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Making 20th Century Science: How Theories Became Knowledge
Ever been told science is just a neat step-by-step recipe—hypothesis, test, done? Yeah, that’s a comforting fairy tale. Stephen G. Brush’s "Making 20th Century Science" throws that myth out the window and dives into how messy, stubborn, and downright human science really is. Because theories don’t just pop out fully formed and universally loved; they fight for their lives on a battlefield of facts, explanations, and sometimes sheer luck.
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