The Telescope in the Ice by Mark Bowen5/19/2023 In The Telescope in the Ice, science writer and physicist Mark Bowen attempts to retell the heroic efforts leading to the construction of the neutrino telescope IceCube and portraits the scientists on whose shoulders this success rests. But modern scientific heroes may also be human and flawed, as long as there is purity in their intentions and they are driven by the search for truth and the thrill of scientific discovery alone. Mark Bowen, MIT Physicist & author of Thin Ice, Censoring Science and The Telescope in the Ice: Inventing a New Astronomy at the South Pole. In addition, having taken risks, overcome harrowing obstacles and having persevered in the face of the most adverse conditions are distinguishing features. One obvious condition is that he or she made a scientific contribution of great significance. That makes the modern scientific hero difficult to define. Today, most big discoveries are produced by hundreds of scientific minds, so heroic science legends must be more nuanced if they are to bear any resemblance to reality. What makes a modern scientific hero? Lone geniuses revolutionizing science through solitary thinking are a thing of the past.
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