Steven Weinberg won the Nobel Prize in Physics for his theory unifying two forces of nature, laying the foundation for the Standard Model of subatomic physics. His other awards included the National Medal of Science and eighteen honorary degrees. Among Weinberg’s books are the classic The First Three Minutes and To Explain the World. He was a frequent contributor to the New York Review of Books and taught at the University of Texas.

• * Preface *1. Science as a Liberal Art *2. Newtonianism, Reductionism, and the Art of Congressional Testimony *3. Newton's Dream *4. Confronting O'Brien *5. The Heritage of Galileo *6. Nature Itself *7. The Boundaries of Scientific Knowledge *8. The Methods of Science...and Those by Which We Live *9. Night Thoughts of a Quantum Physicist *10. Reductionism Redux *11. Physics and History *12. Sokal's Hoax *13. Science and Sokal's Hoax: An Exchange *14. Before the Big Bang *15. Zionism and Its Adversaries *16. The Red Camaro *17. The Non-Revolution of Thomas Kuhn *18. T.S. Kuhn's Non-Revolution: An Exchange *19. The Great Reduction: Physics in the Twentieth Century *20. A Designer Universe? *21. "A Designer Universe?": An Exchange *22. Five and a Half Utopias *23. Looking for Peace in the Science Wars * Sources * Index

Steven Weinberg is a national treasure. Not only is he one of America's greatest physicists, he is also a delightful essayist as well. In Facing Up, he addresses the issues of objectivity, reductionism, and the nature of science in rightful ways sure to outrage postmodernists.

Steven Weinberg won the Nobel Prize in Physics for his theory unifying two forces of nature, laying the foundation for the Standard Model of subatomic physics. His other awards included the National Medal of Science and eighteen honorary degrees. Among Weinberg’s books are the classic The First Three Minutes and To Explain the World. He was a frequent contributor to the New York Review of Books and taught at the University of Texas.

• * Preface *1. Science as a Liberal Art *2. Newtonianism, Reductionism, and the Art of Congressional Testimony *3. Newton's Dream *4. Confronting O'Brien *5. The Heritage of Galileo *6. Nature Itself *7. The Boundaries of Scientific Knowledge *8. The Methods of Science...and Those by Which We Live *9. Night Thoughts of a Quantum Physicist *10. Reductionism Redux *11. Physics and History *12. Sokal's Hoax *13. Science and Sokal's Hoax: An Exchange *14. Before the Big Bang *15. Zionism and Its Adversaries *16. The Red Camaro *17. The Non-Revolution of Thomas Kuhn *18. T.S. Kuhn's Non-Revolution: An Exchange *19. The Great Reduction: Physics in the Twentieth Century *20. A Designer Universe? *21. "A Designer Universe?": An Exchange *22. Five and a Half Utopias *23. Looking for Peace in the Science Wars * Sources * Index

Steven Weinberg is a national treasure. Not only is he one of America's greatest physicists, he is also a delightful essayist as well. In Facing Up, he addresses the issues of objectivity, reductionism, and the nature of science in rightful ways sure to outrage postmodernists.

Steven Weinberg won the Nobel Prize in Physics for his theory unifying two forces of nature, laying the foundation for the Standard Model of subatomic physics. His other awards included the National Medal of Science and eighteen honorary degrees. Among Weinberg’s books are the classic The First Three Minutes and To Explain the World. He was a frequent contributor to the New York Review of Books and taught at the University of Texas.

• * Preface *1. Science as a Liberal Art *2. Newtonianism, Reductionism, and the Art of Congressional Testimony *3. Newton's Dream *4. Confronting O'Brien *5. The Heritage of Galileo *6. Nature Itself *7. The Boundaries of Scientific Knowledge *8. The Methods of Science...and Those by Which We Live *9. Night Thoughts of a Quantum Physicist *10. Reductionism Redux *11. Physics and History *12. Sokal's Hoax *13. Science and Sokal's Hoax: An Exchange *14. Before the Big Bang *15. Zionism and Its Adversaries *16. The Red Camaro *17. The Non-Revolution of Thomas Kuhn *18. T.S. Kuhn's Non-Revolution: An Exchange *19. The Great Reduction: Physics in the Twentieth Century *20. A Designer Universe? *21. "A Designer Universe?": An Exchange *22. Five and a Half Utopias *23. Looking for Peace in the Science Wars * Sources * Index

Steven Weinberg is a national treasure. Not only is he one of America's greatest physicists, he is also a delightful essayist as well. In Facing Up, he addresses the issues of objectivity, reductionism, and the nature of science in rightful ways sure to outrage postmodernists.