Science, Humanism and Libraries (Book Review)

Humanism and Science

T HE most common view of the relation between humanism and science is that the two elements are antithetic. In my view humanism and science are complementary. And indeed, I believe that in the last analysis each includes the other which is not to say they are identical. But this antithetic view has a long and I suppose distinguished history dating back to virtually the very beginnings of modern...

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Book Review: Another Science Is Possible

Book Review: A New Kind of Science

“Somebody says, ‘You know, you people always say that space is continuous. How do you know when you get to a small enough dimension that there really are enough points in between, that it isn’t just a lot of dots separated by little distances?’ Or they say, ‘You know those quantum mechanical amplitudes you told me about, they’re so complicated and absurd, what makes you think those are right? M...

Book Review: Humanism in medicine and art (Umanismul in medicina si arta) – by Ioan Zăgreanu

This is one of the most beautiful books I read in the recent months and a landmark for those interested in the interferences between medicine and art. The book is a posthumous collection of press papers published by Professor Ioan Zăgreanu 20-30 years ago. The author was a famous cardiologist in ClujNapoca, the pioneer of the cardiac catheterization and author of seminal books on heart ausculta...