In addresses written for a wide general audience, one of the twentieth century's most prominent thinkers, Claude Levi-Strauss, here offers the insights of a lifetime on the crucial questions of human existence. Responding to questions as varied as 'Can there be meaning in chaos?', 'What can science learn from myth?' and 'What is structuralism?', Levi-Strauss presents,...(展开全部)

In this new work Michel Serres, France's foremost philosopher of science, explores how traditional images of angels in art and legend foretell the preoccupations of modern life. Divided, as between Heaven and Hell, into First and Third Worlds, our societies search for ways to make contact, both by means of the most basic interpersonal relations and high-tech communications. The...(展开全部)

The riveting true story of a small town ravaged by industrial pollution, Toms River melds hard-hitting investigative reporting, a fascinating scientific detective story, and an unforgettable cast of characters into a sweeping narrative in the tradition of A Civil Action, The Emperor of All Maladies, and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. One of New Jersey’s seemingly innumer...(展开全部)

The true story of a small town ravaged by industrial pollution, Toms River won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize and has been hailed by The New York Times as "a new classic of science reporting." Now available in paperback with a new afterword by acclaimed author Dan Fagin, the book masterfully blends hard-hitting investigative journalism, scientific discovery, and unforgettable characte...(展开全部)

The riveting true story of a small town ravaged by industrial pollution, Toms River melds hard-hitting investigative reporting, a fascinating scientific detective story, and an unforgettable cast of characters into a sweeping narrative in the tradition of A Civil Action, The Emperor of All Maladies, and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. One of New Jersey’s seemingly innumer...(展开全部)

艾伦·查尔默斯1939年生于英格兰布里斯托尔，起先是物理学家，后来转向研究物理学哲学和物理学史。在此论题上，他撰写了三十几篇文章，著有《科学究竟是什么?》。这本著作现已译成包括中文在内的15种语言出版，使其赢得了国际性的声誉。查尔默斯1987—1999年任悉尼大学科学史与科学哲学系主任、教授，1997年当选为澳大利亚人文科学院院士，并于2003年因“在科学史和科学哲学领域中人文学科的贡献”获得由澳大利亚政府以女王名义颁发的百年奖章。

艾伦·查尔默斯1939年生于英格兰布里斯托尔，起先是物理学家，后来转向研究物理学哲学和物理学史。在此论题上，他撰写了三十几篇文章，著有《科学究竟是什么?》。这本著作现已译成包括中文在内的15种语言出版，使其赢得了国际性的声誉。查尔默斯1987—1999年任悉尼大学科学史与科学哲学系主任、教授，1997年当选为澳大利亚人文科学院院士，并于2003年因“在科学史和科学哲学领域中人文学科的贡献”获得由澳大利亚政府以女王名义颁发的百年奖章。