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John Polkinghorne has had a distinguished career as a particle physicist and as an author of books exploring themes in science and religion. In Beyond Science Polkinghorne examines the nature of scientific inquiry itself and the human context in which science operates. The book looks at issues of meaning and value, such as scientific competition and subjectivity, as well as more practical aspects of the discipline such as the conference circuit and the nurturing of new research.
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Beyond Science
Science is very successful in discovering the structure and history of the physical world. However, there is more to be told of the encounter with reality, including the nature of scientific inquiry itself, than can be gained from impersonal experience and experimental test alone. Beyond Science considers the human context in which science operates and pursues that wider understanding which we all seek. It looks to issues of meaning and value, intrinsic to scientific practice but excluded from science's consideration by its own self-denying ordinance. The author raises the question of the significance of the deep mathematical intelligibility of the physical world and its anthropically fruitful history. He considers how we may find responsible ways to use the power that science places in human hands. Science is portrayed as an activity of individuals, pursued within a convivial and truth-seeking community.
This book neither overvalues science (as if it were the only worthwhile source of knowledge) nor devalues it (as if it were to be treated with suspicion or not taken seriously). Rather Beyond Science provides a considered and balanced account that firmly asserts science's place in human culture, maintained in mutually illuminating relationships with other aspects of that culture.
John Polkinghorne has had a distinguished career as a particle physicist and as an author of books exploring themes in science and religion. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1974 and was Professor of Mathematical Physics at the University of Cambridge in 196879. In 1982 he was ordained as a priest in the Anglican Church. Since 1989, John Polkinghome has been the President of Queens' College, Cambridge. His books include The Particle Play (W. H. Freeman, 1979), The Quantum World (Longman, 1984), and Science and Christian Belief (SPCK, 1994).
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To our children Peter, Isobel and Michael; and our children-in-law Jill, Timothy and Karen
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Beyond Science
The Wider Human Context
John Polkinghorne
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PUBLISHED BY CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS (VIRTUAL PUBLISHING) FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE PRESS SYNDICATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
Published by the Press Syndicate of the University of Cambridge The Pitt Building, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1RP 40 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011-4211, USA 10 Stamford Road, Oakleigh, Melbourne 3166, Australia
John Polkinghorne 1996 This edition John Polkinghorne 2001
First published 1996 Canto edition 1998
Printed in Great Britain at the University Press, Cambridge
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
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Polkinghorne, J. C., 1930 Beyond science / John Polkinghorne p. cm. Includes index. Romanized record. ISBN 0 521 62508 4 1. Science Philosophy. 2. Science Social aspects. I. Title. Q175.P834 1996 500DC20 96-13177 CIP
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