{"product_id":"victory-and-vexation-in-science-9780674015197","title":"Victory and Vexation in Science","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGerald 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\u003cbr\u003eGerald Holton is the dean of Einstein scholars. -- Dennis Overbye * New York Times *\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eVictory and Vexation in Science\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 *","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359088378199,"sku":"9780674015197","price":45.86,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780674015197.jpg?v=1754123536","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/victory-and-vexation-in-science-9780674015197","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}