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Erika (17789 KP) rated Galileo's Middle Finger: Heretics, Activists, and the Search for Justice in Science in Books

Jun 18, 2020 (Updated Jun 18, 2020)  
Galileo's Middle Finger: Heretics, Activists, and the Search for Justice in Science
Galileo's Middle Finger: Heretics, Activists, and the Search for Justice in Science
Alice Domurat Dreger | 2015 | History & Politics
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I chose this book at random from the public library, and I had no idea as to what it actually was.
The author is a 'Historian of Science' and did some in-depth studying of intersex. I didn't really know much about intersex, and it was horrifyingly interesting.

My biggest issue was that it rambled along, throughout her career and the controversies she encountered, blah, blah, rambling about social justice movements, I lost interest.

Then... she decided to compare herself to Galileo. BLESS YOUR HEART - and I mean that in the most demeaning, insulting way possible. This lady is no Galileo, and it was a laughable comparison.
  
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Deepak Chopra recommended What is Life? in Books (curated)

 
What is Life?
What is Life?
Erwin Schrodinger | 2012 | Philosophy, Psychology & Social Sciences, Science & Mathematics
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"As celebrated as he was for his pioneering work in quantum physics—e.g., Schrödinger’s equation and the paradox known as Schrödinger’s Cat—What Is Life? sealed the great man’s reputation as a crank, mystical dreamer, and in some quarters, a traitor to science. This doom befell a small book from 1944 that, innocently enough, applies the principles of physics and chemistry to the life of a cell. What ruined the author’s reputation but came as a phenomenal breakthrough for me was that Schrödinger placed consciousness front and center in the phenomenon of life on Earth. It’s one of the most prophetic messages of all time."

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