Relativity of Wrong: Essays on Science

By Isaac Asimov

Book Overview

Sparkling with charm and the legendary Asimov wit, this remarkable collection of 17 essays delivers a delightful potpourri of chemical conundrums, galactic puzzles, and awesome astronomical anomalies.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385244738
• ISBN13: 9780385244732
• Release Date: March 1988
• Publisher: Doubleday
• Length: 225 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Not a grad-level text, which is perfect

Those who are expecting an advanced text of physics, chemisty, or astronomy are going to be disappointed. This is a popularization. It's aimed at people who want to understand the basics of science but who don't have formal training. On that level, it suceeds brilliantly. Even those that do have formal training, however, could benefit from reading the eponymous essay which offers a great rebuttal to those who think that scientific theories are just current guesses that can be radically overthrown at any given moment.