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science criticism academic left cultural studies science wars postmodernism scientific authority humanities vs science intellectual debate academic politics interdisciplinary studies social constructivism science and society scientific skepticism
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- ISBN 9780801857072
- Weight: 476g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 28 Jan 1998
- Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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.
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.
