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| 008 | 090717s2010 nyu b 001 0 eng | ||
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_aFerris, Timothy _922342 |
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_aScience of liberty _bdemocracy, reason and the laws of nature |
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_aNew York _bHarper _c2010 |
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_a368p. _c24 cm. |
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| 504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references and index. | ||
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_gCh. 1. _tScience & Liberty -- _gCh. 2. _tScience & Liberalism -- _gCh. 3. _tThe Rise of Science -- _gCh. 4. _tThe Science of Enlightenment -- _gCh. 5. _tAmerican Independence -- _gCh. 6. _tThe Terror -- _gCh. 7. _tPower -- _gCh. 8. _tProgress -- _gCh. 9. _tThe Science of Wealth -- _gCh. 10. _tTotalitarian Antiscience -- _gCh. 11. _tAcademic Antiscience -- _gCh. 12. _tOne World. |
| 520 | 1 | _a"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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_aDemocracy and science. _922344 |
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