Cosmic Apprentice: Dispatches from the Edges of Science |
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| Author:
| Sagan, Dorion |
| ISBN: | 978-1-299-91546-6 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2013 |
| Publisher: | University of Minnesota Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $29.94 |
Book Description:
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Refreshingly nonconformist and polemically incisive, "Cosmic Apprentice "challenges readers to reject both dogma and cliche and instead recover the intellectual adventurousness that should--and can once again--animate both science and philosophy. Informed by a countercultural sensibility, a deep engagement with speculative thought, and a hardheaded scientific skepticism, it advances controversial positions on such seemingly sacrosanct subjects as evolution and entropy.
Refreshingly nonconformist and polemically incisive, "Cosmic Apprentice "challenges readers to reject both dogma and cliche and instead recover the intellectual adventurousness that should--and can once again--animate both science and philosophy. Informed by a countercultural sensibility, a deep engagement with speculative thought, and a hardheaded scientific skepticism, it advances controversial positions on such seemingly sacrosanct subjects as evolution and entropy.