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Book SynopsisThis book shows why at any given time there exists no single scientific “paradigm,“ but rather a spectrum of competing perspectives. Considering conflicts between Heisenberg and Einstein, Bohr and Einstein, and P. W. Bridgman and B. F. Skinner, Holton demonstrates a masterly understanding of modern science and how it influences our world.
Trade ReviewGerald Holton has moved as no one else in our time from a truly distinguished life in science to the effect of manners, morals, and much else in the world, on scientific discovery. This is a most engaging book and an indispensable guide. -- John Kenneth Galbraith
Gerald Holton is the dean of Einstein scholars. -- Dennis Overbye * New York Times *
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Victory and Vexation in Science, Gerald Holton, a physicist and historian of science at Harvard University, provides a series of illuminating historical and biographical essays on science and scientists in the twentieth century. This thought-provoking book mixes reminiscence with scholarly reflection, drawing on Holton's deep knowledge of scientists and their intellectual, religious and social engagements. -- Daniel J. Kevles * Nature *
