Insights of genius : imagery and creativity in science and art
Arthur I. Miller.
New York : Copernicus, ©1996.
xxii, 482 págs. : ilustraciones ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 0387946713
Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. 447-465) e índice.
Contenido
- 1. Common sense and scientific intuition
- 2. The intuition of atoms
- 3. Scientific methods
- 4. Faith in an ordered universe
- 5. Speaking realistically about science
- 6. The reasonable effectiveness of mathematics in physics
- 7. Scientific progress and metaphors
- 8. Visual imagery in scientific thought
- 9. Scientific creativity
- 10. Art, science, and the history of ideas
- Conclusion: The new sciences.
