The Scientist As Philosopher: Philosophical Consequences Of Great Scientific Discoveries
by Friedel Weinert /
2005 / English / PDF
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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.
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.
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.
The author concludes that the dance between science and
philosophy is an evolutionary process, which will keep them
forever entwined.
