Styles of Scientific Thought

Styles of Scientific Thought
Title Styles of Scientific Thought PDF eBook
Author Jonathan Harwood
Publisher University of Chicago Press
Pages 456
Release 1993-03
Genre Reference
ISBN 9780226318813

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In this detailed historical and sociological study of the development of scientific ideas, Jonathan Harwood argues that there is no such thing as a unitary scientific method driven by an internal logic. Rather, there are national styles of science that are defined by different values, norms, assumptions, research traditions, and funding patterns. The first book-length treatment of genetics in Germany, Styles of Scientific Thought demonstrates the influence of culture on science by comparing the American with the German scientific traditions. Harwood examines the structure of academic and research institutions, the educational backgrounds of geneticists, and cultural traditions, among many factors, to explain why the American approach was much more narrowly focussed than the German. This tremendously rich book fills a gap between histories of the physical sciences in the Weimar Republic and other works on the humanities and the arts during the intellectually innovative 1920s, and it will interest European historians, as well as sociologists and philosophers of science.

Thematic Origins of Scientific Thought

Thematic Origins of Scientific Thought
Title Thematic Origins of Scientific Thought PDF eBook
Author Gerald Holton
Publisher Harvard University Press
Pages 514
Release 1988-05-25
Genre History
ISBN 9780674877481

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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. Three principal consequences of this perspective extend beyond the study of the history of science itself. It provides philosophers of science with the kind of raw material on which some of the best work in their field is based. It helps intellectual historians to redefine the place of modern science in contemporary culture by identifying influences on the scientific imagination. And it prompts educators to reexamine the conventional concepts of education in science. In this new edition, Holton has masterfully reshaped the contents and widened the coverage. Significant new material has been added, including a penetrating account of the advent of quantum physics in the United States, and a broad consideration of the integrity of science, as exemplified in the work of Niels Bohr. In addition, a revised introduction and a new postscript provide an updated perspective on the role of themata. The result of this thoroughgoing revision is an indispensable volume for scholars and students of scientific thought and intellectual history.

Trends in the Historiography of Science

Trends in the Historiography of Science
Title Trends in the Historiography of Science PDF eBook
Author K. Gavroglu
Publisher Springer Science & Business Media
Pages 453
Release 2013-04-18
Genre Science
ISBN 9401735964

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The articles in this volume have been first presented during an international Conference organised by the Greek Society for the History of Science and Technology in June 1990 at Corfu. The Society was founded in 1989 and planned to hold a series of meetings to impress upon an audience comprised mainly by Greek students and scholars, the point that history of science is an autonomous discipline with its own plurality of approaches developed over the years as a result of long discussions and disputes within the community of historians of science. The Conference took place at a time when more and more people came to realise that the future of the Greek Universities and Research Centres depends not only on the progress of the institutional reforms, but also very crucially on the establishment of new and modern subject areas. Though there have been significant steps towards such a direction in the physical sciences, mathematics and engineering, the situation in the so-called humanities has been, at best, confusing. Political expediencies of the post war years and ideological commitments to a glorious, yet very distant past, paralysed the development of the humanities and constrained them within a framework which could not allow much more than a philological approach.

Scientific Writing = Thinking in Words

Scientific Writing = Thinking in Words
Title Scientific Writing = Thinking in Words PDF eBook
Author David Lindsay
Publisher CSIRO PUBLISHING
Pages 181
Release 2020-05-01
Genre Science
ISBN 1486311482

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Telling people about research is just as important as doing it. But many competent researchers are wary of scientific writing, despite its importance for sharpening scientific thinking, advancing their career, obtaining funding for their work and growing the prestige of their institution. This second edition of David Lindsay’s popular book Scientific Writing = Thinking in Words presents a way of thinking about writing that builds on the way good scientists think about research. The simple principles in this book will help you to clarify the objectives of your work and present your results with impact. Fully updated throughout, with practical examples of good and bad writing, an expanded chapter on writing for non-scientists and a new chapter on writing grant applications, this book makes communicating research easier and encourages researchers to write confidently. It is an ideal reference for researchers preparing journal articles, posters, conference presentations, reviews and popular articles; for students preparing theses; and for researchers whose first language is not English.

History of Scientific Thought

History of Scientific Thought
Title History of Scientific Thought PDF eBook
Author Michel Serres
Publisher Wiley-Blackwell
Pages 776
Release 1995-10-16
Genre History
ISBN

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A series of meditative or considered essays, examining nodal points in the long history of science from the first emergence of experts writing on clay in Babylonia.

A Short History of Scientific Thought

A Short History of Scientific Thought
Title A Short History of Scientific Thought PDF eBook
Author John Henry
Publisher Red Globe Press
Pages 0
Release 2012
Genre HISTORY
ISBN 0230019439

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"A highly readable historical survey of the major developments in scientific thought and the impact of science on Western culture, this book takes the reader from ancient times through to the twentieth century. Organized chronologically, the book explores the history of studies of the natural world, and man's role within that world, in a single volume"--Provided by publisher.

The Nature of Scientific Thinking

The Nature of Scientific Thinking
Title The Nature of Scientific Thinking PDF eBook
Author J. Faye
Publisher Springer
Pages 347
Release 2016-10-15
Genre Science
ISBN 1137389834

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Scientific thinking must be understood as an activity. The acts of interpretation, representation, and explanation are the cognitive processes by which scientific thinking leads to understanding. The book explores the nature of these processes and describes how scientific thinking can only be grasped from a pragmatic perspective.