Science as Salvation: A Modern Myth and its Meaning (Gifford Lectures ; 1990)

The package called Science has always included strange and potent myths as well as facts. in the past, a seventeenth-century scientist's fantasy was to be a sexual victor over a prostrate Mother Nature. Today, some prophetic hysicists argue that modern technology will enable humanity to colonise space and dominate the whole universe. They offer pie in the sky on a scale seldom approached by religions.Mary Midgley is the author of 'Science as Salvation: A Modern Myth and its Meaning (Gifford Lectures ; 1990)', published 1992 under ISBN 9780415062718 and ISBN 0415062713.