Bedeviled: a shadow history of demons in science
Auteur :
Canales, Jimena
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691175324
Date de publication :
10 nov. 2020
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,5 cm
Format :
B315
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
How scientists conjure demons to unlock the secrets of the universe Science may be known for banishing the demons of superstition from the modern world. Yet just as the demon-haunted world was being exorcized by the enlightening power of reason, a new kind of demon mischievously materialized in the scientific imagination itself. Scientists began