Prematurity in Scientific Discovery : On Resistance and Neglect /

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For centuries, observers have noted the many obstacles to intellectual change in science. In a much-discussed paper published in Scientific American in 1972, molecular biologist Gunther Stent proposed an explicit criterion for one kind of obstacle to scientific discovery.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Hook, Ernest B., 1936- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2002.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Stent, Gunther S. > (Gunther Siegmund), > 1924-2008
Stent, Gunther S. > (Gunther Siegmund), > 1924-2008.
Ontdekkingen.
Natuurwetenschappen.
Science > Philosophy.
Discoveries in science.
PHILOSOPHY > Political.
SCIENCE > History.
Decouvertes scientifiques > Congres.
Discoveries in science > Congresses.
Congressen (vorm)
Conference papers and proceedings.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Figures and Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Chapter One: A Background to Prematurity and Resistance to "Discovery"; Chapter Two: Prematurity in Scientific Discovery; Chapter Three: Prematurity, Nuclear Fission, and the Transuranium Actinide Elements; Chapter Four: Resistance to Change and New Ideas in Physics: A Personal Perspective; Chapter Five: The Timeliness of the Discoveries of the Three Modes of Gene Transfer in Bacteria; Chapter Six: Scotoma: Forgetting and Neglect in Science; Chapter Seven: Prematurity and Delay in the Prevention of Scurvy.

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