This lucid and accessible study of Michael Polanyi (1891–1976), the scientist of world repute who challenged the modern scientific view of truth, introduces Polanyi's trailblazing work and main ideas and demonstrates their continued value and meaning for today's world. Scott highlights the place of the creative imagination in science and shows the deadly effects of a mistaken understanding of science on our modern civilization.
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Drusilla Scott first met Michael Polanyi in 1960 in Oxford, England, and carried on a close friendship with him until his death in 1976. A frequent contributor of articles to the Polanyi periodical Convivium and to Tradition and Discovery, she now lives and works in Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England.
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