How We Know: An Exploration Of The Scientific Process - Couverture souple

Goldstein, Martin

 
9780306801402: How We Know: An Exploration Of The Scientific Process
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 030680140X ISBN 13 : 9780306801402
Editeur : Da Capo Press, 1981

Synopsis

The portraits of Freud, Shakespeare, Einstein, and Leonardo da Vinci on the cover symbolize a major theme of How We Know ,that the creative imagination plays a role in the sciences no less than in the arts, and that scientific discoveries have an aesthetic beauty of their own that can be enjoyed by the nonscientist. Written to be understood by readers without proper scientific training, the main features of scientific method are illustrated by the use of case histories of research and discovery. The book also explores such questions as the nature of scientific understanding of the world, how theories are invented, how they are tested experimentally, and whether the scientist is ever "objective."The broad scientific experience of Martin and Inge Goldstein has made them aware not only of the distinctive features of diverse disciplines, but also of the common ground all fields of science share. This book was written in the belief that these common features of the scientific enterprise can be communicated to the nonscientist, and that it is important both for science and for society as a whole that this be done. How We Know offers help to those mystified and confused by the methods and aims of science. It firmly establishes science as a product of human beings acting in human ways, a process where the search for beauty can be as compelling as the search for truth.

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À propos de l?auteur

Martin Goldstein (1919-2014), former Professor of Chemistry at Yeshiva University, and Inge F. Goldstein, Associate Professor of Clinical Public Health in Epidemiology, Columbia University, wrote four books on the methods and processes of science.

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Éditeur
Da Capo Press
Date d'édition
1981
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
030680140X
ISBN 13 
9780306801402
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
378
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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Editeur : Basic Books, 1978
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