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The Hedgehog, The Fox And The Magister's Pox: Mending and Minding the Misconceived Gap Between Science and the Humanities - Softcover
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Weaves the ideas of some of Wester society's greatest thinkers, from Bacon to Galileo to EO Wilson, with uncelebrated ideas of lesser-known yet pivotal intellectuals. This work of science their ideas to undo an assumption that science and humanities stand in opposition. It argues that in fact each would benefit by borrowing from each other.
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"Pairs high brilliance with deep modesty." (New Humanist)
"Reading Gould is not merely a pleasure but an education and a chronicle of the times" (Observer)
"Not only one of the finest scientific minds of the later twentieth century, but also one of its greatest polymaths" (The Times)
"Gould strives to outline a more peaceful, mutually supportive view of the realtionship between the sciences and the humanities" (Nature)
"One of the best essayists in the business. He uses his wide background knowledge...as a bridge to entice non-scientists into sharing the excitement of scientific discovery and the curious, convoluted path of new ideas through history" (Scotsman)
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The final book from the most celebrated popular science writer in the world.
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- PublisherVintage
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 0099440822
- ISBN 13 9780099440826
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages288
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