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Title informationFabulous ScienceFact and Fiction in the History of Scientific Discovery John Waller
308 pages, 21 b/w illus.Oxford University Press
Shows that many of the greatest heroes of science were less than totally honest about their experimental data and not above using friends in high places to help get their ideas accepted. Their celebrity often obscures vital contributions made, their unsung contemporaries and the merits of ideas they overturned. These distortions of the historical record mostly arise from our tendency to read the present back to the past. Professional Hand Net (Standard 250mm Wide Frame) Equipment (1mm Mesh) | £50.00 | approx. $93/€63 Other products in Nets Bug Box Magnifying Pot A great way to study invertebrates up close. Equipment | £4.00 | approx. $8/€5 Other products in Sampling Containers ![]() There are currently no organisations listed for this subject If you are involved in a scientific, conservation or environmental organisation and would like to be listed, please see our NHBS-Xchange information page. |
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