4.5
Free Radicals
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They may have a public image as cool, logical, levelheaded types. But in reality, scientists will do pretty much anything—take drugs, follow mystical visions, lie, and even cheat—to make a discovery.
In
, physicist and journalist Michael Brooks seamlessly weaves together true stories of the "mad, bad and dangerous" men and women who have revolutionized the scientific world, and offers a fast-paced and thrilling exploration of the real process behind discovery (
, London). Brooks also traces the cover-up back to its source: the scientific establishment's reaction to the public fear of science after World War II. He argues that it its high time for science to come clean about just how bold and daring scientists really are.
"Not all scientists are nerds. In
, physicist Michael Brooks tries to dispel the notion that scientists are stuffy, pen-protector-polishing bookworms." —
"Insightful . . . A page-turning, unvarnished look at the all-too-human side of science." —
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“Fantastic book on the true messy nature behind science and how we "figure stuff out." Like a red wine and steak, this book pairs well with Nassim Taleb's book Antifragile.
Do read if you are an anarchist, in any sense of the word.”
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