Insights of genius :
Miller, Arthur I.
Insights of genius : imagery and creativity in science and art / Arthur I. Miller. - 1st MIT Press pbk. ed. - Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2000. - 1 online resource (xxii, 482 pages) : illustrations
Originally published: New York : Copernicus, �1996.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 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; Photo Credits; Bibliography; Index.
"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.
English.
9780262287340 026228734X 058529609X 9780585296098 0262631997 9780262631990
3806 MIT Press 9780262287340 MIT Press
Physics--Methodology.
Science--Methodology.
Creative ability in science.
SCIENCE--Physics--General.
SCIENCE--Mechanics--General.
SCIENCE--Energy.
Creative ability in science.
Physics--Methodology.
Science--Methodology.
Electronic books.
QC6 / .M44 2000eb
530/.01
Insights of genius : imagery and creativity in science and art / Arthur I. Miller. - 1st MIT Press pbk. ed. - Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2000. - 1 online resource (xxii, 482 pages) : illustrations
Originally published: New York : Copernicus, �1996.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 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; Photo Credits; Bibliography; Index.
"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.
English.
9780262287340 026228734X 058529609X 9780585296098 0262631997 9780262631990
3806 MIT Press 9780262287340 MIT Press
Physics--Methodology.
Science--Methodology.
Creative ability in science.
SCIENCE--Physics--General.
SCIENCE--Mechanics--General.
SCIENCE--Energy.
Creative ability in science.
Physics--Methodology.
Science--Methodology.
Electronic books.
QC6 / .M44 2000eb
530/.01