Prematurity in scientific discovery : on resistance and neglect /
Prematurity in scientific discovery : on resistance and neglect /
edited by Ernest B. Hook.
- Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2002.
- 1 online resource (xx, 378 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Figures and Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Chapter One: A Background to Prematurity and Resistance to "Discovery"; Chapter Two: Prematurity in Scientific Discovery; Chapter Three: Prematurity, Nuclear Fission, and the Transuranium Actinide Elements; Chapter Four: Resistance to Change and New Ideas in Physics: A Personal Perspective; Chapter Five: The Timeliness of the Discoveries of the Three Modes of Gene Transfer in Bacteria; Chapter Six: Scotoma: Forgetting and Neglect in Science; Chapter Seven: Prematurity and Delay in the Prevention of Scurvy.
For centuries, observers have noted the many obstacles to intellectual change in science. In a much-discussed paper published in Scientific American in 1972, molecular biologist Gunther Stent proposed an explicit criterion for one kind of obstacle to scientific discovery.
English.
9780520927735 (electronic bk.) 0520927737 (electronic bk.) 0585441162 (electronic bk.) 9780585441160 (electronic bk.) 9780520231061 (cloth ; alk. paper) 0520231066 (cloth ; alk. paper) 9780520231078 (paper ; alk. paper) 0520231074 (paper ; alk. paper) 1597348309 9781597348300 9786612356728 6612356723 (cloth ; alk. paper) (paper ; alk. paper)
22573/cttt4n68 JSTOR
2001004245
Stent, Gunther S. 1924-2008.
Stent, Gunther S. 1924-2008
Discoveries in science--Congresses.
Science--Philosophy.
Découvertes scientifiques--Congrès.
SCIENCE--History.
PHILOSOPHY--Political.
Discoveries in science.
Science--Philosophy.
Natuurwetenschappen.
Ontdekkingen.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Congressen (vorm)
Q180.55.D57 / P74 2002eb
509
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Figures and Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Chapter One: A Background to Prematurity and Resistance to "Discovery"; Chapter Two: Prematurity in Scientific Discovery; Chapter Three: Prematurity, Nuclear Fission, and the Transuranium Actinide Elements; Chapter Four: Resistance to Change and New Ideas in Physics: A Personal Perspective; Chapter Five: The Timeliness of the Discoveries of the Three Modes of Gene Transfer in Bacteria; Chapter Six: Scotoma: Forgetting and Neglect in Science; Chapter Seven: Prematurity and Delay in the Prevention of Scurvy.
For centuries, observers have noted the many obstacles to intellectual change in science. In a much-discussed paper published in Scientific American in 1972, molecular biologist Gunther Stent proposed an explicit criterion for one kind of obstacle to scientific discovery.
English.
9780520927735 (electronic bk.) 0520927737 (electronic bk.) 0585441162 (electronic bk.) 9780585441160 (electronic bk.) 9780520231061 (cloth ; alk. paper) 0520231066 (cloth ; alk. paper) 9780520231078 (paper ; alk. paper) 0520231074 (paper ; alk. paper) 1597348309 9781597348300 9786612356728 6612356723 (cloth ; alk. paper) (paper ; alk. paper)
22573/cttt4n68 JSTOR
2001004245
Stent, Gunther S. 1924-2008.
Stent, Gunther S. 1924-2008
Discoveries in science--Congresses.
Science--Philosophy.
Découvertes scientifiques--Congrès.
SCIENCE--History.
PHILOSOPHY--Political.
Discoveries in science.
Science--Philosophy.
Natuurwetenschappen.
Ontdekkingen.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Congressen (vorm)
Q180.55.D57 / P74 2002eb
509