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The Virtue of Heresy - Confessions of a Dissident Astronomer (Paperback, Second Edition) Loot Price: R604
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The Virtue of Heresy - Confessions of a Dissident Astronomer (Paperback, Second Edition)

Hilton Ratcliffe

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There is a crisis in modern science that few theorists are willing to confront. In The Virtue of Heresy: Confessions of a Dissident Astronomer, renowned physicist and astronomer Hilton Ratcliffe, founding member of the Alternative Cosmology Group and co-discoverer of the CNO nuclear fusion cycle on the Sun’s surface, delivers to science aficionados his straightforward and highly compelling explanation of, and challenge to, many widely-held scientific beliefs that fall apart under scrutiny.

Ratcliffe not only points out the fallacy of commonly held beliefs often promoted by the global scientific community, but, through a close (and sometimes humorous) examination of theoretical physics, presents a convincing argument for alternative theory. The heresy of which he writes—that is, our unwillingness to accept at face value all that is spooned to us by ‘the experts’—is presented not as a liability, but as a virtue essential to the progress of scientific thought.

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Imprint: Booksurge Llc
Country of origin: United States
Release date: July 2008
First published: July 2008
Contributors: Hilton Ratcliffe
Dimensions: 204 x 134 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 462
Edition: Second Edition
ISBN-13: 978-1-4196-9556-8
Categories: Books > Humanities > Philosophy > General
Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Philosophy of science
Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science
Books > Science & Mathematics > Astronomy, space & time > Popular astronomy
Books > Science & Mathematics > Astronomy, space & time > Theoretical & mathematical astronomy
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Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Relativity physics > General relativity
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LSN: 1-4196-9556-8
Barcode: 9781419695568

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