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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ronchi, Claudio (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edition:1st ed. 2014.
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:Texto Completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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