Thematic Origins of Scientific Thought: Kepler to Einstein: Kepler to Einstein, Revised Edition - Softcover

Holton, Gerald

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0674877489 ISBN 13: 9780674877481

Publisher: Harvard University Press, 1988

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Fascinating and thought-provoking...written for the most part in a language accessible to scientist and historian alike.--Laura Tilling "Nature "

A brilliant, fascinating study of how some of the fundamental ideas of modern physics were conceived and developed... It combines careful analysis of documentary evidence with a broad perspective on the historical development of science and its humanistic aspects.--Stephen G. Brush, University of Maryland

Thematic Origins is a brilliant explanation of the true, powerful process of scientific thought. The original is one of the few works in the history and philosophy of science I have read and reread over the years, and I am especially pleased now to see this even stronger revision. Holton stands almost alone in his ambidextrous ability to think--and write--as both a scientist and philosopher.--E. O. Wilson, Harvard University

[This book] deserves to have a permanent influence on the work of historians, philosophers, and sociologists of science, as well as on educationists and intellectual historians, but it can also be recommended to the general reader.--Stephen Toulmin "Physics Today "

About the Author:

Gerald Holton is Mallinckrodt Research Professor of Physics, and Research Professor of History of Science, Harvard University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0674877489
• ISBN 13: 9780674877481
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 510