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Science à la mode : physical fashions and fictions
- Title
- Science à la mode : physical fashions and fictions / Tony Rothman.
- Author
- Rothman, Tony.
- Publication
- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1989.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | Q175.3 .R68 1989 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xii, 207 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- "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." --P. [4] of cover.
- Subject
- Science > Philosophy
- Scientists > Psychology
- Errors, Scientific
- Errors, Scientific
- Science > Philosophy
- Scientists > Psychology
- Physik
- Geschichte
- Naturwissenschaften
- Philosophie
- Psychologie
- Theorie
- Theoriebildung
- Aufsatzsammlung
- Natuurwetenschappen
- Wetenschapsbeoefenaars
- Psychologische aspecten
- Filosofische aspecten
- Misvattingen
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 195-200.
- Contents
- Preface -- The garden of cosmological delights (with G.F.R Ellis) -- Metaflation? (with G.F.R. Ellis) -- Geodesics, domes, and spacetime -- The evolution of entropy -- A memoir of nuclear winter -- Genius and biographers: the fictionalization of Evariste Galois -- Notes -- Index.
- ISBN
- 069108484X
- 9780691084848
- 0691025215
- 9780691025216
- LCCN
- 88023848
- OCLC
- ocm18323719
- 18323719
- SCSB-1714563
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library