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GOOD BOOK GUIDE (1/11/04)
'A witty insight into the impossible.'
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'A witty insight into the impossible.' (GOOD BOOK GUIDE (1/11/04) )
'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.' (Jerome Burne FT MAGAZINE (4.12.04) )
'On the surface this book is about quirky ideas, such as how to cure a headache by zapping yourself with an electric eel...Under the surface, it's about the evolution of scientific beliefs...While the tone is quite jolly, there's serious science among the slapstick. A good read for the curious.' (Sylvia Rainsford FOCUS MAGAZINE (March 2005) )
'...entertaining and astute...An engaging and relaxed, personal style to the text make this book easy to read. No matter what your academic background it is a genuine pleasure to read.' (Stuart Williams CHEMISTRY WORLD (February 2005) )
'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.' (Jerome Burne FT MAGAZINE (4.12.04) )
'On the surface this book is about quirky ideas, such as how to cure a headache by zapping yourself with an electric eel...Under the surface, it's about the evolution of scientific beliefs...While the tone is quite jolly, there's serious science among the slapstick. A good read for the curious.' (Sylvia Rainsford FOCUS MAGAZINE (March 2005) )
'...entertaining and astute...An engaging and relaxed, personal style to the text make this book easy to read. No matter what your academic background it is a genuine pleasure to read.' (Stuart Williams CHEMISTRY WORLD (February 2005) )
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This book tells the stories of scientists whose ideas appeared bizarre, peculiar or downright daft to their contemporaries, but who stuck to their guns through ridicule, oppression and persecution. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
This book tells the stories of scientists whose ideas appeared bizarre, peculiar or downright daft to their contemporaries, but who stuck to their guns through ridicule, oppression and persecution. Read the first page
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