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== 1. The Peculiarity of a Scientific Civilization == | == 1. The Peculiarity of a Scientific Civilization == | ||
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Srinivasa_Ramanujan Srinivasa Ramanujan] | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Srinivasa_Ramanujan Srinivasa Ramanujan] | ||
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== 2. Celestial Clockwork in Greece and China == | == 2. Celestial Clockwork in Greece and China == | ||
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whipple_Museum_of_the_History_of_Science Whipple Museum of the History of Science] | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whipple_Museum_of_the_History_of_Science Whipple Museum of the History of Science] | ||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrolabe Astrolabe] | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrolabe Astrolabe] | ||
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== 3. Automata and the Origins of Mechanism and Mechanistic Philosophy == | == 3. Automata and the Origins of Mechanism and Mechanistic Philosophy == | ||
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Froissart Jean Froissart]'s [https://www.britannica.com/topic/LHorloge-amoureux L'Horloge Amouresuse] and [https://www.persee.fr/doc/scrip_0036-9772_1963_num_17_2_3181 L'Horloge de Sapience] | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Froissart Jean Froissart]'s [https://www.britannica.com/topic/LHorloge-amoureux L'Horloge Amouresuse] and [https://www.persee.fr/doc/scrip_0036-9772_1963_num_17_2_3181 L'Horloge de Sapience] | ||
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== 4. The __, __, and __, and Other Geometrical and Scientific Talismans and Symbolisms == | == 4. The __, __, and __, and Other Geometrical and Scientific Talismans and Symbolisms == | ||
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*[https://www.commentarymagazine.com/articles/gershom-scholem/the-curious-history-of-the-six-pointed-starhow-the-magen-david-became-the-jewish-symbol/ The Curious History of the Six Pointed Star] by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gershom_Scholem Gershom Scholem] | *[https://www.commentarymagazine.com/articles/gershom-scholem/the-curious-history-of-the-six-pointed-starhow-the-magen-david-became-the-jewish-symbol/ The Curious History of the Six Pointed Star] by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gershom_Scholem Gershom Scholem] | ||
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== 5. Renaissance Roots of Yankee Ingenuity == | == 5. Renaissance Roots of Yankee Ingenuity == | ||
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== 6. The Difference Beteween Science and Technology == | == 6. The Difference Beteween Science and Technology == | ||
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* "I think that what is happening bears close analogy to the recent divorce between physics and engineering, and the gradual loss of status and salary of the engineers. Unfortunately, however, we do not clearly understand the mechanics of scientific careers and education, and we are hesitant to manipulate the technologies with all the political brutality that seems to be needed. It is a classical situation, where we need a technology of administering technology and we do not even have a decent scientific knowledge of the way that science works. I can only suggest that the most urgent need in science teaching and in planning is more intense thought and analysis, not about the facts and theories of science or the technicalities of technology, but about the place of science and technology in science, the history of these things, and also about such naive and obviously simple things as the relation between science and technology and the difference between them." p 134-135 | * "I think that what is happening bears close analogy to the recent divorce between physics and engineering, and the gradual loss of status and salary of the engineers. Unfortunately, however, we do not clearly understand the mechanics of scientific careers and education, and we are hesitant to manipulate the technologies with all the political brutality that seems to be needed. It is a classical situation, where we need a technology of administering technology and we do not even have a decent scientific knowledge of the way that science works. I can only suggest that the most urgent need in science teaching and in planning is more intense thought and analysis, not about the facts and theories of science or the technicalities of technology, but about the place of science and technology in science, the history of these things, and also about such naive and obviously simple things as the relation between science and technology and the difference between them." p 134-135 | ||
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Flexner Abraham Flexner] | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Flexner Abraham Flexner] | ||
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* "One may say, however, that the first atomic explosion in history was not in 1945: it took place exactly half a century earlier. And in 1895 it was not some mere laboriously built artifact of science that exploded but rather the science itself. Our modern world is largely the result of efforts to piece together the fragments left by that traumatic and crucial explosion." p 160 | * "One may say, however, that the first atomic explosion in history was not in 1945: it took place exactly half a century earlier. And in 1895 it was not some mere laboriously built artifact of science that exploded but rather the science itself. Our modern world is largely the result of efforts to piece together the fragments left by that traumatic and crucial explosion." p 160 | ||
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_Lavoisier Antoine Lavoisier] | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_Lavoisier Antoine Lavoisier] | ||
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*"We must not expect such growth to continue, and we must not waste time and energy in seeking too many palliatives for an incurable process. In particular, it cannot be worth while sacrificing all else that humanity holds dear in order to allow science to grow unchecked for only one or two more doubling periods." p 186 | *"We must not expect such growth to continue, and we must not waste time and energy in seeking too many palliatives for an incurable process. In particular, it cannot be worth while sacrificing all else that humanity holds dear in order to allow science to grow unchecked for only one or two more doubling periods." p 186 | ||
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== 9. Epilogue: Humanities of Science == | == 9. Epilogue: Humanities of Science == | ||