Quest for Meaning by L. Francis Edmunds - 1997-10

Bloomsbury Academic, 1998. Hardcover. Very Good. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Bloomsbury Academic, 1998. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Hardback. Very Good.

Hardback. Good.

Continuum Intl Pub Group, 1997. Hardcover. Like new condition in fine bro-darted dust jacket. 372 pp.

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. Used - Very Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

new hc

Continuum, 1998. 372pp. A fine hardback in dustcover The author points out how science has vastly enabled humanity to gain its control of outer nature while at the same time has diminished inner vision and moral certainty. He argues that people need to wrest their sense of identity away from the cold, mechanistic, computerized world where they are merely another part of nature to be engineered and manipulated

Continuum, 1998. 372pp. NEW hardback in dustcover The author points out how science has vastly enabled humanity to gain its control of outer nature while at the same time has diminished inner vision and moral certainty. He argues that people need to wrest their sense of identity away from the cold, mechanistic, computerized world where they are merely another part of nature to be engineered and manipulated

New York: Continuum. Very Good/Very Good. 1997. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo 0826410707 Dust jacket complete, unclipped. Original cloth with bright gilt titling on spine, No ownership inscription. Frontis portrait plate. 372 pages clean and tight. In his selective survey of the history and development of science, L. Francis Edmunds illustrates how the quest for meaning of Copernicus, Galileo, Newton,-Harvey, Darwin, Einstein and others led to discoveries which now shape our existence and dominate our consciousness. While scientific advancements afforded humanity the ability to control and manipulate outer nature, it greatly diminished our inner perspicacity, moral integrity, and transformed our world view. As Edmunds indicates, "The story of science is contradictory from the start. Its pioneers were people not only of exceptional ability, but of admirable worth. Their sole aim was the advancement of knowledge in service to life. Yet this same science, inspired though it was by… Read More