Making 20th century science : how theories became knowledge / Stephen G. Brush with Ariel Segal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brush, Stephen G., author.

Segal, Ariel, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Methodology--History--20th century.

Science.

Science--History--20th century.

Science--Methodology--History--19th century.

Science--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (553 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Historically, the scientific method has been said to require proposing a theory, making a prediction of something not already known, testing the prediction, and giving up the theory (or substantially changing it) if it fails the test. A theory that leads to several successful predictions is more likely to be accepted than one that only explains what is already known but not understood. This process is widely treated as the conventional method of achieving scientific progress, and was used throughout the twentieth century as the standard route to discovery and experimentation. But does science

Contents:

""4.2 The Rise of Social Constructionism""""4.3 The Fall of Social Constructionism""; ""4.4 Postmortem""; ""4.5 Consequences for Science Studies""; ""Part Two Atoms, Molecules, and Particles""; ""5 Mendeleev�s Periodic Law""; ""5.1 Mendeleev and the Periodic Law""; ""5.2 Novel Predictions""; ""5.3 Mendeleev�s Predictions""; ""5.4 Reception By Whom?""; ""5.5 Tests of Mendeleev�s Predictions""; ""5.6 Before the Discovery of Gallium""; ""5.7 The Impact of Gallium and Scandium""; ""5.8 The Limited Value of Novel Predictions""; ""5.9 Implications of the Law""; ""5.10 Conclusions""

""7.8 Reception of Neo-Newtonian Optics before 1923""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780190266943

0190266945

9780199978519

0199978514

OCLC:

903858586