Science set free
Subtitle: 10 paths to new discovery
By: Rupert Sheldrake
Publisher: Deepak Chopra Books; Deepak Chopra
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 390
ISBN-13: 9780770436704
Subjects: Science; Methodology; Philosophy; Dogmatism; Materialism
Other titles: Science set free :
Work titles: Science delusion
Description: "In Science Set Free, Dr. Rupert Sheldrake, one of the world's most innovative scientists, shows the ways in which science is being constricted by assumptions that have hardened into dogmas that are not only limiting, but also dangerous for the future of humanity" -- Front jacket flap.
Notes: Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain as The Science Delusion [in 2012] by Coronet, an imprint of Hodder & Stoughton, a Hachette UK company, London" -- T.p. verso.
Table of contents: title: Is Nature Mechanical?; title: Is the total amount of matter and energy always the same; title: Are the laws of nature fixed?; title: Is matter unconscious?; title: Is nature purposeless?; title: Is all biological inheritance material?; title: Are memories stored as material traces?; title: Are minds confined to brains?; title: Are psychic phenomenon illusory?; title: Is mechanistic medicine the only kind that really works?; title: Illusions of Objectivity; title: Scientific Futures.