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Alfred North Whitehead

"Science and the Modern World" by Alfred North Whitehead, originally published in 1925 redefines the concept of modern science. This book takes readers through the history of modern science and shows how cultural history has affected science over time in Romanticism, Quantum Theory, religion, and movements for social progress. Whitehead invites his audience to understand and read with celebration about the contemporary, historical, and cultural context of scientific discovery.

Personality Profile For Alfred North Whitehead

Alfred North Whitehead

The following is a personality profile of Alfred North Whitehead based on his work.

Alfred North Whitehead is shrewd and skeptical.

He is imaginative, he has a wild imagination. He is empathetic as well: he feels what others feel and is compassionate towards them. But, Alfred North Whitehead is also philosophical: he is open to and intrigued by new ideas and loves to explore them.

More than most people, his choices are driven by a desire for belongingness.

He is also relatively unconcerned with tradition: he cares more about making his own path than following what others have done. Considers independence to guide a large part of what he does: he likes to set his own goals to decide how to best achieve them.


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