Everything's Relative
And Other Fables from Science and Technology
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Word Count
68,000 words, Guess
Page Count
272 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL7613276M
- ISBN-139780471202578
- ISBN-100471202576
- OCLC Control Number52509456
- OCLC Control Numbereverythingsrelat0000roth
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2003013944
- LibraryThing537439
- Goodreads1029186
Classifications
- LCCQ125 .R763 2003
Description
"In a discipline so firmly rooted in empirical data, it's surprising to discover how the history of science can be so riddled by apocrypha, inaccuracies, and blatant falsehoods. In Everything's Relative, writer and physicist Tony Rothman sets the record straight once and for all, giving credit where credit is due by debunking centuries of commonly held beliefs embedded throughout science and technology's illustrious, albeit distorted, history." "Each anecdote clearly reveals how unique discoveries are the exception, rather than the rule. Discoveries almost always take place simultaneously or are built upon a predecessor's breakthrough ... usually without acknowledgment."--Jacket.
First Sentence
The Contemporary Panopticon of Present and Past Concepts can be viewed in many ways.
Excerpt
The Contemporary Panopticon of Present and Past Concepts can be viewed in many ways.
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