{"product_id":"newton-s-apple-and-other-myths-about-science","title":"Newton′s Apple and Other Myths about Science - Paperback","description":"\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e“Favourite Reads―as Chosen by Scientists” Selection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Tackles some of science’s most enduring misconceptions.”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e―\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDiscover\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA falling apple inspired Isaac Newton’s insight into the law of gravity―or did it really?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAmong the many myths debunked in this refreshingly irreverent book are the idea that alchemy was a superstitious pursuit, that Darwin put off publishing his theory of evolution for fear of public reprisal, and that Gregor Mendel was ahead of his time as a pioneer of genetics. More recent myths about particle physics and Einstein’s theory of relativity are discredited too, and a number of dubious generalizations, like the notion that science and religion are antithetical, or that science can neatly be distinguished from pseudoscience, go under the microscope of history.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNewton’s Apple and Other Myths about Science\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e brushes away popular fictions and refutes the widespread belief that science advances when individual geniuses experience “Eureka!” moments and suddenly grasp what those around them could never imagine.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Delightful…thought-provoking…Every reader should find something to surprise them.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e―Jim Endersby, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eScience\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Better than just countering the myths, the book explains when they arose and why they stuck.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e―\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Harper Collins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32361339125826,"sku":null,"price":1550.88,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0263\/4884\/7170\/products\/9780674241565.jpg?v=1631093625","url":"https:\/\/koolskoolbookstore.com\/products\/newton-s-apple-and-other-myths-about-science","provider":"KoolSkool The Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}