Thematic Origins of Scientific Thought: Kepler to Einstein, Revised EditionHarvard University Press, 1988. máj. 25. - 499 oldal The highly acclaimed first edition of this major work convincingly established Gerald Holton’s analysis of the ways scientific ideas evolve. His concept of “themata,” induced from case studies with special attention to the work of Einstein, has become one of the chief tools for understanding scientific progress. It is now one of the main approaches in the study of the initiation and acceptance of individual scientific insights. |
Tartalomjegyzék
The Thematic Imagination in Science | 31 |
Its Physics | 53 |
Thematic and Stylistic Interdependence | 75 |
The Roots of Complementarity | 99 |
On the Hesitant Rise of Quantum Physics Research | 147 |
On the Origins of the Special Theory of Relativity | 191 |
Mach Einstein and the Search for Reality | 237 |
Einstein Michelson and the Crucial Experiment | 279 |
On Trying to Understand Scientific Genius | 371 |
The Duality and Growth of Physical Science | 401 |
Models for Understanding the Growth of Research | 415 |
Niels Bohr and the Integrity of Science | 451 |
POSTSCRIPT TO THE REVISED EDITION | 473 |
SOURCES | 483 |
Más kiadások - Összes megtekintése
Thematic Origins of Scientific Thought: Kepler to Einstein, Revised Edition Gerald Holton Korlátozott előnézet - 1988 |