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Insights of Genius: Imagery & Creativity in Science & Art

by Arthur I Miller

ISBN13: 9780387946719
ISBN10: 0387946713
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Since the Enlightenment, science has been seen as an objective, true method of explanation about the physical and mathematical laws that explain and govern the universe. The 20th Century has shown that science is also a human enterprise, informed by idealogy and other assumptions. In this book, distinguished historian and philosopher of science Arthur Miller examines these and other important questions about what and how we know about the world. Dr. Miller also discusses, in non-technical language, our current ideas about the nature of scientific thought and explanation, its relation to truth, and the relationship between scientific and common sense. Does science, in its historical claim as an exalted endeavor, stand above other human activities?

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 447-465) and index.

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ISBN:: 9780387946719
Subtitle:: (imagery and creativity in science and art )
Author:: Miller, Arthur I
Publisher:: Copernicus Books
Location:: New York, NY :
Subject:: Science
Subject:: Physics
Subject:: Philosophy & Social Aspects
Subject:: Creative Ability
Subject:: Creation (literary, artistic, etc.)
Subject:: Creative ability in science.
Series Volume:: 1st
Publication Date:: c1996
Binding:: Trade Cloth
Language:: English
Illustrations:: Yes
Pages:: xxii, 482 p.
Dimensions:: 9.58x6.54x1.72 in. 2.05 lbs.

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