Science and the creative spirit : essays on humanistic aspects of science / by Karl W. Deutsch [and three others] ; edited by Harcourt Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Deutsch, Karl W., author.

Contributor:

Brown, Harcourt, 1900- editor.

American Council of Learned Societies, issuing body.

Series:

Scholarly reprint series.

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Philosophy.

Science.

Science and the humanities.

Science and civilization.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (194 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Toronto, Ontario] : University of Toronto Press, 1958.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Men on both sides of the science-humanities barrier feel an urgent need for mutual understanding. This symposium sponsored by the American Council of Learned Societies, stressed that it is only in a spirit of disinterested yet sincere evaluation that science and humanism can escape disastrous consequences in the future.

Contents:

Cover

CONTENTS

FOREWORD

WHY THIS BOOK WAS WRITTEN: AN INTRODUCTION

I: SCIENTIFIC AND HUMANISTIC KNOWLEDGE IN THE GROWTH OF CIVILIZATION

II: "THOSE SCATTERED RAYS CONVERGENT": SCIENCE AND IMAGINATION IN ENGLISH LITERATURE

III: TENSIONS AND ANXIETIES: SCIENCE AND THE LITERARY CULTURE OF FRANCE

IV: THE CREATIVITY OF SCIENCE.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4426-5097-4

1-4426-3259-3

OCLC:

929153970