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041 0 _aeng
080 _a32(51) (NLA)
100 1 _aLizhi, Fang
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245 1 0 _aBringing down the great wall :
_bwritings on science, culture, and democracy in China /
_cBy Fang Lizhi; edt. and trl. by James H. Williams.
260 _aNew York :
_bAlfred A. Knopf,
_c1991.
300 _axlviii, 336 p. ;
_c22 cm.
500 _aWith hard and supercover
504 _aGlossary; pp. 319-330: bibliography: pp. 331-336
505 0 _aCont.: 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).
520 _a"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
650 1 4 _aHuman rights
_zChina
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650 1 4 _aHuman rights.
_xPolitical science.
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650 1 4 _aScience
_xSocial conditions
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651 1 4 _aChina
_xPolitics and government
_y1976-2002.
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700 1 _aWilliams, James H.
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_4trl
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_cBK
998 _cNLA_AVARMINE
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