Newton's apple and other myths about science /

Edited by Ronald Numbers and Kostas Kampourakis, Newton's Apple and Other Myths about Science debunks the widespread belief that science advances when individual geniuses experience 'Eureka!' moments and suddenly comprehend what those around them could never imagine. Science has alway...

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Other Authors:	Numbers, Ronald L. (Editor), Kampourakis, Kostas (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015.
Subjects:	Science > Public opinion > Popular works. Science > History > Popular works. Discoveries in science > History > Popular works. Science > Methodology > Popular works. Errors, Scientific > Popular works. Errors, Scientific > History > Popular works.

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Summary:	Edited by Ronald Numbers and Kostas Kampourakis, Newton's Apple and Other Myths about Science debunks the widespread belief that science advances when individual geniuses experience 'Eureka!' moments and suddenly comprehend what those around them could never imagine. Science has always been a cooperative enterprise of dedicated, fallible human beings, for whom context, collaboration and sheer good luck are the essential elements of discovery.
Physical Description:	xiv, 287 pages ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-270) and index.
ISBN:	9780674967984 0674967984