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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 prove



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*FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. v*PREFACE, pg. vii*1. E GARDEN OF COSMOLOGICAL DELIGHTS, pg. 3*2. METAFLATION ?, pg. 29*3. Geodesics, Domes, and Spacetime, pg. 51*4. The Evolution of Entropy, pg. 75*5. A Memoir of Nuclear Winter, pg. 109*6. Genius and Biographers: The Fictionalization of Evariste Galois, pg. 148*NOTES, pg. 195*INDEX, pg. 201

Science a la Mode Physical Fashions and Fictions

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: 14/07/2014
      ISBN13: 9780691604831, 978-0691604831
      ISBN10: 0691604835
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      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 prove



      Table of Contents
      *FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. v*PREFACE, pg. vii*1. E GARDEN OF COSMOLOGICAL DELIGHTS, pg. 3*2. METAFLATION ?, pg. 29*3. Geodesics, Domes, and Spacetime, pg. 51*4. The Evolution of Entropy, pg. 75*5. A Memoir of Nuclear Winter, pg. 109*6. Genius and Biographers: The Fictionalization of Evariste Galois, pg. 148*NOTES, pg. 195*INDEX, pg. 201

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