Author

Publication

2002 - Oxford University Press, Oxford, England

Language

English

Word Count

77,000 words, Guess

Page Count

308 pages

Identifiers

  • Internet Archivefabuloussciencef00wall
  • ISBN-100192804049
  • ISBN-100198607199
  • ISBN-139780192804044
  • ISBN-139780198607199
and 4 more
  • Goodreads3414590', '1019061
  • OCLC Control Number50018049
  • Better World Books9780192804044
  • Open LibraryOL21661146M

Classifications

  • DDC509
  • LCCQ180.55.D57

Description

This book explores the truth behind many of the famous stories about scientists and their famous experiments. The first section describes experiments by Pasteur, Millikan, Eddington and F.W Taylor. It describes how their preconceived notions and extraneous factors made them suppress and sometimes even manipulate data to support a cause that they had already decided on. The second part describes cases where reports of experiments and scientists by "science historians" were not faithful to the reality and how this distorted the picture that the later generations had of these people.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Fabulous science: fact and fiction in the history of scientific discoveryOxford University Press2002-01-01

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