Science of liberty democracy, reason and the laws of nature

By:

Ferris, Timothy

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York Harper 2010Description: 368p. 24 cmISBN:

9780060781514

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DDC classification:

303.483 22 FE-S

LOC classification:

Q175.5 .F477 2010

Contents:

Ch. 1. Science & Liberty -- Ch. 2. Science & Liberalism -- Ch. 3. The Rise of Science -- Ch. 4. The Science of Enlightenment -- Ch. 5. American Independence -- Ch. 6. The Terror -- Ch. 7. Power -- Ch. 8. Progress -- Ch. 9. The Science of Wealth -- Ch. 10. Totalitarian Antiscience -- Ch. 11. Academic Antiscience -- Ch. 12. One World.

Review: "Timothy Ferris makes a passionate case for science as the inspiration behind the rise of liberalism and democracy. Ferris argues that just as the scientific revolution rescued billions from poverty, fear, hunger, and disease, the Enlightenment values it inspired has swelled the number of persons living in free and democratic societies from less than 1 percent of the world population four centuries ago to more than a third today." "Ferris investigates the evolution of these scientific and political revolutions, demonstrating that they are inextricably bound. He shows how science was integral to the American Revolution but misinterpreted in the French Revolution; reflects on the history of liberalism, stressing its widely underestimated and mutually beneficial relationship with science; and surveys the forces that have opposed science and liberalism - from communism and fascism to postmodernism and Islamic fundamentalism."--BOOK JACKET.

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Print	OPJGU Sonepat- Campus Main Library	General Books	303.483 FE-S (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		118007

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Timothy Ferris makes a passionate case for science as the inspiration behind the rise of liberalism and democracy. Ferris argues that just as the scientific revolution rescued billions from poverty, fear, hunger, and disease, the Enlightenment values it inspired has swelled the number of persons living in free and democratic societies from less than 1 percent of the world population four centuries ago to more than a third today." "Ferris investigates the evolution of these scientific and political revolutions, demonstrating that they are inextricably bound. He shows how science was integral to the American Revolution but misinterpreted in the French Revolution; reflects on the history of liberalism, stressing its widely underestimated and mutually beneficial relationship with science; and surveys the forces that have opposed science and liberalism - from communism and fascism to postmodernism and Islamic fundamentalism."--BOOK JACKET.

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