Of one mind: the collectivization of science
1995; Association of College and Research Libraries; Volume: 33; Issue: 02 Linguagem: Inglês
10.5860/choice.33-0902
ISSN1943-5975
Autores Tópico(s)Climate Change Communication and Perception
ResumoThis superb collection by the eminent physicist and critic John Ziman, opens with an album of portraits of scientists--Albert Einstein, Freeman Dyson, Lev Landau, Mark Azbel, Andrei Sakharov. Ziman takes readers into the world of the contemporary scientist, showing how discoveries are made and how claims are tested. He then travels into the minds of scientists as they are drawn into competing directions. Here Ziman exposes the path of discovery, which is strewn with complex human needs, governmental restrictions, the desire for profits, and the exercise of technical virtuosity.
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