商品簡介
Retired NASA scientist, Stuart Jordan, argues that the Western Enlightenment remains the right vision for a higher stage of human civilization, but which as of yet remains unattained. He broadly argues for its continued development and hopes that it may spur struggle against regressive forces we've not yet purged. He advocates secular humanism and the use of science for ascertaining universal knowledge, but is tolerant of religious humanists who are themselves tolerant. The book is organized into four sections that contextualize the historical enlightenment and its technological promise, as well as the prospects for progress opened up by science,. This is not an academic work, by the author's own admission, and while reasonably argued, it avoids critical depth. Annotation c2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Stuart Jordan (Greenbelt, MD) is a retired senior staff scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and is currently president and board member of the Institute for Science and Human Values. He holds a doctorate in physics and astrophysics and is a Rhodes scholar.
