Best damn book on how science works in the real world

ed · Post by ed » Wed Aug 30, 2006 3:36 pm

Yes it is, dammit.

Oh, the title? Sorry, forgot.

http://www.amazon.com/King-Arthurs-Roun ... F8&s=books

King Arthur's Round Table by Martin Biddle.

Why you ask? Simple. This was a multidisiplinary effort using experts in joinery, c14 dating, dendrochronology, art history, and some other things that slipped my mind. It is really a story of intellectual exploration.

Anyone else read it?

Post by **Minimalist** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 3:38 pm

Nope.

Never even heard of it.

Frank Harrist · Post by **Frank Harrist** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 7:29 am

One of the few books on Arthur that I haven't read or even heard of. I use to be into that stuff bigtime. The Arthurian legend is one of the greatest stories ever told, IMO. I doubt that it's really true, but it's still a great story.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 3:22 am

Fix the fuggin' width. . . .

--J.D.

ed · Post by ed » Tue Sep 05, 2006 7:17 am

Doctor X wrote:Fix the fuggin' width. . . .

--J.D.

Doc, this book is so good that it requires, nay, DEMANDS extra width.

In fact, it is a one volume course on scientific method. It is also an applied primer on archeological techniques. It is the epitomizes the value and beauty of interdispilinary research.

It is, in short, The Ayatollah of Archeolgia!!!!

<note to self: get a life>

Starflower · Post by **Starflower** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 8:11 am

Doctor X wrote:Fix the fuggin' width. . . .

--J.D.

If you look at the length of the URL you will notice the width of this page coincides exactly with it.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 3:02 pm

ed:

You disobey me! Puppy!

Starflower:

Depends on the screen. It is a bit of an "inside joke" betwix ed and I.

--J. "Just Walk Away! I Give You Safe Passage Through the Wasteland!" D.

Starflower · Post by **Starflower** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 3:40 pm

Anyone else read it?

No, but I would if I could find a copy as it does sound interesting. I cannot afford to spend $90.00 on a book at this juncture and my local library does not carry it. If anyone has a spare copy they are willing to send me, just let me know

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 5:42 pm

Damn! Did not know it was that expensive.

Then geteth Prof. Park's Voodoo Science and Martin Gardner's Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science. Good starts on why one has to maintain objectivity. Park gives a great description as to why cold fusion could not have worked given the failure to produce certain products.

---J.D.

ed · Post by ed » Tue Sep 12, 2006 6:03 pm

Starflower wrote:
Anyone else read it?
No, but I would if I could find a copy as it does sound interesting. I cannot afford to spend $90.00 on a book at this juncture and my local library does not carry it. If anyone has a spare copy they are willing to send me, just let me know

Will you read it?

Starflower · Post by **Starflower** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 6:52 pm

Ed wrote:

Will you read it?

Of course, inquiring minds have to know and I love to read. Although I can't promise to stay awake if it bores me. (I've been trying to get through Finkelsteins book for months now Zzzz) Oops must have dropped off there.

Seriously, if I can get my hands on a copy I will definitely read it.

Doctor X
Thank you for the suggestions, my local library does have copies of both those books.