Critical Appraisal of Physical Science as a Human Enterprise Dynamics of Scientific Progress

Name: Critical Appraisal of Physical Science as a Human Enterprise Dynamics of Scientific Progress
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ISBN: 9781402096259

ISBN-10: 1402096259

ISBN-13: 9781402096259

Edition: 2009

Authors: Mansoor Niaz

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The objective of this book is to reconstruct historical episodes and experiments that have been important in scientific progress, and to explore the role played by controversies and rivalries among scientists. Although progress in science has been replete with controversies, scientists themselves either ignore or simply downplay their role. Such presentations lack the appreciation of the dynamics of â€˜science-in-the-makingâ€™. This book provides methodological guidelines - based on a historical perspective of philosophy of science - that facilitate an understanding of historical episodes beyond that of inductive generalizations. These guidelines suggest that progress in science is not…

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List price: $109.99
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Publication date: 2/3/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 216
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 2.442

Mansoor Niaz is Professor at the Chemistry Department, Universidad de Oriente, CumanÃ¡, Venezuela.



Dedication


Acknowledgments


Introduction


Quantitative imperative vs the imperative of presuppositions


Understanding scientific progress: From Duhem to Lakatos


Kinetic theory: Maxwell


G++s Presuppositions


Periodic table of the chemical elements: From Mendeleev to Moseley


Foundations of modern atomic theory: Thomson, Rutherford, and Bohr Determination of the elementary electrical charge: Millikan and Ehrenhaft


Paradox of the photoelectric effect: Einstein and Millikan


Bending of light in the 1919 eclipse experiments: Einstein and Eddington


Lewis


G++s covalent bond: From transfer of electrons to sharing of electrons


Quantum mechanics: From Bohr to Bohm


Wave-particle duality: De Broglie, Einstein and Schr+ï¿½dinger


Searching for quarks: Perl


G++s philosophy of speculative experiments


Conclusion: Inductive method as a chimera


References


Index