Science and Anti-Science

Author: Gerald Holton (USA), translated by Fan Dainian and others
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Publish Date: 1999-01-01
Features: What is good science? What is the proper purpose of scientific activity? Can scientists demand legitimate authority? As Holton points out, these questions have been debated for a long time, and each era inevitably provides its own answers. This book does not examine these issues abstractly but traces their historical roots and highlights the answers that emerged from 20th-century scientific and political debates. What is good science? What is the proper purpose of scientific activity? Can scientists demand legitimate authority? As Holton points out, these questions have been debated for a long time, and each era inevitably provides its own answers. This book does not examine these issues abstractly but traces their historical roots and highlights the answers that emerged from 20th-century scientific and political debates.