{"product_id":"9780955224003","title":"From Knowledge To Wisdom","description":"From Knowledge to Wisdom argues that there is an urgent need, for both intellectual and humanitarian reasons, to bring about a revolution in science and the humanities. The outcome would be a kind of academic inquiry rationally devoted to helping humanity learn how to create a better world. The basic intellectual aim of inquiry would be to seek and promote wisdom - wisdom being the capacity to realize what is of value in life for oneself and others, thus including knowledge and technological know-how, but much else besides. \u003cbr\u003e* \"There are altogether too many symptoms of malaise in our science-based society for Nicholas Maxwell's diagnosis to be ignored.\"\u003cbr\u003eProfessor Christopher Longuet-Higgins, Nature. \u003cbr\u003e* \"a strong effort is needed if one is to stand back and clearly state the objections to the whole enormous tangle of misconceptions which surround the notion of science to-day. Maxwell has made that effort in this powerful, profound and important book.\"\u003cbr\u003eDr. Mary Midgley, University Quarterly.\u003cbr\u003e* \"The essential idea is really so simple, so transparently right ... It is a profound book, refreshingly unpretentious, and deserves to be read, refined and implemented.\"\u003cbr\u003eDr. Stewart Richards, Annals of Science.\u003cbr\u003eThis second edition is revised throughout, has additional material and three new chapters.","brand":"Pentire Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47009548763376,"sku":"9780955224003","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780955224003_p0.jpg?v=1763860514","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780955224003","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}