Facing Up (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Steven Weinberg
- First Published: 2001
- Type of Work: Science and current affairs
- Genres: Nonfiction, Essays, Current affairs, Science and technology
- Subjects: Science or scientists, Religion, Evolution
The enemies of science have always been many and varied. Religions and especially pseudo-religions have preferred their followers to accept an ordered cosmos and society based on faith rather than knowledge. Governments have generally had an unspoken but no less powerful preference for a largely ignorant population more easily kept in check, preferring to have its young people trained rather than educated. The romantic artist and the practical, hard-headed businessman, otherwise divided types, are often united in their dislike of science. Even in the academy, the liberal arts and the...
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