Science in Culture (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Graubard, Stephen R.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Twenty-five years ago, Gerald Holton's Thematic Origins of Scientific Thought introduced a wide audience to his ideas. Holton argued that from ancient times to the modern period, an astonishing feature of innovative scientific work was its ability to hold, simultaneously, deep and opposite commitments of the most fundamental sort. Over the course of Holton's career, he embraced both the humanities and the sciences. Given this background, it is fitting that the explorations assembled in this volume reflect both individually and collectively Holton's dual roots.

In these various reflections on science, art, literature, philosophy, and education, this volume gives us a view in common: a deep and abiding respect for Gerald Holton's contribution to our understanding of science in culture.

---

Dieser Download kann aus rechtlichen Gründen nur mit Rechnungsadresse in A, B, BG, CY, CZ, D, DK, EW, E, FIN, F, GR, HR, H, IRL, I, LT, L, LR, M, NL, PL, P, R, S, SLO, SK ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 246
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. April 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351306904
• Artikelnr.: 56840826

Autorenporträt

Peter Galison is Mallinckrodt Professor of History of Science and of physics at Harvard University. Stephen R. Graubard is editor of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and its journal, Daedalus, and professor of history emeritus at Brown University. Everett Mendelsohn is director of the History of Science Program at Harvard University.

Inhaltsangabe

1 Einstein and the Cultural Roots of Modern Science
The Americanization of Unity
Fear and Loathing of the Imagination in Science Misconceptions: Female Imaginations and Male Fantasies in Parental Imprinting
Consilience Among the Great Branches of Learning
Physics and History
Space Quantization: Otto Stern's Lucky Star
Eastern Inventions and Western Response
Leonardo da Vinci: Art in Science
Educational Dilemmas for Americans