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A tale of seven scientists and a new philosophy of science /
The author presents a new philosophy of science in the grand tradition that has recently been deemed impossible. Scerri believes that science develops as a holistic entity, which is fundamentally unified even though the individuals making up the body scientific are frequently in competition among ea...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2016]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 245 | 1 | 2 | |a A tale of seven scientists and a new philosophy of science / |c Eric Scerri. |
| 264 | 1 | |a New York, NY : |b Oxford University Press, |c [2016] | |
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| 520 | |a The author presents a new philosophy of science in the grand tradition that has recently been deemed impossible. Scerri believes that science develops as a holistic entity, which is fundamentally unified even though the individuals making up the body scientific are frequently in competition among each other. He draws inspiration from a conviction that the world is essentially unified in the way that has been described by both Western and Eastern philosophers. -- |c Provided by publisher. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a COVER; A Tale of Seven Scientists and a New Philosophy of Science; COPYRIGHT; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; CONTENTS ; BIOGRAPHICAL BACKGROUND ; Chapter 1: Introduction ; MARGINAL AND INTERMEDIATE FIGURES IN THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE ; MOVING BEYOND "RIGHT" AND "WRONG" IN SCIENCE ; POSSIBLE OBJECTIONS ; NOTES ; Chapter 2: John Nicholson ; THE WORK ; ACCOUNTING FOR ATOMIC WEIGHTS OF THE ELEMENTS ; ACCOMMODATING THE SPECTRA OF FOUR NEBULA INCLUDING ORION NEBULA ; HOW DID NICHOLSON CALCULATE THE FREQUENCIES OF SPECTRAL LINES? ; NICHOLSON'S CALCULATIONS ON THE SPECTRUM OF THE SOLAR CORONA. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a NICHOLSON AND PLANCK'S CONSTANT REACTIONS TO WORK OF NICHOLSON ; HOW WAS ANY OF THE SUCCESS POSSIBLE GIVEN THE LIMITATIONS OF NICHOLSON'S THEORY? ; CONCLUSIONS ; NOTES; Chapter 3: Anton Van den Broek ; THE ARTICLE OF 1911 AND A LETTER TO NATURE MAGAZINE ; GOODBYE TO ATOMIC WEIGHT, WELCOME ATOMIC NUMBER ; PREEMPTING MOSELEY ; INTERLUDE ON WHAT BOHR KNEW ABOUT ATOMIC NUMBER ; CONCLUSION ; NOTES ; Chapter 4: Richard Abegg ; A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY AND INTRODUCTION ; ABEGG'S EARLY WORK IN ELECTROCHEMISTRY ; WHAT IS A HALF-CELL? ; ABEGG ON VALENCY AND THE PERIODIC TABLE ; CONCLUSION ; NOTES. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Chapter 5: Charles Bury ELECTRONIC CONFIGURATIONS ACCORDING TO PHYSICISTS ; Thomson ; BOHR ; KOSSELL ; CONFIGURATIONS ACCORDING TO CHEMISTS ; Lewis ; LANGMUIR ; A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF CHARLES BURY ; BURY'S WORK ; CONCLUSION ; NOTES ; Chapter 6: John D. Main Smith ; SOME CURIOUS ASPECTS OF MAIN SMITH'S WORK ; THE INERT PAIR EFFECT ; CONCLUSION ; NOTES ; Chapter 7: Edmund Stoner ; AN INTERLUDE ON BOHR'S THEORY OF THE PERIODIC TABLE ; BOHR'S SECOND THEORY OF THE PERIODIC SYSTEM ; ADIABATIC PRINCIPLE ; STONER'S PAPER ; MAGNETIC EVIDENCE ; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES ; REACTIONS TO STONER'S ARTICLE. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a HOW STONER'S ARTICLE LED PAULI TO THE EXCLUSION PRINCIPLE PRIORITY QUESTION BETWEEN MAIN SMITH AND STONER ; CONCLUSION ; NOTES ; Chapter 8: Charles Janet ; JANET ON ATOMIC STRUCTURE AND CHEMISTRY ; JANET ON THE PERIODIC SYSTEM ; THE MADELUNG RULE ; JANET'S LEFT-STEP TABLE IN CONTEMPORARY SCHOLARSHIP ON THE PERIODIC TABLE ; ELEMENTS AS BASIC SUBSTANCES OR AS SIMPLE SUBSTANCES ; CONCLUSION ; NOTES ; Chapter 9: Bringing Things Together ; THE NATURE OF SCIENCE AND PRIORITY DISPUTES ; PRIORITY DISPUTES ACCORDING TO ROBERT MERTON ; SIMULTANEOUS OR MULTIPLE DISCOVERY. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a TRADITIONAL PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE AND MULTIPLE DISCOVERY POSSIBLE REASONS FOR MULTIPLE DISCOVERY ; THE THESIS OF UNIVERSAL MULTIPLICITY ; A NEW COTTAGE INDUSTRY. INCONSISTENCY IN SCIENTIFIC THEORIES ; WHAT TO DO? ; INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL INCONSISTENCIES IN THEORIES ; EVOLUTIONARY THEORIES OF SCIENTIFIC DEVELOPMENT ; REVOLUTIONS OR NOT? ; MORE ON MY EVOLUTIONARY VIEW OF SCIENTIFIC DEVELOPMENT ; BACK TO KUHN ; REVOLUTION AND EVOLUTION, CAN KUHN HAVE IT BOTH WAYS? ; CAN KUHN HAVE HIS CAKE AND EAT IT? ; TOULMIN ; CAMPBELL ; NOTES ; INDEX. | |
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