A "e;thoughtful and thoroughly entertaining"e; look at the historical connections between science and liberal democracy, and the forces that threaten both (The Wall Street Journal).In The Science of Liberty, award-winning author Timothy Ferris-called "e;the best popular science writer in the English language today"e; by the Christian Science Monitor and "e;the best science writer of his generation"e; by the Washington Post-makes a passionate case for science as the inspiration behind the rise of liberalism and democracy. Ferris argues that just as the scientific revolution rescued billions from poverty, fear, hunger, and disease, the Enlightenment values it inspired has swelled the number of those living in free and democratic societies from less than 1 percent of the world population four centuries ago to more than a third today. He also surveys the forces that have...
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