I've recently finished reading an excellent book by James P. Hogan. I had enjoyed much of his fiction, but this is a non-fiction work, based on his experiences with working scientists in a wide variety of fields.
The title is Kicking the Sacred Cow, and it's out of print, but still available in various e-book formats from Baen Books. You can find used copies of the printed book
, but the prices were a bit steep for my taste, and the ebook experience was actually quite good.The basic premise of the book is that while science accuses religion of excluding non-standard beliefs, the scientific community deals with scientific heresy in much the way. It's a fascinating survey of alternate theories in everything from physics and cosmology to medicine and biology.
Very highly recommended.
No, really - go get this book.
I'm serious.
Go get it now.
3 comments:
I always like a blog that has some good book suggestions (that I wouldn't think of myself). Unemployment has be rediscovering the joy of getting lost in a good book. If it's educational, that's just a bonus!
That should read "unemployment has ME rediscovering..." This is why I should preview my comments!
That's a good point, Beth.
When I was "between positions" quite a few years ago I did a lot of reading too. Maybe I'm over-employed right now, as my reading is going much more slowly than it should.
So is my writing, now that I think about it.
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