Pandora's Box: Seven Stories About How Science Can Harm Us
7 gripping stories about how science, which we have come to regard as the "engine of progress", went down a false path and caused enormous harm: from trans fats to Linus Pauling with his vitamin C. Science is also a kind...
of beautiful Pandora's box. We are curious to know what it hides, so sometimes we unleash evil that causes suffering and leads to death. In some cases, its results have planted a ticking time bomb that may ultimately destroy us. Since all of them trace back to the beginning of recorded history, but the effect from them is evident even today, one could say that we have not learned the lesson of Pandora's box. One of the key themes of this book is the stories of scientists (many of whom were Nobel laureates) who promoted ideas dangerous to humanity. Professor and doctor of medicine Paul Offit also touches upon a pressing issue - the inability of scientific journals, the media, and politicians to distinguish justified truth from dangerous ideas and their support of "harmful science".
7 gripping stories about how science, which we have come to regard as the "engine of progress", went down a false path and caused enormous harm: from trans fats to Linus Pauling with his vitamin C. Science is also a kind of beautiful Pandora's box. We are curious to know what it hides, so sometimes we unleash evil that causes suffering and leads to death. In some cases, its results have planted a ticking time bomb that may ultimately destroy us. Since all of them trace back to the beginning of recorded history, but the effect from them is evident even today, one could say that we have not learned the lesson of Pandora's box. One of the key themes of this book is the stories of scientists (many of whom were Nobel laureates) who promoted ideas dangerous to humanity. Professor and doctor of medicine Paul Offit also touches upon a pressing issue - the inability of scientific journals, the media, and politicians to distinguish justified truth from dangerous ideas and their support of "harmful science".
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