ABSTRACT

This book is emerged from an insightful essay by the American Nobel chemist Dudley Herschbach, speculating about how the mythological Hercules might have tackled a hypothetical, monumental task, or "thirteenth labor," such as weighing the Earth's atmosphere.

chapter 1|13 pages

Toward a Scienceless Society?

chapter 6|7 pages

Tolstoy, Napoleon and Gompers

chapter 13|8 pages

A Question of Will, Not Knowledge

chapter 14|8 pages

Some Remarks about Education

chapter 18|8 pages

Toward A Science-Friendly Society