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Nineteen Eighty Four
. Ed(S): Mendelsohn, E.; Nowotny, H.
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Paperback. Editor(s): Mendelsohn, E.; Nowotny, H. Series: Sociology of the Sciences Yearbook. Num Pages: 318 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1000.
Just fifty years ago Julian Huxley, the biologist grandson of Thomas Henry Huxley, published a book which easily could be seen to represent the prevail ing outlook among young scientists of the day: If I were a Dictator (1934). The outlook is optimistic, the tone playfully rational, the intent clear - allow science a free hand and through rational planning it could bring order out of the surrounding social chaos. He complained, however: At the moment, science is for most part either an intellectual luxury or the paid servant of capitalist industry or the nationalist state. When it and its ... Read more
Just fifty years ago Julian Huxley, the biologist grandson of Thomas Henry Huxley, published a book which easily could be seen to represent the prevail ing outlook among young scientists of the day: If I were a Dictator (1934). The outlook is optimistic, the tone playfully rational, the intent clear - allow science a free hand and through rational planning it could bring order out of the surrounding social chaos. He complained, however: At the moment, science is for most part either an intellectual luxury or the paid servant of capitalist industry or the nationalist state. When it and its ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
Series
Sociology of the Sciences Yearbook
Number of Pages
303
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789027717214
SKU
V9789027717214
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