What Are the Arts and Sciences?: A Guide for the Curious (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781512601022)

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.

Author: Dan Rockmore
ISBN-10: 1512601020
ISBN-13: 9781512601022
Publisher: University Press of New England
Language: English
Published: 06/06/2017
Pages: 376
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.00d