Higher Superstition: The Academic Left and Its Quarrels with Science

Gross, Professor Paul R.; Levitt, Professor Norman

ISBN 10: 0801847664 / ISBN 13: 9780801847660

Published by The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Higher Superstition: The Academic Left and Its Quarrels with Science
• Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0801847664
• ISBN 13: 9780801847660
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Fair
• Weight: 23 ounces

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Synopsis

With the emergence of "cultural studies" and the blurring of once-clear academic boundaries, scholars are turning to subjects far outside their traditional disciplines and areas of expertise. In Higher Superstition scientists Paul Gross and Norman Levitt raise serious questions about the growing criticism of science by humanists and social scientists on the "academic left." This paperback edition of Higher Superstition includes a new afterword by the authors.

About the Author

Paul R. Gross, former director and president of the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, is University Professor of Life Sciences, Emeritus, at the University of Virginia and a visiting scholar at Harvard University. Norman Levitt is professor of mathematics at Rutgers University and the author of Grassmannians and Gauss Maps in Piecewise-Linear Topology.