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SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE WEEK

The Undergrowth of Science

By Walter Gratzer

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(rrp £18.99) `How do we know that our own dear professors, educators and leaders today are not swayed by false, pernicious ideology our doctors not just quacks and are cosmologists more than mere daydreamers? What a stupid question you might say before reading this enlightening book ... you see how many great dominant authorities, even quite recently, have been totally and disastrously wrong-headed.' John Michell, The Spectator Dr Professor Gratzer lifts the veil on scientific dogma, focusing on episodes in history, from 1930s New York to Stalinist Russia. Using a storyteller's ability to focus on human nature, Gratzer looks at the individuals involved, and their effect on the world.

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