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Discovering Robert Scott Root-Bernstein

Discovering By Robert Scott Root-Bernstein

Discovering by Robert Scott Root-Bernstein


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Looks at what scientists do, and shows science as the imaginative endeavour of the people who do it. Using a fictional format, the author unveils the discovery process in action through the discussions of six characters who debate the multifaceted issues at the core of scientific discovery.

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Discovering: Inventing and Solving Problems at the Frontiers of Scientific Knowledge by Robert Scott Root-Bernstein

Discovering is an experimental work. It attempts not merely to look at what scientists do but to get inside their minds to find out how, to see science as the imaginative endeavour of the people who do it. Using a fictional format, the author unveils the discovery process in action through the discussions of six characters who attend a colloquium to debate the multifaceted issues that lie at the core of scientific creativity.

Table of Contents

Prologue: on fact and fiction. Part 1 Preparations - toward a science of science: Jenny's notebook - impish ideals; Imp's journal - dissatisfactions; Jenny's notebook - the problem area defined; Imp's journal - who cares?; Jenny's notebook - dinner with Hunter; transcript - courting novelty (Bertollet); Jenny's notebook - the arts of scientists. Part 2 Day one - the problem of problems: Imp's journal - discovering a problem; transcript - how does science grow?; Jenny's notebook - implications, contradictions; transcript - what's worth investigating?; Imp's journal - dogma denied. Part 3 Day two - planning or chance?: Imp's journal - alternative hypotheses; transcript - planning (Pasteur); Jenny's notebook - personal knowledge; transcript - chance (Pasteur); Jenny's notebook - the eye of the mind; Imp's journal - surprises. Part 4 Day three - logic of research, surprise of discovery: Imp's journal - competition; Jenny's notebook - the body is part of the mind; transcript - the probability of discovering (Fleming); Jenny's notebook - patterns in mind space; transcript - the fun of discovering (Fleming); Imp's journal - unexpected connections. Part 5 Day four - creating unity from diversity: Imp's journal - thematum; transcript - modeling the process (van't Hoff); Jenny's notebook - falsification; transcript - global thinking (van't Hoff); Jenny's notebook - renewing old knowledge. Part 6 Day five - insight and oversight: Imp's journal - illumination; Jenny's notebook - patterns on paper; transcript - insight and oversight (Arrhenius); Jenny's notebook - modeling illumination. Part 7 Day six - complementary perspectives: Jenny's notebook - asymmetry and fault tolerance; transcript - reports; Ariana's report - who discovers, how? - personality and the art of science; transcript - discussion; Constance's report - history and philosophy of science in science; transcript - discussion; Richter's report - the evolution of science; transcript - discussion; Hunter's report - obstacles and inducements to exploratory research; transcript - discussion; Imp's report - manual of strategies for discovering; transcript - discussion. Part 8 Postscript: Imp's journal - ambiguities; Jenny's notebook - conclusions are questions.

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CIN0674211766G
9780674211766
0674211766
Discovering: Inventing and Solving Problems at the Frontiers of Scientific Knowledge by Robert Scott Root-Bernstein
Used - Good
Paperback
Harvard University Press
19910901
518
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