Culture, curiosity, and communication in scientific discovery : the eye in ideas / Nigel Sanitt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sanitt, Nigel, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Methodology.

Science.

Communication in science.

Science--Social aspects.

Discoveries in science.

Physical Description:

xvii, 165 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.

Summary:

Many aspects of research activity in science are opaque to outsiders and this opacity infects how connections are made between science and other disciplines. The aim of Culture, Curiosity and Communication in Scientific Discovery is to try to shine a light through the mist of scientific research by way of examples taken from the sciences, social sciences and the humanities. The book maintains that the foundations of science are built on sand because theories come and go and the search for truth is elusive. Knowledge acquisition appears to be an end in itself, as though knowledge is some sort of commodity or object that can be traded. Nigel Sanitt explains that we have created a mythical objective world, where we pretend that opinions and values are generated by data alone and not by human beings.

Contents:

Introduction

Scientific theories

Meaning

Questions

Networks

Graph theory

Communication

Science and literature

Science and religion

Science and art

Science and history

Complexity and culture

Mathematics and ai

Science and ethics

Science and education

Summary : the new Atlantis.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138625570

1138625574

9781138625587

1138625582

OCLC:

1043049856