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The Scientist as Philosopher: Philosophical Consequences of Great Scientific Discoveries

By Friedel Weinert

Book information

Publisher
Springer
Year
2005
ISBN
3540213740, 9783540213741
LCC
Q180.55.D57 W45 2004
Google Books ID
R4ANHu-csMC
Open Library ID
OL9488237M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (3965420 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
352\352
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

Clearly written and well illustrated, the book first places the scientist-philosophers in the limelight as we learn how their great scientific discoveries forced them to reconsider the time-honored notions with which science had described the natural world. Then, the book explains that what we understand by nature and science have undergone fundamental conceptual changes as a result of the discoveries of electromagnetism, thermodynamics and atomic structure. The author concludes that the dance between science and philosophy is an evolutionary process, which will keep them forever entwined.

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