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Closer to truth : science, meaning, and the future
- Title
- Closer to truth : science, meaning, and the future / Robert Lawrence Kuhn.
- Author
- Kuhn, Robert Lawrence.
- Publication
- Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, 2007.
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- Description
- xix, 306 p.; 25 cm.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Foreword: No end for science exploration / Song Jian -- Introduction: What is closer to truth? -- Is science fiction science? -- Why is music so significant? -- Is consciousness an illusion? -- How does the autistic brain work? -- Does psychiatry have a split personality? -- Who gets to validate alternative medicine? -- Microbes : friend or foe? -- Testing new drugs : are people guinea pigs? -- How does order arise in the universe? -- How weird is the cosmos? -- Is the universe full of life? -- Will computers take a quantum leap? -- How does basic science support national security? -- Can religion withstand technology? -- Can we believe in both science and religion? -- Why ultimate reality works for us: Toward a taxonomy of possible explanations.
- Call Number
- JFE 07-3114
- ISBN
- 0275993892 (alk. paper)
- 9780275993894 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2006038657
- OCLC
- 76792097
- Author
- Kuhn, Robert Lawrence.
- Title
- Closer to truth : science, meaning, and the future / Robert Lawrence Kuhn.
- Imprint
- Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, 2007.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- Research Call Number
- JFE 07-3114