Mysticism and Marxism: A.S. Eddington, Chapman Cohen, and Political Engagement Through Science Popularization [Book Review]

Minerva 46 (2):181-194 (2008)
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This paper argues that that political context of British science popularization in the inter-war period was intimately tied to contemporary debates about religion and science. A leading science popularizer, the Quaker astronomer A.S. Eddington, and one of his opponents, the materialist Chapman Cohen, are examined in detail to show the intertwined nature of science, philosophy, religion, and politics

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