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Closer to truth : science, meaning, and the future
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Closer to truth : science, meaning, and the future

Author: Robert Lawrence Kuhn
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, 2007.
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Robert Lawrence Kuhn
ISBN: 9780275993894 0275993892
OCLC Number: 76792097
Description: xix, 306 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Acknowledgments -- Foreword : No end for science exploration / Dr. Song Jian -- Introduction : What is closer to truth? -- ch. 1. Is science fiction science? -- ch. 2. Why is music so significant? -- ch. 3. Is consciousness an illusion? -- ch. 4. How does the autistic brain work? -- ch. 5. Does psychiatry have a split personality? -- ch. 6. Who gets to validate alternative medicine? -- ch. 7. Microbes, friend or foe? -- ch. 8. Testing new drugs : are people guinea pigs? -- ch. 9. How does order arise in the universe? -- ch. 10. How weird is the cosmos? -- ch. 11. Is the universe full of life? -- ch. 12. Will computers take a quantum leap? -- ch. 13. How does basic science support national security? -- ch. 14. Can religion withstand technology? -- ch. 15. Can we believe in both religion and science? -- Why ultimate reality works for us : toward a taxonomy of possible explanations -- Glossary of key terms -- About the author and contributors -- Index.
Responsibility: Robert Lawrence Kuhn.
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