Weinberg (2003)

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Weinberg, Steven. (2003) Facing up: Science and its cultural adversaries. Harvard University Press.

Title Facing up: Science and its cultural adversaries
Resource Type book
Author(s) Steven Weinberg
Year 2003
Publisher Harvard University Press
ISBN 9780674011205

Abstract

A collection of essays on science by noted physicist Steven Weinberg. The central thesis is that the laws science discovers are entirely impersonal, with no hint of a special status for humans. His viewpoint is reductionist, realist, and secular. He defends science against various cultural adversaries.