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The Advancement of Science and Its Burdens Book

Professor Holton continues his analysis of how modem science works and its influences on our world. A particular emphasis is on the thematic elements, the unconscious presuppositions that guide scientific work to success or failure. This work ranges over a broad spectrum of areas that command the attention of all readers with an interest in understanding the development of modem science.Read More

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    Gerald Holton, one of the century's leading historians of science, continues his analysis of how modern science works and how it influences our world, with particular emphasis on the role of the thematic elements - those often unconscious presuppositions that guide scientific work to success or failure. Many of the conclusions emerge from the author's extensive study of the contributions of Einstein. Indeed, Holton's new introduction for this edition reveals how Einstein's daring 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. This case study alone may well be a classic example for studying the interaction of science and culture.

  • 0674005309
  • 9780674005303
  • G Holton
  • 30 October 1998
  • Harvard University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 400
  • New edition
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