6/3/2023 0 Comments Fred kuttner![]() ![]() Copernicus only published his great book on his deathbed for that precise reason, and Galileo lied to his students for decades before "coming out" with his Copernican beliefs. ![]() In that most excellent book, Koestler also makes the point that Copernicus and Galileo were extremely reluctant to have it publicly known that they held unorthodox scientific beliefs, and he emphasizes that it was fear of ridicule, not fear of the Church, that constricted them both. Scientists today could easily be (and, I think, largely are) in precisely the same boat. Koestler argues (and convincingly) that Copernicus, Brahe, Kepler, and Galileo, did what they did without any real understanding of what it was that they were doing. One of the most instructive books that I have ever read (and also simply one of the best reads, as well) is Arthur Koestler's "The Sleepwalkers," a marvelous history of the Copernican revolution. for the Journal of Scientific Exploration by Professor Richard Conn Henry Quantum Enigma by Bruce Rosenblum and Fred Kuttner. Review of "Quantum Enigma" by Bruce Rosenblum and Fred Kuttner. ![]()
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