Physics Today Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Science Wars: The Battle Over Knowledge and Reality
Steven L. GoldmanPhysics TodayIt’s been more than a quarter century since the infamous Sokal hoax. That fracas is the centerpiece of Steven Goldman’s new book, Science Wars, which reviewer David Dunning terms a “lively historical tour of the problematic nature of scientific knowledge." https://t.co/mgHUHqyMA2
Hardcover, 2021
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The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA
James D. WatsonPhysics TodayRosalind Franklin made essential contributions toward elucidating the structure of DNA. At first, her role in the DNA story was neglected, Lynne Elkin wrote in 2003. Then it was distorted in James Watson’s book, The Double Helix. #WomensHistoryMonth https://t.co/dVA3iGaJR5
Paperback, 2001
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DNA: The Story of the Genetic Revolution
James D. WatsonPhysics TodayRosalind Franklin made essential contributions toward elucidating the structure of DNA. At first, her role in the DNA story was neglected, Lynne Elkin wrote in 2003. Then it was distorted in James Watson’s book, The Double Helix. #WomensHistoryMonth https://t.co/dVA3iGaJR5
Paperback, 2017
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Foundations of Modern Physics
Steven WeinbergPhysics TodayShortly before his death last year, theoretical physicist Steven Weinberg published his final textbook, Foundations of Modern Physics. Harvard particle physicist Melissa Franklin calls it "a beautiful book" in her review. https://t.co/8FJHvkF7GA
Hardcover, 2021
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Heat: A Mode of Motion
John TyndallPhysics TodaySuffragette and scientist Eunice Newton Foote demonstrated the heat-absorbing properties of carbon dioxide and their potential effect on climate three years before John Tyndall. #WomensHistoryMonth https://t.co/xGvQEXJlIj
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Citizen Of LondonPhysics TodayPhysicist John Wheeler boarded an overnight train from Philadelphia to Washington, DC, #OTD 70 years ago—and proceeded to lose a six-page classified document containing the secret of the hydrogen bomb. Article (from 2019) by @wellerstein 🧵https://t.co/wEiDEi2Ixu
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