Discovering (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Robert Scott Root-Bernstein
- First Published: 1989
- Type of Work: History and philosophy of science
- Principal Characters: Imp, Jenny, Constance Delaney, Ariana Parergon, Hunter Smithson, Richter Zweifel
- Genres: Nonfiction, History
- Subjects: Language or languages, Philosophy or philosophers, Science or scientists, Creative process, Personality, Biology or biologists
Is there a science of science? Is there a formula for scientific discovery, especially for the sort of theoretical or experimental breakthrough which transforms the way scientists look at the universe? Can lessons be learned from the history of science which are applicable to current science policy? Will societies be able to create environments in which scientific creativity will flourish? These are some of the questions that Robert Scott Root-Bernstein, a scientist and historian of science, and recipient of the MacArthur Prize fellowship (1981- 1986), asks in Discovering: Inventing...
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