Maxioms by Hannes Alfven
Scientists tend to resist interdisciplinary inquiries into their own territory. In many instances, such parochialism is founded on the fear read more
Scientists tend to resist interdisciplinary inquiries into their own territory. In many instances, such parochialism is founded on the fear that intrusion from other disciplines would compete unfairly for limited financial resources and thus diminish their own opportunity for research.
Most people today still believe, perhaps unconsciously, in the heliocentric universe every newspaper in the land has a section on read more
Most people today still believe, perhaps unconsciously, in the heliocentric universe every newspaper in the land has a section on astrology, yet few have anything at all on astronomy.
We should remember that there was once a discipline called natural philosophy. Unfortunately, this discipline seems not to exist today. read more
We should remember that there was once a discipline called natural philosophy. Unfortunately, this discipline seems not to exist today. It has been renamed science, but science of today is in danger of losing much of the natural philosophy aspect.
I have no trouble publishing in Soviet astrophysical journals, but my work is unacceptable to the American astrophysical journals.
I have no trouble publishing in Soviet astrophysical journals, but my work is unacceptable to the American astrophysical journals.
The appeal of the Big Bang has been more ideological than scientific. When men think about the universe, there is read more
The appeal of the Big Bang has been more ideological than scientific. When men think about the universe, there is always a conflict between the mythical approach and the empirical scientific approach. In myth, one tries to deduce how the gods must have created the world - what perfect principles must have been used.