Alternative Science: Challenging the Myths of the Scientific Establishment

Milton, Richard

ISBN 10: 0892816317 / ISBN 13: 9780892816316

Published by Rochester, Vermont, U.S.A.: Park Street Pr, 1996

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Bibliographic Details

Title: Alternative Science: Challenging the Myths ...

Publisher: Rochester, Vermont, U.S.A.: Park Street Pr

Publication Date: 1996

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Good

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Synopsis:

In this compelling tour through the world of anomalous research, Richard Milton makes clear what the scientific establishment takes pains to deny: plenty of hard experimental evidence already exists for such things as cold fusion, paranormal phenomena, bioenergy, and the effectiveness of alternative medicine. Because these subjects and those who dare to investigate them are continually denied legitimacy by what can only be called the "paradigm police," the public is led to believe that all claims made about such topics are completely groundless. With humor and an eye for the telling detail, the author describes many instances when the defenders of scientific orthodoxy acted with unscientific rigidity in the face of the evidence. Faraday, Roentgen, Edison, and even the Wright Brothers were thought to be charlatans by their contemporaries. Taking the broad view of the way science is done, Milton discusses the forces at work in the marginalization of unorthodox research, and makes the reader wonder if there is not something fundamentally wrong with the way that science is currently being practiced.

About the Author:

Richard Milton is a journalist working in Britain who has written widely on science and technology. He is also the author of Shattering the Myths of Darwinism.