Science is a Sacred Cow is a book written by the chemist Anthony Standen.

[1] The book argues that some scientists and many teachers of science have "inflated egos"[1] or, in the words of Standen, "a fabulous collective ego, as inflated as a skillfully blown piece of bubble gum".

[3] 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".

[1] According to a March 1950 issue of Time, Standen's concerns are that scientists can be and have been "overbearing," "overpraised," and "overindulged".

[1] An editorial note in the March 27, 1950, issue of Life magazine introducing several pages[5] of excerpts and a half dozen editorial cartoons from Sacred Cow states "With tongue-in-cheek hyperbole, [Standen] suggests that a group that takes itself so seriously deserves some serious skepticism.