The Virtue of Heresy

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5.0 out of 5 stars "The Iron SUN"
What a great book!

What an adventure!

If you like philosophy, quantum physics, cosmology, string theories, Theories of Everything, Neutron Stars,... Read more
Published 8 days ago by Clifford S. Saunders

2.0 out of 5 stars Not the ravings of a madman - but one verging on crank status
Definitely not a crank - yet. However, books like this could be immensely shorter if they left out the "The whole scientific community is wrong about everything, their whole... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Marion Delgado

5.0 out of 5 stars A great and entertaining review of cosmology
A wonderful book about science that's relevant on many levels. The interspersed history of philosophers and scientists, and the importance of their contributions makes science... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Paul Schroeder

5.0 out of 5 stars Academic suppression of ideas?
I have just ordered this book BECAUSE of the negative feedback. It is incredible to me the absolute venom generated when someone has the audacity to think outside of the box in... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Steve S. Jones

5.0 out of 5 stars EXCELLENT!
My name is Oliver K. Manuel, Emeritus Professor of Nuclear Chemistry and Space Physics.

Here is my research profile: http://myprofile.cos. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Oliver K. Manuel

3.0 out of 5 stars Before you accept that five-star review average at face value...
... You might like to consider the following:

Before I posted this review, there were 6 reviews for this book, all of them awarding the maximum five stars. Read more
Published on March 9, 2008 by O. Buxton

5.0 out of 5 stars The Joy of Fighting Dogma with the Truth
Hilton Ratcliffe's is a real joy to read. With his humour and his stories.
but his book is the first science book I have read this year that makes you
think about... Read more
Published on October 3, 2007 by Gregory B. Murphy

5.0 out of 5 stars I am no rocket scientist and I found it to be very readable and intellectually stimulating.
Throughout history (particularly in the religious arena) heresies have been punished by immolation, excommunication or at least banishment. Read more
Published on August 1, 2007 by M. J. Jameson

5.0 out of 5 stars THE VIRTUE OF HERESY: Confessions of a dissident astronomer
Hilton is a great storyteller.

Curious minds of all ages will thrill to his telling of a journey through the real universe. Read more
Published on July 23, 2007 by C. Manuel

5.0 out of 5 stars A review by prof Kiril Panov
2nd Edition now out:The Virtue of Heresy: Confessions of a Dissident Astronomer

(a review by Prof Kiril Panov, PhD, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences)

The... Read more