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" The scientific imagination : "
Gerald Holton.
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950207
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b704577
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Holton, Gerald James.
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The scientific imagination : : case studies /\ Gerald Holton.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge [England] ;New York :: Cambridge University Press,, 1978.
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xvi, 382 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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0521217008
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: 0521271002
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0521271008
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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ON THE UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENCE. Themata in scientific thought ; Subelectrons, presuppositions, and the Millikan-Ehrenhaft dispute ; Dionysians, Appollonians, and the scientific imagination ; Analysis and synthesis as methodological themata -- STUDIES IN RECENT SCIENCE. Fermi's group and the recapture of Italy's place in physics ; Can science be measured? ; On the psychology of scientists, and their social concerns -- PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENCE. Lewis Mumford on science, technology, and life ; Frank E. Manuel's Isaac Newton ; Ronald Clark and Albert Einstein ; On the educational philosophy of the Project Physics Course.
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Physics-- History-- Sources.
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Science-- Methodology, Case studies.
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Mental Processes.
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Physics-- history.
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Science-- methods.
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Physique-- Histoire-- Sources.
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Sciences-- Méthodologie-- Cas, Études de.
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Ciencia.
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METHODOLOGY.
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Physics-- History.
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Physics.
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PHYSICS.
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Science-- Methodology.
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Science-- Methodology.
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SCIENCE.
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Wissenschaftliches Denken
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Filosofie.
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Methodologie.
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Natuurwetenschappen.
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| Dewey Classification
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501/.8
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Q175.H775
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30.02bcl
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