Bringing Down the Great Wall: Writings on Science Culture and Democracy in China - Couverture rigide

In his first collection of writings to be published in English, Fang Lizhi, the world-renowned Chinese astrophysicist and human rights activist reveals to us the intellectual insights that allowed him not only to survive in China but, in many ways, to flourish in the face of powerful opposition. Fang speaks about topics as varied as student demonstrations, cosmology, Renaissance art, the history of science, religion and global citizenship. He talks about his explusion from the Communist Party and the future of democracy in China; he compares the social effects of the great religions; he explores the relationship between philosophy and physics; and he illuminates new theories on the frontiers of physics.