The majority of the second half of the book the Burr goes into the detail of Turin trying to get one of his papers on the vibration theory published in the journal Nature. It turned out that since his theory was so controversial no one liked it and no one wanted to read it. The peer review alone for Turin’s paper caused quite the uproar between Turin and the journal, and after a long period of waiting and frustration, Turin's paper was rejected by nature (go figure). Although his paper was rejected, Turin went on to do a BBC special called A Code in the Nose in which Turin was able to discuss his
The majority of the second half of the book the Burr goes into the detail of Turin trying to get one of his papers on the vibration theory published in the journal Nature. It turned out that since his theory was so controversial no one liked it and no one wanted to read it. The peer review alone for Turin’s paper caused quite the uproar between Turin and the journal, and after a long period of waiting and frustration, Turin's paper was rejected by nature (go figure). Although his paper was rejected, Turin went on to do a BBC special called A Code in the Nose in which Turin was able to discuss his