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'''''Science is a Sacred Cow''''' is a book writen by the chemist [[Anthony Standen]]. It was first published in 1950 by E.P. Dutton and Co. In print for 40 years and once praised by one of the great scientists [[Albert Einstein]], the book argues that some scientists and many teachers of science have "inflated egos"<ref name=NYTobit> [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE6DF1E3DF936A15755C0A965958260 Obit of Anthony Standen], June 25, 1993, [[New York Times]]</ref>. The book was widely reviewed<ref> List of review citations

'''''Science is a Sacred Cow''''' is a book writen by the chemist [[Anthony Standen]]. It was first published in 1950 by E.P. Dutton and Co. It was in print for 40 years. The book argues that some scientists and many teachers of science have "inflated egos"<ref name=NYTobit> [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE6DF1E3DF936A15755C0A965958260 Obit of Anthony Standen], June 25, 1993, [[New York Times]]</ref>. The book was widely reviewed<ref> List of review citations

* ''Chemical and Engineering News'', R. L. Kenyon, volume 28 (June 19 1950), page 2122

* ''Chemical and Engineering News'', R. L. Kenyon, volume 28 (June 19 1950), page 2122

* ''Chicago Sunday Tribune'', Fritz Leiber (Mar. 12 1950), page 14

* ''Chicago Sunday Tribune'', Fritz Leiber (Mar. 12 1950), page 14

==Thesis==

==Thesis==

Part of the book's thesis is that the general public and students of science hold the words of scientists in awe even when these are merely "latinized nonsense"<ref name=NYTobit/>. According to a March 1950 issue of [[Time magazine]], Standen's concerns are that scientists can be and have been "overbearing," "overpraised," and "overinduluged"<ref>[[Time magazine]], "Is vs. Ought", (Monday Mar. 27 1950)</ref>.

Part of the book's thesis is that the general public and students of science hold the words of scientists in awe even when these are merely "latinized nonsense"<ref name=NYTobit/>. According to a March 1950 issue of [[Time magazine]], Standen's concerns are that scientists can be and have been "overbearing," "overpraised," and "overinduluged"<ref>[[Time magazine]], "Is vs. Ought", (Monday Mar. 27 1950)</ref>. The book was once praised by one of the great scientists: [[Albert Einstein]]<ref name=NYTobit/>.

==Contents==

==Contents==