The Cases: Early modern to 19th century
Forty-one cases open the chapters of the book, from the story of Talut and Goliath to the race for artificial intelligence. Each has its chapter and its lesson. In the book a story is a way into understanding, not a conclusive proof of it.
By eraAllAntiquity and the QuranThe Islamic middle centuriesEarly modern to 19th centuryThe 20th centuryThe 21st century
By arenaAllThe battlefieldLiberation from occupationPower and statesPopular uprisingsJustice and witnessKnowledge and mediaCivil societyIdeas and values
3 cases
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The French Revolution
When a nation explodes upon itself
- 30
Galileo
When the telescope becomes a weapon
- 31
Darwin and the genes
When the human being becomes the subject and object of science