The Tree of Knowledge The Bright and the Dark Sides of Science /

Whether considered a divine gift or a Promethean conquest, science has indisputably and indelibly marked the course of human history. A product of the intellectual elite, but always nourished by the many fruits of its applications, science appears today to be a perfect system, whose laws and discove...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ronchi, Claudio (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edición:1st ed. 2014.
Temas:
Physics-Philosophy.
Engineering.
Life sciences.
Social sciences.
Humanities.
Science.
Mathematics.
Philosophical Foundations of Physics and Astronomy.
Technology and Engineering.
Life Sciences.
Humanities and Social Sciences.
Physical Sciences.
Mathematics and Computing.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Time of Growth
  • Birth an Floruit of Science in the Occident
  • Scientific Research as a Global Enterprise
  • The Crisis of Growth
  • Orthodoxy vs. Heresy
  • The Dissemination of Knowledge
  • Beyond Mankind
  • Artificial Intelligence and Post-Humanity
  • Beginning and End
  • Epilogue.

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