The Tree of Knowledge The Bright and the Dark Sides of Science
Whether considered a divine gift or a Promethean conquest, science has indisputably and indelibly marked the course of human history. A product of the intellectual elite, but always nourished by the many fruits of its applications, science appears today to be a perfect system, whose laws and discove...
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| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2014, 2014
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2014 |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Time of Growth
- Birth an Floruit of Science in the Occident
- Scientific Research as a Global Enterprise
- The Crisis of Growth
- Orthodoxy vs. Heresy
- The Dissemination of Knowledge
- Beyond Mankind
- Artificial Intelligence and Post-Humanity
- Beginning and End
- Epilogue