Elof Axel Carlson Books

Exploring the nature of scientific inquiry, this book delves into how science is conducted through discovery and experimentation. It addresses the divide between those who embrace science and those who reject or fear it, highlighting concerns over its implications for society, including environmental issues and ethical dilemmas. By examining both basic and applied sciences, the text seeks to foster a deeper understanding of science's role and its potential consequences in the modern world.

What is Science? A Guide for Those Who Love It, Hate It, or Fear It, provides the reader with ways science has been done through discovery, exploration, experimentation and other reason-based approaches.

The handbook guides readers in constructing intellectual pedigrees while exploring the historical connections in the life sciences. Using Hermann Joseph Muller as a focal point, it traces the transmission of knowledge across Europe and into the American Colonies, revealing influences on prominent figures like Huxley and Darwin, as well as Agassiz and Galileo. Analyzing 60 additional pedigrees, the author highlights the significant impact of a few key scientists, illustrating the limited pool of scholars in universities before the mid-19th century.