Physicists in Conflict
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Big Bang
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conflict between scientists and authorities
Cosmic Strings
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ernst
experimental physics methods
Fundamental Research
giordano
history of physics
II Saggiatore
Journal De Physique
Kinetic Theory
ludwig
Ludwig Boltzmann
mach
MAGNETIC MONOPOLES
mechanics
Meson Production
Meson Theory
Nucleon Nucleon Collision
Oppenheimer Case
philosophy of science
Phosphorescent Screen
Photographic Emulsion
Primordial Black Holes
quantum
Rene Prosper Blondlot
roger
Roger Bacon
science and society
scientific controversies
Soft Showers
Spinal Cord
theory
Tycho's Observations
United States Atomic Energy Commission
Wilson Cloud Chamber
Young Man
Zinc Sulphate
Product details
- ISBN 9780750305099
- Weight: 635g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 01 Jan 1998
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Dialogue in science is essential for progress. But when dialogue becomes conflict or further intensifies to persecution the situation is harmful not only to science, but also to the wider society in which science exists. This is true whether the conflict is internal, in the case of Boltzmann, or external, as with Galileo and Oppenheimer against their respective authorities.
Physicists in Conflict: From Antiquity to the New Millennium examines the nature of conflict in science through examples chosen from the history of physics. These cases fall into three broad themes: physicists in conflict with religion, conflict between physicists on significant scientific issues, and physicists in conflict with each other and politicians on matters of public policy with scientific content. Conflict is singled out as a common element in otherwise disparate areas precisely because it has characteristics that are common to the different cases, and sometimes the similarities are remarkable, such as in the cases of Galileo and Oppenheimer.
The book is suitable for general readers with an interest in physics as well as for undergraduate physics students and professional physicists. It will also be of interest to those working in the fields of peace and conflict studies.
