Prematurity in scientific discovery: on resistance and neglect
Éditeur :
University of California Press
ISBN :
9780520231061
Date de publication :
2 oct. 2002
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 3,0 cm
Poids :
680 g
Format :
Cloth over boards
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
In a paper published in "Scientific American" in 1972, molecular biologist Gunther Stent proposed an explicit criterion for one kind of obstacle to scientific discovery, related to the prematurity of a hypothesis. In this text, various scientists and philosophers respond to his theory.