书目名称 | Quirky Sides of Scientists |
副标题 | True Tales of Ingenu |
编辑 | David R. Topper |
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概述 | Clearly demonstrates that the greatest minds throughout history arrived at their famous scientific theories in very unorganized ways. They often did not fully grasp the significance and implications o |
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描述 | .These historical narratives of scientific behavior reveal the often irrational way scientists arrive at and assess their theories. There are stories of Einstein’s stubbornness leading him to reject a correct interpretation of an experiment and miss an important deduction from his own theory, and Newton missing the important deduction from one of his most celebrated discoveries. Copernicus and Galileo are found suppressing information. A theme running throughout the book is the notion that what is obvious today was not so in the past. Scientists seen in their historical context shatter myths and show them to be less modern than we often like to think of them.. |
出版日期 | Book 2007 |
关键词 | Albert Einstein; Astronomy history; Experiment; Galileo Galilei; Isaac Newton; Nicolaus Copernicus; Physic |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-71019-8 |
isbn_softcover | 978-1-4419-2429-2 |
isbn_ebook | 978-0-387-71019-8 |
copyright | Springer-Verlag New York 2007 |