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Original Title:	The Science of Liberty: Democracy, Reason and the Laws of Nature
ISBN:	0060781505 (ISBN13: 9780060781507)
Edition Language:	English

The Science of Liberty: Democracy, Reason and the Laws of Nature

Timothy Ferris

Hardcover | Pages: 384 pages

Rating: 3.94 | 460 Users | 91 Reviews

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“Ferris is a master analogist who conveys his insights on the history of cosmology with a lyrical flair.” —The New York Times Book Review

In The Science of Liberty, award-winning author Timothy Ferris—called “the best popular science writer in the English language today” by the Christian Science Monitor and “the best science writer of his generation” by the Washington Post—makes a passionate case for science as the inspiration behind the rise of liberalism and democracy. In the grand tradition of such luminaries of the field as Bill Bryson, Richard Dawkins, and Oliver Sacks—as well as his own The Whole Shebang and Coming of Age in the Milky Way—Ferris has written a brilliant chronicle of how science sparked the spread of liberal democracy and transformed today’s world.

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Title	:	The Science of Liberty: Democracy, Reason and the Laws of Nature
Author	:	Timothy Ferris
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 384 pages
Published	:	February 9th 2010 by Harper (first published January 21st 2010)
Categories	:	Science. History. Politics. Philosophy. Nonfiction. Political Science

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Timothy Ferris is a science writer. Which is to say he writes about science in such a way as to make it understandable and interesting the the non-scientist. This book is about the need for liberty for science to flourish.

Reading this book was enjoyable, in that I learned a lot of details and enlightening, connected threads of history I didn't already know, but it was in a sense kind of preaching to the choir. I didn't have to be convinced of Ferris's thesis, it is one I have accepted for a long time. The thesis he is supporting is almost self evident, one that doesn't have many roadblocks in its way or obstacles, as the whole of history generally supports this thesis with little or no room for disagreement. But

What an excellent book! Very entertaining, and full of a very unique point of view. I enjoyed most of all, the descriptions of how the American Declaration of Independence and the Constitution are written in language that only a scientist would use. The author's point of view is very convincing. Mainly, that nations that are founded "as an experiment"--and do not have constitutions and laws that are cast in stone forever--are bound to be most successful in the long run. Conditions change over

Fantastic expose on the benefits of science under liberal democracy. Timothy Ferris excels at showing us why science seems to flourish under a free society, and languish under repressive regimes. A must read for anyone who loves freedom and the benefits that science brings to the world.

"It seems we need to fight the battle for Enlightenment all over again." This quote by Salman Rushdie is perfect. This is hands down the best written and understandable science book I have read since The Demon Haunted World. This book should be taught in a mandatory Critical Thinking/History of Science class in High School. The basics-Science is not a Democratic Science, Republican Science, feminist Science, african american science or aryan brotherhood science. Science is a sytem of knowlege

One of my favorite science authors, right after Richard Feynman.Quotes:"(This book) Maintains that the democratic revolution was sparked ....by the scientific revolution" "What (Thomas) Paine brought...was an unprecedented combination of coolheaded empirical judgement and blast-furnace rhetoric.""..a democratic nation can limp along even when its chief of state is widely understood to be a lazy, bumbling simpleton. Fallible leadership is the only kind of leadership any nation ever has. Since

This is a profoundly interesting book. In it, Ferris argues that the more-or-less simultaneous rise of liberal democracy and modern science is not a coincidence: both thrive on the open exchange of ideas and an experimental spirit. If you like the history of ideas, this is the book for you.