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I Told You So!: Scientists Who Were Ridiculed, Exiled, and Imprisoned for Being Right

I Told You So!: Scientists Who Were Ridiculed, Exiled, and Imprisoned for Being Right

Kaplan, Matt

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Publisher Price: $21.00

PREORDER - Expected ship date January 19, 2027

ISBN10: 1250372291
ISBN13: 9781250372291
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Published: Jan 19 2027
Pages: 288
Weight: 1.00
Height: 1.00 Width: 5.38 Depth: 8.25
Language: English

A highly compelling (Washington Post) work of popular science about scientists who have had to fight for their revolutionary ideas to be accepted

For two decades, Matt Kaplan has covered science for the Economist. He's seen breakthroughs often occur in spite of, rather than because of, the behavior of the research community, and how support can be withheld for those who don't conform or have the right connections. In this passionately argued and entertaining book, Kaplan narrates the history of the 19th century Hungarian physician Ignaz Semmelweis, who realized that Childbed fever--a devastating infection that only struck women who had recently given birth--was spread by doctors not washing their hands. Semmelweis was met with overwhelming hostility by those offended at the notion that doctors were at fault, and is a prime example of how the scientific community often fights new ideas, even when the facts are staring them in the face.

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