Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1989. Bright, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. Not a book club edition. Not price clipped (19.95). No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Illustrated. From the Dust Jacket: "These iconoclastic and amusing essays are about what happens when scientists jump on band-wagons. This book shows in entertaining detail how scientists, being human, often abandon objectivity and run after the latest fashion." Applies creative skepticism to six topics including: the popular inflationary universe model, geodesic domes, entropy, Evariste Galois, and nuclear winter. Complete with Errata slip. Chapter notes. Index. Original lavender cloth. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo. xii, 207pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

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Title

Science a La Mode : Physical Fashions and Fictions

Publisher

Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey

Publication Date

1989

Language

English

ISBN 10

069108484X

ISBN 13

9780691084848

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

First Printing of the First Edition.

Condition

Near Fine condition

Dust Jacket Condition

Near Fine dust jacket

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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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TONY ROTHMAN is a physicist and writer. He is the author of seven other critically acclaimed science books and a frequent contributor to leading science publications, including Scientific American and Discover.

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