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- What Are the Arts and Sciences?: A Guide for the Curious
- Book
- 2017
- Published by: Dartmouth College Press
summary
What constitutes the study of philosophy or physics? What exactly does an anthropologist do, or a geologist or historian? In short, what are the arts and sciences? While many of us have been to college and many aspire to go, we may still wonder just what the various disciplines represent and how they interact. What are their origins, methods, applications, and unique challenges? What kind of people elect to go into each of these fields, and what are the big issues that motivate them? Curious to explore these questions himself, Dartmouth College professor and mathematician Dan Rockmore asked his colleagues to explain their fields and what it is that they do. The result is an accessible, entertaining, and enlightening survey of the ideas and subjects that contribute to a liberal education. The book offers a doorway to the arts and sciences for anyone intrigued by the vast world of ideas.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. i-iv
- What Is Anthropology?
- pp. 13-26
- What Is Art History?
- pp. 27-45
- What Is Astronomy?
- pp. 46-61
- What Is Biology?
- pp. 62-73
- What Is Chemistry?
- pp. 74-82
- What Is Classics?
- pp. 83-95
- What Is Computer Science?
- pp. 96-107
- What Is Ecology?
- pp. 108-119
- What Is Economics?
- pp. 120-135
- What Is Engineering?
- pp. 136-149
- What Is English?
- pp. 150-159
- What Is French?
- pp. 160-169
- What Is Geography?
- pp. 170-182
- What Is Geology?
- pp. 183-191
- What Is History?
- pp. 192-203
- What Is Linguistics?
- pp. 204-219
- What Is Mathematics?
- pp. 220-231
- What Is Music?
- pp. 232-243
- What Is Philosophy?
- pp. 244-253
- What Is Physics?
- pp. 254-273
- What Is Political Science?
- pp. 274-285
- What Is Psychology?
- pp. 286-296
- What Is Religion?
- pp. 297-305
- What Is Sociology?
- pp. 306-315
- What Is Theater?
- pp. 316-327
- What Is Women’s and Gender Studies?
- pp. 328-338
- Acknowledgments
- pp. 339-340
- For More Information
- pp. 349-356
- Contributors
- pp. 357-364
Additional Information
ISBN
9781512601039
Related ISBN(s)
9781512601015
MARC Record
OCLC
982473417
Pages
376
Launched on MUSE
2017-04-30
Language
English
Open Access
No