Bringing down the great wall : writings on science, culture, and democracy in China / By Fang Lizhi; edt. and trl. by James H. Williams.

With hard and supercover

Glossary; pp. 319-330: bibliography: pp. 331-336

Cont.: From Newton to Einstein (1979) -- From "Water is the origin of all things" to "space-time is the form of the existence of matter" (1982) -- Philosophy is a tool of physics (1985) --Philosophy and Physics (1985) -- A Note on the Interface Between Science and Religion (1989) -- Chinese Democracy: The View from the Beijing Observatory (1989) -- Written at Midnight, After Praising the Lord (1979) -- A Hat, a Forbidden Zone, a Question (1979) -- A Letter from Japan (1981) -- Arashiyama Memoir (1981) -- Galileo and Milton: Physics and Poetry (1985) -- My feelings about Art (1988) -- Return to Capri (1987). The End of Old Thinking (1980) -- Thoughts on Reform (1985) -- Reflections on Teachers' Day (1985) -- A Natural Scientist Views the Reforms (1986) -- On Political Reform (1986) -- Democracy, Reform, and Modernization (1986) -- My Life on May 21, 1987 (1987) -- Interview with Tiziano Terzani (1987) -- Learing About Democracy (1988) -- Will China Disintegrate? (1988) -- Letter to Deng Xiaoping (1989) -- Patriotism and Global Citizenship (1989) -- China's Despair and China's Hope (1989) -- Peace Prize Speech (1989) -- Keeping the Faith (1989) -- The End of Forgetting History (1990) -- Free to Speak: Second Interview with Tiziano Terzani (1990). Letters from the Other China (1989) -- Open Letter of Thirty-three Intellectuals (1989) -- Open Letter of Forty-two Scientists (1989) -- The Idealistic Doctirne of a "Finite Universe" Must Be Criticized (1976) -- Decision Regarding the Expulsion of Fang Lizhi from the Chinese Communist Party (1987) -- Beijing Municipal Public Security bereau Arrest Warrant (1989).

"Remarkable...Fang discourses with passion, insight, conviction, and humor on politics, religion, and the scientist's role in today's world...A wonderful book." -San Francisco Chronicle