Science a la Mode : Physical Fashions and Fictions.

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Rothman, Tony

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TextSeries: Princeton legacy libraryPublication details: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.Description: 1 online resource (220 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9781400859856
1400859859

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Science a la Mode : Physical Fashions and Fictions.DDC classification:

501 19

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Q175.3

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Contents:

Preface; 1. The Garden of Cosmological Delights (with G.F.R. Ellis); 2. Metaflation? (with G.F.R. Ellis); 3. Geodesics, Domes, and Spacetime; 4. The Evolution of Entropy; 5. A Memoir of Nuclear Winter; 6. Genius and Biographers: The Fictionalization of Evariste Galois; Notes; Index.

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. ""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 s.

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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 s.

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