The Tree of Knowledge (Record no. 92671)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9783319014845
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024 7# - OTHER STANDARD IDENTIFIER
Standard number or code 10.1007/978-3-319-01484-5
Source of number or code doi
050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number QC6.9
050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number QC5.53
072 #7 - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE
Subject category code PDX
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072 #7 - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE
Subject category code SCI055000
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072 #7 - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE
Subject category code SCI034000
Source bisacsh
082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 530.01
Edition number 23
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Ronchi, Claudio.
Relator term author.
245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The Tree of Knowledge
Medium [electronic resource] :
Remainder of title The Bright and the Dark Sides of Science /
Statement of responsibility, etc by Claudio Ronchi.
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-- Springer International Publishing :
-- Imprint: Springer,
-- 2014.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent XX, 286 p. 48 illus.
Other physical details online resource.
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505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Introduction -- Time of Growth -- Birth an Floruit of Science in the Occident -- Scientific Research as a Global Enterprise -- The Crisis of Growth -- Orthodoxy vs. Heresy -- The Dissemination of Knowledge -- Beyond Mankind -- Artificial Intelligence and Post-Humanity -- Beginning and End -- Epilogue.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc Whether considered a divine gift or a Promethean conquest, science has indisputably and indelibly marked the course of human history. A product of the intellectual elite, but always nourished by the many fruits of its applications, science appears today to be a perfect system, whose laws and discoveries guide all human activities. Yet the foundations of its authority remain an open question, entailing disquieting aspects that are also to be identified in modern science. Furthermore it is seen to be exerting an increasing power over mankind. Readers are invited to follow an itinerary through the history of science, a voyage which, in the end, enables them to catch a glimpse of two divergent futures: One in which science accelerates the downfall of Homo sapiens, and another in which it helps our species to engage in a new and positive adventure, whose outcome nobody can know.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Physics.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Science
General subdivision History.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Mathematics.
650 14 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Physics.
650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.
650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Popular Science in Mathematics/Computer Science/Natural Science/Technology.
650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element History of Science.
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Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element SpringerLink (Online service)
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Title Springer eBooks
776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY
Display text Printed edition:
International Standard Book Number 9783319014838
856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Uniform Resource Identifier http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01484-5
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