The workshop and the world : what ten thinkers can teach us about science and authority /

Crease, Robert P.,

The workshop and the world : what ten thinkers can teach us about science and authority / Robert P. Crease. - 319 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Francis Bacon's New Atlantis -- Galileo and the authority of science -- René Descartes : workshop thinking -- Giambattista Vico : going mad rationally -- Mary Shelley's hideous idea -- Auguste Comte's religion of humanity -- Max Weber : authority and bureaucracy -- Kemal Atatürk : science and patriotism -- Edmund Husserl : cultural crisis -- Hannah Arendt : action -- Conclusion.

"A fascinating look at key thinkers throughout history who have shaped public perception of science and the role of authority."--

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Science--Methodology.
Science--Social aspects.
Science--Political aspects.
Science and state.
Discoveries in science.

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