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These iconoclastic and witty essays are about what happens when scientists jump on band-wagons. Tony Rothman applies creative skepticism to contemporary fashions in science, including the 鈥渟tandard model鈥� Big Bang theory, geodesic domes, the concept of nuclear winter, and sociological applications of the second law of thermodynamics. 鈥淩othman proves himself an excellent communicator… I am grateful to him for he has enlarged my vision, increased my understanding, and made me more aware of the beauty of the patterns and connections of all the world.鈥�—Dick Kovan, New Scientist 鈥淭hese six delightful essays address and substantiate the sociological underpinnings of the scientific enterprise… I highly recommend this volume of excellent essays that remind us all of the `folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truth, and oneself for an oracle…鈥欌��—Dennis W. Cheek, Science Books & Films

Originally published in 1989.

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