Extreme Programming - Snowball Earth

Author

Snowball Earth

Robert C. Martin

2004-04-21, 9:32 am

I just got done reading a wonderful book named "Snowball Earth".

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/a...objectmentorinc

The author describes the messy process by which a controversial idea
works it's way through the scientific community. If you read it
you'll not a vast number of parallels with this newsgroup. The same
personalities arise, the same debating techniques, the same petulance
and immaturity, the same stalwart determination. It's a quick
enjoyable read and may help put much of our own situation into
perspective. It's also a very

theory.

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Ilja Preuß

2004-04-21, 10:47 am

Thanks for the tip - it's now on my wishlist. :)

Phlip

2004-04-21, 11:40 am

Robert C. Martin wrote:

> I just got done reading a wonderful book named "Snowball Earth".
>
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/a...objectmentorinc
>
> The author describes the messy process by which a controversial idea
> works it's way through the scientific community. If you read it
> you'll not a vast number of parallels with this newsgroup. The same
> personalities arise, the same debating techniques, the same petulance
> and immaturity, the same stalwart determination. It's a quick
> enjoyable read and may help put much of our own situation into
> perspective. It's also a very

theory.

If it's the theory that the die-off between the archaoic and mezozoic (the
one that killed trilobytes and left the field open for dinosaurs) was caused
by a global ice-age that froze the seas...

....then what possible beef could the non-adopters have with a theory that
would not change their publishing status or daily work habits??

I know I know - read the book.

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Phlip
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