Indepth interview by lee hotz of wall street journal at nyu, march 2012. Was i wrong about the end of science scientific american blogs. His awards include two science journalism awards from the american association for the advancement of science and the national association. His books include the end of science, the end of war and mindbody problems, available for free at. Being considered the journalist of a world level, he writes not only. There is little serious explanation of scientific ideas in the book.
Facing the limits of knowledge in the twilight of the. When we have found all the mysteries and lost all the meaning, we will be alone, on an empty shore. John horgan, a science journalist, writes the crosscheck blog for scientific american, and directs the center for science writings at stevens institute of. Horgan heads center for science writings at the stevens institute of technology. The end of science an interview with science journalist john.
His awards include two science journalism awards from the american association for the advancement of science and the national association of. He directs the center for science writings at stevens institute of technology and writes the scientific american blog crosscheck. Horgan writes in a sly and entertaining manner, often taking the imagined readers side against scientists whom he portrays as blinded by their own success and ambition. John horgan is a science journalist and director of the center for science writings at stevens institute of technology, hoboken, new jersey.
Horgan, a science writer for scientific american, is an experienced and able interviewer, and he gets most of his subjects to reveal some of their innermost feelings about where science is and where it is going. Horgan defends his end of science argument on the edge. Writers like horgan and books like the end of science. But science itself tells us that there are limits to our knowledge. Facing the limits of knowledge in the twilight of the scientific age find, read and cite. That evening, the new york academy of sciences sponsored a sneak. Complete summary of john horgans the end of science. The end of science, the undiscovered mind, rational mysticism and the end of war. John horgan born 1953 is an american science journalist best known for his 1996 book the end of science. He has written for many publications, including national geographic, scientific american, the new york times, time, newsweek, and ieee spectrum. Facing the limits of knowledge in the twilight of the scientific age john horgan helix books addison wesley, 1996 four years ago john horgan, then a senior staff writer for scientific american,published in that. In the end of science, john horgan makes the case that the era of truly profound scientific revelations about the universe and our place in it is over. John horgan directs the center for science writings at the stevens institute of technology.