Used book – The Defeat of Plato, Claude Allègre

More than any other, the century that has just ended was dominated, disrupted, accelerated, and transformed by science. At the same time, more than in any other, science distanced itself from culture. Yet, what a source of wonder this science of the late 20th century is! Never before in human history had it reached such richness, such variety, such quality. Never had it opened such perspectives for understanding the world around us. This book aims to share with as many people as possible the extraordinary progress made by science over the last century, and thereby restore its true image, far removed from the abstract Platonic vision that has permeated its teaching for two hundred years.

New edition.