Insights of genius : imagery and creativity in science and art / Arthur I. Miller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miller, Arthur I.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Physics--Methodology.

Physics.

Science--Methodology.

Science.

Creative ability in science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 482 p. ) ill. ;

Edition:

1st MIT Press pbk. ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"How can new knowledge be created from already existing knowledge? Insights of Genius shows how seeing in all it's many forms - insight, revelation, a distinctive point of view - is central to the greatest advances of the human intellect. Artists and scientists alike rely on visual representations of worlds both visible and invisible"--Page 4 of cover.

Contents:

Common sense and scientific intuition

The intuition of atoms

Scientific methods

Faith in an ordered universe

Speaking realistically about science

The reasonable effectiveness of mathematics in physics

Scientific progress and metaphors

Visual imagery in scientific thought

Scientific creativity

Art, science, and the history of ideas.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Originally published: New York : Copernicus, ©1996.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

0-262-28734-X

0-585-29609-X

OCLC:

45734096