PACHSmörgåsbord: Robert Westman

Sunday, November 13, 2011

Musing on Book Reviews

Prompted by a two very different reviews of Westman’s The Copernican Question, I spent a morning thinking about the form and purpose of a book review. This post tries to hammer those thoughts into something useful.

Posted by Darin Hayton on 11/13 at 12:56 PM

Tuesday, January 08, 2013

It’s About Domains of Expertise

Unfortunately, the history of science is easily distorted or misleadingly presented to make point in the present.

Posted by Darin Hayton on 01/08 at 02:00 PM
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