Review
'This distinguished physicist describes here the evolution of scientific beliefs. Throughout history scientists have pursued ideas that seemed bizarre, peculiar or even downright daft, and in this sharp and witty overview of the great - and the not so great - moments of scientific experimentation, Fisher illuminates the true process of discovery.' (
SUNDAY TELEGRAPH )
'This is a highly readable, funny and thought-provoking history.' (
HERALD (GLASGOW) )
Jerome Burne, FT MAGAZINE (4.12.04)
'Len Fisher...takes us on a very accessible and entertaining tour of various historical moments where contemporary commonsense ideas about how the world worked clashed with scientific findings...WEIGHING THE SOUL is a mine of delightful oddities.'
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