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Book Cover for: Science Wars: The Battle Over Knowledge and Reality, Steven L. Goldman

Science Wars: The Battle Over Knowledge and Reality

Steven L. Goldman
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It’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

$39.99$20.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA, James D. Watson

The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA

James D. Watson
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Rosalind 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

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: DNA: The Story of the Genetic Revolution, James D. Watson

DNA: The Story of the Genetic Revolution

James D. Watson
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Rosalind 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

$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Foundations of Modern Physics, Steven Weinberg

Foundations of Modern Physics

Steven Weinberg
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Shortly 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

$51.00$26.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
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Book Cover for: Heat: A Mode of Motion, John Tyndall

Heat: A Mode of Motion

John Tyndall
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Suffragette 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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Book Cover for: The Historical Collections of a Citizen of London in the Fifteenth Century: Containing: [william Gregory's Will] I. John Page's Poem on the Siege of R, Citizen Of London

The Historical Collections of a Citizen of London in the Fifteenth Century: Containing: [william Gregory's Will] I. John Page's Poem on the Siege of R

Citizen Of London
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Physicist 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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