Science

Science
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Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Total Pages : 176
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ISBN-10 : 0816631255
ISBN-13 : 9780816631254
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Book Synopsis Science by : Steve Fuller

Download or read book Science written by Steve Fuller and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SCIENCE features a report written in the persona of a Martian anthropologist who systematically compares religious and scientific institutions on Earth, only to find that science does not necessarily live up to its own ideals of rationality, thereby risking its purpose by the role it increasingly plays in the maintenance of social and economic order.


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