Higher Superstition: The Academic Left and Its Quarrels with Science (Revised)

With the emergence of "cultural studies" and the blurring of once-clear academic boundaries, scholars are turning to subjects far outside their traditional disciplines and areas of expertise. In Higher Superstition scientists Paul Gross and Norman Levitt raise serious questions about the growing criticism of science by humanists and social scientists on the "academic left." This paperback edition of Higher Superstition includes a new afterword by the authors .

Author: Paul R. Gross, Norman Levitt
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 11/06/1997
Pages: 348
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.03lbs
Size: 9.01h x 6.01w x 0.95d
ISBN: 9780801857072

About the Author

Paul R. Gross, former director and president of the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, is University Professor of Life Sciences, Emeritus, at the University of Virginia and a visiting scholar at Harvard University. Norman Levitt is professor of mathematics at Rutgers University and the author of Grassmannians and Gauss Maps in Piecewise-Linear Topology.

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