Science and Pseudoscience - A Conversation with Michael Gordin
By Howard Burton
Length2h 16m
About this audiobook
This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Michael Gordin, Rosengarten Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at Princeton University. This thought-provoking, extensive conversation examines the strange case of Immanuel Velikovsky, author of the bestselling book “Worlds in Collision” that managed to provocatively combine unbridled scientific speculation with ancient myth, as a way of probing the often-problematic boundary between science and pseudoscience.
By all accounts, Velikovsky was a decidedly curious character. The notorious Russian-born doctor-turned psychoanalyst-turned astronomer-historian-autodidact not only had a flair for writing and boatloads of charisma and energy, he also was on record for making a couple of concrete predictions of his radical new theory of the solar system that turned out, much to the dismay of the authorities of the day, to actually be correct.
This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, Harnessing the Fringe, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:
I. A Counterculture Hero - Introducing Immanuel Velikovsky
II. An Ideal Case - The historical allure of Velikovsky
III. The Lysenko Lesson - Science meets politics
IV. A Freudian Cosmology - Validation by hostility
V. Enter Einstein - Velikovsky makes predictions
VI. Responses and Reactions - Publicity and hostility
VII. Digging In - Unorthodox, up to a point
VIII. Science vs. Pseudoscience - In search of a bright line
IX. Fringe Benefits - Seeking a balance
X. Learning From History - Towards better science?
XI. Anthropic Digression - Falsifiability today
XII. Better Science? - Educated by history
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Audiobook details
GenreBiography and Memoir, Science and Nature
Length2 hrs 16 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Contents
16Questions for Discussion:
2A Note on the Text
17VII. Digging In
3Introduction
18Questions for Discussion:
4The Conversation
19VIII. Science vs. Pseudoscience
5I. A Counterculture Hero
20Questions for Discussion:
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6Questions for Discussion:
21IX. Fringe Benefits
7II. An Ideal Case
22Questions for Discussion:
8Questions for Discussion:
23X. Learning From History
9III. The Lysenko Lesson
24Questions for Discussion:
10Questions for Discussion:
25XI. Anthropic Digression
11IV. A Freudian Cosmology
26Questions for Discussion:
12Questions for Discussion:
27XII. Better Science?
13V. Enter Einstein
28Questions for Discussion:
14Questions for Discussion:
29Continuing the Conversation
15VI. Responses and Reactions
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