The Science of Liberty: Democracy, Reason, and the Laws of Nature, Library Edition

from mybucketlistofbooks

Really enjoyed this as I did Timothy Ferris's other book "Coming of Age in the Milky Way." Part science, part history, part philosophy this book explores the connection between advances in scientific discovery and democratic liberalism. His thesis is that one cannot exist without the other, each ...

from nbmars

In this ambitious undertaking by science popularizer Timothy Ferris, the author attempts to argue that science is a precursor of liberty, in that scientific thinking fosters a preference for democracy. Science encourages experimentation and questioning of authority; it argues for the freedom to e...

from michaelbartley

a very well written researched book about how science and democracy reinforce each other a excellent read

from smithwil

I very much want to agree totally with the review, below, by wanack. I do not disagree with a word of the short review. However, I must agree somewhat with the earlier review by suggesting that the first two-thirds of the book would have sufficed. The basic premise of the mutually beneficial valu...

from DLMorrese

The central argument in this book is that individual freedom encourages science and that the lack individual freedom inhibits and distorts it. There is something here for everyone with preconceived notions of how things 'should' be to hate. I can't say I agreed with every point being made, but th...