Reviews for Globe Earth Science

The average rating for Globe Earth Science based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-02-10 00:00:00 Aaron Mazie I had a very up-and-down experience with this book where certain parts fascinated me immensely and others felt like suffering until the next chapter. Gould's first step in mending the gap between the sciences and humanities revolves around establishing mutual respect for both approaches to knowledge and appreciating what types of knowledge each is suited for (observation and empiricism being largely suited to the harder sciences; ethics, morals, culture/art being better studied by the humanities). He goes to great lengths to outline the process of reductionism and the urge to synthesize complex systems under broad theories/definitions. He does a great job tracing the history of the "two cultures", as well as debunking the myth of theology vs. science as being necessarily in opposition. The more he mentioned the hedgehog and fox analogy, the more muddled I thought it became--I am still undecided if this was because I felt I was being beat over the head with it or because Gould had additional points to which my lesser brain was oblivious.

Review # 2 was written on 2013-05-05 00:00:00 Alex Koehler Being dead shouldn't exempt Gould from editing.