Michael D Gordin
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On August 29, 1949, the first Soviet test bomb, dubbed First Lightning, exploded in the deserts of Kazakhstan. The startling event was not simply a technical experiment that confirmed the ability of the Soviet Union to build nuclear bombs during a period when the United States held a steadfast monopoly; it was also an international event that marked the beginning of an arms race that would ultimately lead to nuclear proliferation beyond the two superpowers.
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"A pleasure to read. This is a lovely book-highly original, meticulously researched, elegantly written, and full of surprises. Einstein in Bohemia is a richly textured, multilayered inquiry that ranges freely across many boundaries."-Derek Sayer, author of Prague, Capital of the Twentieth Century: A Surrealist History "This engaging and beautifully written account of Einstein's often ignored time in Prague is a tour de force. Drawing on prodigious...
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Michael D. Gordin is Rosengarten Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at Princeton University, where he also serves as the Director of the Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts. His books include Scientific Babel and Five Days in August (Princeton). Dmitrii Mendeleev (1834–1907) is a name we recognize, but perhaps only as the creator of the periodic table of elements. Generally, little else has been known about him. A Well-Ordered Thing...
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Everyone has heard of the term "pseudoscience," typically used to describe something that looks like science, but is somehow false, misleading, or unproven. Given the virulence of contemporary disputes over the denial of climate change and anti-vaccination movements-both of which display allegations of "pseudoscience" on all sides-there is a clear need to better understand issues of scientific demarcation.
Pseudoscience: A Very Short Introduction...