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According to The Guardian, Midgley is 'the foremost scourge of scientific pretentions in this country; someone whose wit is admired even by those who fee she sometimes oversteps the mark'. This book examines how science comes to be used as a substitute for religion and points out how badly that role distorts it. Her argument is flawlessly insightful: a punch, compelling, lively indictment of these misuses of science. Both the book and its author are true classics of our time.

Evolution as a Religion: Strange Hopes and Stranger Fears

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    Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
    Publication Date: 21/02/2002
    ISBN13: 9780415278331, 978-0415278331
    ISBN10: 0415278333

    Number of Pages: 224

    Non Fiction , Politics, Philosophy & Society

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    According to The Guardian, Midgley is 'the foremost scourge of scientific pretentions in this country; someone whose wit is admired even by those who fee she sometimes oversteps the mark'. This book examines how science comes to be used as a substitute for religion and points out how badly that role distorts it. Her argument is flawlessly insightful: a punch, compelling, lively indictment of these misuses of science. Both the book and its author are true classics of our time.

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