1996 New York Academy of Sciences; Paperback
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The authors of Higher Superstition and others take on critics of science from social constructivists to deconstructionists, from creationists and feminists to Afro-centrists.
Paul R. Gross, former director of the Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory, is University Professor of Life Sciences and director of the Center for Advanced Studies at the University of Virginia. Norman Levitt is professor of mathematics at Rutgers University and the author of Grassmannians and Gauss Maps in Piecewise-Linear Topology. Martin W. Lewis is professor of geography at Duke University and the author of Green Delusions: An Environmentalist Critique of Radical Environmentalism.
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Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Collection of 42 essays examining questions of threats to hard science and reality from social construct ideas, including sections on the public image of science, "Reasonable Foundations", foundations of physics, health, environment, social theories of science, "History, Science, Politics", feminisms, humanities, religion, education. Hardcover, light wear but heavy fading to book; no jacket, likely as issued. Text clean; xi, blank, 593 pages; index, references, notes, a few tables & charts. Size: Octavo. Seller Inventory # t0743
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Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1996, 593pp, navy cloth w/ silver lettering, 'Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 775', light shelfwear to cover, no dj, contents clean. Seller Inventory # 20-0001
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Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Good in boards. Damp staining throughout. ; Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences; 9.50 X 6.50 X 1.50 inches; 593 pages. Seller Inventory # 75244
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