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What Are the Arts and Sciences? [electronic resource] : A Guide for the Curious / edited by Dan Rockmore.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science--Study and teaching (Higher).
- Science.
- Social sciences--Study and teaching (Higher).
- Social sciences.
- Humanities--Study and teaching (Higher).
- Humanities.
- Education, Humanistic.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (364 pages) : illustrations, maps
- Place of Publication:
- Hanover, New Hampshire : Dartmouth College Press, 2017.
- Summary:
- What constitutes the study of philosophy or physics? What exactly does an anthropologist do, or a geologist or historian? In short, what are the arts and sciences? While many of us have been to college and many aspire to go, we may still wonder just what the various disciplines represent and how they interact. What are their origins, methods, applications, and unique challenges? What kind of people elect to go into each of these fields, and what are the big issues that motivate them? Curious to explore these questions himself, Dartmouth College professor and mathematician Dan Rockmore asked his colleagues to explain their fields and what it is that they do. The result is an accessible, entertaining, and enlightening survey of the ideas and subjects that contribute to a liberal education. The book offers a doorway to the arts and sciences for anyone intrigued by the vast world of ideas.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-5126-0103-9
- OCLC:
- 982473417
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