THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE AND ITS BURDENS by Gerald Holton ( 9780674005303 )

Item Details

Title:

THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE AND ITS BURDENS

By:

Gerald Holton

Format:

Paperback

List price:

£34.95

Our price:

£27.26

Discount:

22% off

You save:

£7.69

ISBN 10:

0674005309

ISBN 13:

9780674005303

Availability:

Usually dispatched within 1-3 weeks.

Delivery rates

Stock:

Currently 0 available

Publisher:

HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

30 October, 1998

Pages:

400

Description:

In questioning the scientific enterprise and its effect on the society around it, this analysis of how modern science works and influences our world has a particular emphasis on the role of thematic elements, often unconscious presuppositions that guide scientific work to success or failure.

Synopsis:

This analysis of how modern science works and influences our world has a particular emphasis on the role of thematic elements - those often unconscious presuppositions that guide scientific work to success or failure. It asks questions such as "how did Albert Einstein's ideas shape the imaginations of 20th-century artists and writers?"; "are there national differences between styles of scientific research?"; and "by what mechanisms is progress in science achieved despite the enormous diversity of individual, often conflicting, efforts?". Many of the conclusions emerge from the study of Albert Einstein, demonstrating that Einstein's main pursuit, the discovery of unity among seemingly disparate aspects of physics, was psychologically supported by a surprising ally: the high literary works in which he immersed himself, above all Goethe's.

Illustrations:

4 line illustrations

Publication:

Imprint:

Harvard University Press

Returns:

Returnable

Some other items by this author:

ALBERT EINSTEIN (PB)

ALBERT EINSTEIN, HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES

ALBERT EINSTEIN, HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES (HB)

ALBERT EINSTEIN, HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES (PB)