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Rothman, Tony

 
9780691025216: Science a LA Mode: Physical Fashions and Fictions
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ISBN 10: 0691025215 ISBN 13: 9780691025216
Casa editrice: Princeton Univ Pr, 1991

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These iconoclastic and witty essays are about what happens when scientists jump on band-wagons. Tony Rothman applies creative skepticism to contemporary fashions in science, including the "standard model" Big Bang theory, geodesic domes, the concept of nuclear winter, and sociological applications of the second law of thermodynamics. "Rothman proves himself an excellent communicator... I am grateful to him for he has enlarged my vision, increased my understanding, and made me more aware of the beauty of the patterns and connections of all the world."--Dick Kovan, New Scientist "These six delightful essays address and substantiate the sociological underpinnings of the scientific enterprise... I highly recommend this volume of excellent essays that remind us all of the `folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truth, and oneself for an oracle...'"--Dennis W. Cheek, Science Books & Films

Originally published in 1989.

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Editore
Princeton Univ Pr
Data di pubblicazione
1991
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0691025215
ISBN 13 
9780691025216
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
224
Contatto del produttore
Princeton University Press
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9780691604831: Science a la Mode: Physical Fashions and Fictions (Princeton Legacy Library)

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ISBN 10:  0691604835 ISBN 13:  9780691604831
Casa editrice: Princeton University Press, 2014
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