Science and Human Values by Jacob Bronowski

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Science and Human Values

by Jacob Bronowski

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A trio of essays about the role of science in culture and society, and the obligations of the scientist toward humanity. Very helpful at the time for a college paper on the topic I was writing. (

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On a fine November day in 1945, late in the afternoon, I was landed on an airstrip in southern Japan.

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Thought-provoking essays on science as an integral part of the culture of our age from a leader in the scientific humanism movement. "A profoundly moving, brilliantly perceptive essay by a truly civilized man."--Scientific American

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