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Doubt

A History

Jennifer Hecht, Jennifer Michael Hecht, Martha Harmon Pardee

2003·Nonfiction

History & Politics Science & Mind

In this sweeping history, Jennifer Michael Hecht celebrates doubt as an engine of creativity and as an alternative to the political and intellectual dangers of certainty -- Just as belief has its own history featuring people whose unique expressions of faith have forever changed the world, doubt has a vibrant story and tradition with its own saints martyrs, and sages.

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Doubt

A History

Jennifer Hecht, Jennifer Michael Hecht, Martha Harmon Pardee

Year

2003

Type

Nonfiction

History & Politics Science & Mind

Description

In this sweeping history, Jennifer Michael Hecht celebrates doubt as an engine of creativity and as an alternative to the political and intellectual dangers of certainty -- Just as belief has its own history featuring people whose unique expressions of faith have forever changed the world, doubt has a vibrant story and tradition with its own saints martyrs, and sages.

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