عنوان

Groovy science :

(Number (ISBN

022637288X

(Number (ISBN

022637291X

(Number (ISBN

022637307X

(Number (ISBN

9780226372884

(Number (ISBN

9780226372914

(Number (ISBN

9780226373072

Erroneous ISBN

9780226373072

Title Proper

Groovy science :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

knowledge, innovation, and American counterculture /

First Statement of Responsibility

David Kaiser and W. Patrick McCray, editors.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Chicago :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

The University of Chicago Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2016.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

vi, 426 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations ;

Dimensions

23 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

"In his 1969 book The Making of a Counterculture, Theodore Roszak described the youth of the time as fleeing science "as if from a place inhabited by plague" and even seeking "subversion of the scientific worldview" itself. Roszak's view has persisted: the counterculture is popularly regarded as a movement that was explicitly antiscientific in its embrace of alternative spiritualities and communal living. Such a view is too simple, ignoring the diverse ways in which the era's countercultures expressed enthusiasm for and involved themselves in science--but of a certain type. Rejecting hulking, militarized technical projects like Cold War missiles and mainframes, baby boomers and hippies alike sought a science that was both small-scale and big-picture, as exemplified by the annual workshops on quantum physics at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, or Timothy Leary's championing of space exploration as the ultimate "high." Groovy Science explores the experimentation and eclecticism that marked countercultural science and technology during one of the most colorful periods of American history."--Page 4 of cover.

Counterculture-- United States-- History-- 20th century.

Science-- Social aspects-- United States.

Counterculture.

Science-- Social aspects.

United States.

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Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Kaiser, David

McCray, Patrick, (W. Patrick)

Date of Transaction

20200822102234.0

Cataloguing Rules (Descriptive Conventions))

rda

Electronic name

[Book]

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