Imagery in Scientific Thought Creating 20th Century Physics

Name: Imagery in Scientific Thought Creating 20th Century Physics
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ISBN: 9780262631044

ISBN-10: 0262631040

ISBN-13: 9780262631044

Edition: Reprint

Authors: Arthur I. Miller

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One of the great mysteries of the human mind is its power to create new forms of knowledge. Arthur I. Miller is a historian of science whose approach has been strongly influenced by current work in cognitive science, and in this book he shows how the two fields might be fruitfully linked to yield new insights into the creative process. The first two sections of this book trace the relationship of creative thinking and the construction of new scientific concepts in the physics of Poincareacute;, Einstein, Boltzmann, Bohr, and Heisenberg (scientists whose research was influenced by their consideration of the nature of thinking itself). These case studies are then used as data to test the…

Book details

List price: $14.95
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 4/28/1986
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 376
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.210
Language: English

Arthur I. Miller is a professor emeritus at University College London. He has published many critically acclaimed books, including Einstein, Picasso; Empire of the Stars; and 137. He lives in London.