The Worst Science in the World An Empire of Ice Scott, Shackleton, and the Heroic Age of Antarctic Science by Edward J. Larson Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 2011. 358 pp. $28, £18.99. ISBN 9780300154085.
Emphasizing the importance of scientific research in early 20th-century British Antarctic expeditions, Larson argues for a new interpretation of the Scott-Amundsen race to the pole.
| Published in: | Science |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2011
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1205505 https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.1205505 |
| Summary: | Emphasizing the importance of scientific research in early 20th-century British Antarctic expeditions, Larson argues for a new interpretation of the Scott-Amundsen race to the pole. |
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