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Black Body Theory and the Quantum Discontinuity: 1894-1912by Thomas S. KuhnISBN 0226458008 (0-226-45800-8)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Black-Body Theory and the Quantum Discontinuity, 1894-1912'Book summary:"A masterly assessment of the way the idea of quanta of radiation became part of 20th-century physics. . . . The book not only deals with a topic of importance and interest to all scientists, but is also a polished literary work, described (accurately) by one of its original reviewers as a scientific detective story."John Gribbin, New Scientist[via]
"Every scientist should have this book."Paul Davies, New ScientistMore editions of Black Body Theory and the Quantum Discontinuity: 1894-1912:
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The Copernican Revolution: Planetary Astronomy in the Development of Western Thoughtby Thomas S. KuhnISBN 0674171039 (0-674-17103-9)
Softcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Copernican Revolution: Planetary Astronomy in the Development of Western Thought'Book summary:For scientist and layman alike this book provides vivid evidence that the Copernican Revolution has by no means lost its significance today. Few episodes in the development of scientific theory show so clearly how the solution to a highly technical problem can alter our basic thought processes and attitudes. Understanding the processes which underlay the Revolution gives us a perspective, in this scientific age, from which to evaluate our own beliefs more intelligently. With a constant keen awareness of the inseparable mixture of its technical, philosophical, and humanistic elements, Mr. Kuhn displays the full scope of the Copernican Revolution as simultaneously an episode in the internal development of astronomy, a critical turning point in the evolution of scientific thought, and a crisis in Western man's concept of his relation to the universe and to God.
The book begins with a description of the first scientific cosmology developed by the Greeks. Mr. Kuhn thus prepares the way for a continuing analysis of the relation between theory and observation and belief. He describes the many functions--astronomical, scientific, and nonscientific--of the Greek concept of the universe, concentrating especially on the religious implications. He then treats the intellectual, social, and economic developments which nurtured Copernicus' break with traditional astronomy. Although many of these developments, including scholastic criticism of Aristotle's theory of motion and the Renaissance revival of Neoplatonism, lie entirely outside of astronomy, they increased the flexibility of the astronomer's imagination. That new flexibility is apparent in the work of Copernicus, whose DE REVOLUTIONIBUS ORBIUM CAELESTIUM is discussed in detail both for its own significance and as a representative scientific innovation.
With a final analysis of Copernicus' life work--its reception and its contribution to a new scientific concept of the universe--Mr. Kuhn illuminates both the researches that finally made the heliocentric arrangement work, and the achievements in physics and metaphysics that made the planetary earth an integral part of Newtonian science. These are the developments that once again provided man with a coherent and self-consistent conception of the universe and of his own place in it.
This is a book for any reader interested in the evolution of ideas and, in particular, in the curious interplay of hypothesis and experiment which is the essence of modern science. Says James Bryant Conant in his Foreword: "Professor Kuhn's handling of the subject merits attention, for... he points the way to the road which must be followed if science is to be assimilated into the culture of our times."
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The Essential Tensionby Thomas S. KuhnISBN 0226458067 (0-226-45806-7)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Essential Tension'Book summary:"Kuhn has the unmistakable address of a man, who, so far from wanting to score points, is anxious above all else to get at the truth of matters."Sir Peter Medawar, Nature[via]More editions of The Essential Tension:
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The Essential Tension: Selected Studies in Scientific Tradition and Changeby Thomas S. KuhnISBN 0226458059 (0-226-45805-9)
Hardcover, University of Chicago Press
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Genesis and Development of a Scientific Factby Ludwik Fleck, Thaddeus J. Trenn, Robert K. Merton, Frederick Bradley, Thomas S. KuhnISBN 0226253252 (0-226-25325-2)
Softcover, University of Chicago Press
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Reconstructing Scientific Revolutions: Thomas S. Kuhn's Philosophy of Scienceby Ludwik Fleck, Thaddeus J. Trenn, Robert K. Merton, Frederick Bradley, Thomas S. KuhnISBN 0226355519 (0-226-35551-9)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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The Road Since Structureby Ludwik Fleck, Thaddeus J. Trenn, Robert K. Merton, Frederick Bradley, Thomas S. KuhnISBN 0226457990 (0-226-45799-0)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Road Since Structure'Book summary:It is possible that no book written in the last 50 years has had an influence as profound and far-reaching as Thomas Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. Kuhn's argument that scientific knowledge does not develop cumulatively, but rather proceeds by a series of "paradigm shifts," captivated not only philosophers of science, but scholars in a wide range of academic disciplines. The Road Since Structure is a follow-up to his landmark work and a look at Kuhn's theory since the book's original publication in 1962.
In keeping with Kuhn's wishes (he died in 1996), editors James Conant and John Haugeland organized The Road Since Structure to include 11 philosophical essays written since 1970. In the first part of the book, Kuhn spells out his theory as it developed in the 1980s and 1990s; in the second part, he replies to a number of criticisms and misreadings. The third section is a fascinating interview with Kuhn conducted less than a year before he died. For general interest readers, the lengthy interview--in which Kuhn candidly and engagingly discusses the trials and tribulations of his life and philosophical career--will probably be the most interesting part of the book. For those attuned to Kuhn's controversial work, The Road Since Structure is an indispensable aid for understanding his theory as it developed and for appreciating the full force of his replies to a host of critical objections. As always, Kuhn's clarity and fluid prose render accessible a field fraught with opaque writing. --Eric de Place [via]
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The Road Since Structure: Philosophical Essays, 1970-1993, With an Autobiographical Interviewby Thomas S. Kuhn , James Conant, John HaugelandISBN 0226457982 (0-226-45798-2)
Hardcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Road Since Structure: Philosophical Essays, 1970-1993, With an Autobiographical Interview'Book summary:It is possible that no book written in the last 50 years has had an influence as profound and far-reaching as Thomas Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. Kuhn's argument that scientific knowledge does not develop cumulatively, but rather proceeds by a series of "paradigm shifts," captivated not only philosophers of science, but scholars in a wide range of academic disciplines. The Road Since Structure is a follow-up to his landmark work and a look at Kuhn's theory since the book's original publication in 1962.
In keeping with Kuhn's wishes (he died in 1996), editors James Conant and John Haugeland organized The Road Since Structure to include 11 philosophical essays written since 1970. In the first part of the book, Kuhn spells out his theory as it developed in the 1980s and 1990s; in the second part, he replies to a number of criticisms and misreadings. The third section is a fascinating interview with Kuhn conducted less than a year before he died. For general interest readers, the lengthy interview--in which Kuhn candidly and engagingly discusses the trials and tribulations of his life and philosophical career--will probably be the most interesting part of the book. For those attuned to Kuhn's controversial work, The Road Since Structure is an indispensable aid for understanding his theory as it developed and for appreciating the full force of his replies to a host of critical objections. As always, Kuhn's clarity and fluid prose render accessible a field fraught with opaque writing. --Eric de Place [via]
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The Structure of Scientific Revolutionsby Thomas S. KuhnISBN 0226458083 (0-226-45808-3)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Structure of Scientific Revolutions'Book summary:There's a "Frank & Ernest" comic strip showing a chick breaking out of its shell, looking around, and saying, "Oh, wow! Paradigm shift!" Blame the late Thomas Kuhn. Few indeed are the philosophers or historians influential enough to make it into the funny papers, but Kuhn is one.
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions is indeed a paradigmatic work in the history of science. Kuhn's use of terms such as "paradigm shift" and "normal science," his ideas of how scientists move from disdain through doubt to acceptance of a new theory, his stress on social and psychological factors in science--all have had profound effects on historians, scientists, philosophers, critics, writers, business gurus, and even the cartoonist in the street.
Some scientists (such as Steven Weinberg and Ernst Mayr) are profoundly irritated by Kuhn, especially by the doubts he casts--or the way his work has been used to cast doubt--on the idea of scientific progress. Yet it has been said that the acceptance of plate tectonics in the 1960s, for instance, was sped by geologists' reluctance to be on the downside of a paradigm shift. Even Weinberg has said that "Structure has had a wider influence than any other book on the history of science." As one of Kuhn's obituaries noted, "We all live in a post-Kuhnian age." --Mary Ellen Curtin [via]
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Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr - The Structure of Scientific Revolutions: ISBN 0226458032 (0-226-45803-2)
Hardcover, Univ of Chicago Pr - The Structure of Scientific Revolutions: ISBN 0226458083 (0-226-45808-3)
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The Tiger and the Shark: Empirical Roots of Wave-Particle Dualismby Thomas S. KuhnISBN 0521358922 (0-521-35892-2)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Tiger and the Shark: Empirical Roots of Wave-Particle Dualism'Book summary:The early twentieth century brought about the rejection by physicists of the doctrine of determinism - the belief that complete knowledge of the initial conditions of an interaction in nature allows precise and unambiguous prediction of the outcome. This book traces the origins of a central problem leading to this change in viewpoint and paradoxes raised by attempts to formulate a consistent theory of the nature of light. It outlines the different approaches adopted by members of different national cultures to the apparent inconsistencies, explains why Einstein's early (1905) attempt at a resolution was not taken seriously for fifteen years, and describes the mixture of ideas that created a route to a new, antideterministic formulation of the laws of nature. Dr Wheaton describes the experimental work on the new forms of radiation found at the turn of the century and shows how the interpretation of energy transfer from X-rays to matter gradually transformed a classical wave explanation of light to one based on particle like quanta of energy, and further, he explains how influential scientists came reluctantly to accept a wavelike interpretation of matter as well. This new and distinctively different account of one of the major theoretical shifts in modern physical thought will be of fundamental interest to physical scientists and philosophers, as well as to historians of science. [via]
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