This is a study of the role that the human emotion of envy has had - and continues to play - in scientific and academic research. From detailed case histories, it shows that envy of colleagues and rivals can be a serious inhibiting factor in both the direction and execution of research programmes.
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Höhe: 159 mm
Breite: 227 mm
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978-1-85972-397-5 (9781859723975)
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Background: introduction; science and emotion; envy in philosophy; envy in literature; psychology of envy; envy as an evolutionary force. Biographies: Galileo Galilei; Charles Darwin; William Morton; Paul Kammerer. Conclusion.
