[extropy-chat] The History and the Pseudo-History of Science

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Does anyone have an opinion on

"The Scientists" by John Gribbin?

I found it an interesting overview and trace of the development of
science as we know it today. Certainly not an in-depth study of anyone
or thing in particular.

But I am not a scientist...
Regards,
MB

On Tue, 25 Jan 2005, Robin Hanson wrote:

> Yup.  The main thing I learned from studying history of science is that the
> histories told by non-historians are almost all fairy tales.  Until you
> actually go study in some detail what people actually said and did, don't
> assume you know much about what happened.
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