Scientific imagination, the: with a new introduction
Auteur :
Holton, Gerald
Éditeur :
Harvard University Press
ISBN :
9780674794887
Date de publication :
1 nov. 1998
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
585 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Using firsthand accounts gleaned from notebooks, interviews, and correspondence of such twentieth-century scientists as Einstein, Fermi, and Millikan, Holton shows how the idea of the scientific imagination has practical implications for the history and philosophy of science and the larger understanding of the place of science in our culture.