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Overview
The most distinctive activities of humankind and the source of its greatest achievements are the scientific investigation of the world and the creation of art. Newton's Sleep examines their complementary roles in contemporary life and defends both against those who assert that science is spiritually empty and inherently dangerous and that art is trivialised by a lack of social mission.
Synopsis
The most distinctive activities of humankind and the source of its greatest achievements are the scientific investigation of the world and the creation of art. Newton's Sleep examines their complementary roles in contemporary life and defends both against those who assert that science is spiritually empty and inherently dangerous and that art is trivialised by a lack of social mission.
Booknews
Tallis (geriatric medicine, U. of Manchester, England) argues for the importance of both science and art in contemporary society. He defends science against those who would blame it for all the ills of our materially glutted and spiritually vacuous age, and advocates a central place for science in liberal education. Art he defends against those who would yoke it to some useful purpose; and excuses its political and moral impotence and its inability to contribute to material need, because it belongs to the Kingdom of Ends rather than the Kingdom of Means. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)