A Tale of Seven Scientists and a New Philosophy of Science
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-023299-3 (ISBN)
Instead of focusing on the logic and rationality of science, Scerri elevates the role of trial and error and multiple discovery and moves beyond the notion of scientific developments being right or wrong. While criticizing Thomas Kuhn's notion of scientific revolutions he agrees with Kuhn that science is not drawn towards an external truth but is rather driven from within. The book will enliven the long-standing debate on the nature of science, which has increasingly shied away from the big question of "what is science?"
Eric Scerri is a leading philosopher of science specializing in the history and philosophy of chemistry and especially the periodic table. He has been teaching chemistry as well as history and philosophy of science and conducting research at UCLA for the past sixteen years. Scerri is the author of the bestselling The Periodic Table, Its Story and Its Significance (2007), A Very Short Introduction to the Periodic Table (2011) and A Tale of Seven Elements (2013).
Chapter 1 Introduction. Intermediate historical figures & how can 'wrong theories' lead to scientific progress?
Chapter 2 The intriguing case of John Nicholson
Chapter 3 Van den Broek and atomic number
Chapter 4 Abegg, an early pioneer of chemical bonding
Chapter 5 Bury, and his detailed electronic structures
Chapter 6 Main Smith the chemist who anticipated Stoner
Chapter 7 Edmund Stoner, pioneer of the 3rd quantum number
Chapter 8 Janet, inventor of the left-step periodic table
Chapter 9 Drawing Things Together
Notes
Index
Erscheinungsdatum | 15.11.2016 |
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Zusatzinfo | 55 |
Verlagsort | New York |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 216 x 142 mm |
Gewicht | 431 g |
Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften |
ISBN-10 | 0-19-023299-4 / 0190232994 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-023299-3 / 9780190232993 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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