Stephen G Brush

Gebundenes Buch

Making 20th Century Science

How Theories Became Knowledge

Beschreibung

A large-scale historical look at the implementation of the scientific method, and how scientific theories come to be accepted.

Autor

Stephen G. Brush studied chemistry and physics (at Harvard and Oxford) and did research in theoretical physics at the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory. His group at Livermore showed that a gas of electrons (ignoring quantum effects) could condense to a solid at low temperatures and high densities. Inspired by a graduate seminar with Thomas Kuhn at Harvard, he also conducted research in history of science, and switched to that field full-time in 1968. He has published historical works on the kinetic theory of gases, planetary physics, and other topics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 552
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. April 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 176mm x 41mm
• Gewicht: 916g
• ISBN-13: 9780199978151
• ISBN-10: 0199978158
• Artikelnr.: 47864767