The Science of Liberty: Democracy, Reason and the Laws of Nature
of Timothy Ferris (Goodreads Author)
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âFerris is a master analogist who conveys his insights on the history of cosmology with a lyrical flair.â âThe New York Times Book ReviewIn The Science of Liberty, award-winning author Timothy Ferrisâcalled âthe best popular science writer in the English language todayâ by the Christian Science Monitor and âthe best science writer of his generationâ by the Washington Postâmakes a passionate case for science as the inspiration behind the rise of liberalism and democracy. In the grand tradition of such luminaries of the field as Bill Bryson, Richard Dawkins, and Oliver Sacksâas well as his own The Whole Shebang and Coming of Age in the Milky WayâFerris has written a brilliant chronicle of how science sparked the spread of liberal democracy and transformed todayâs world.
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- Format Hardcover
- Pages 384 pages
- Publisher Harper
- Publication Date February 9th 2010
- First Publication 01/21/10
- Language English
- ISBN 9780060781507
- Edition Not informed
- Category Science & Technology
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