TY - BOOK AU - Hook,Ernest B. TI - Prematurity in scientific discovery: on resistance and neglect SN - 9780520927735 AV - Q180.55.D57 P74 2002eb U1 - 509 21 PY - 2002/// CY - Berkeley PB - University of California Press KW - Stent, Gunther S. KW - Discoveries in science KW - Congresses KW - Science KW - Philosophy KW - Découvertes scientifiques KW - Congrès KW - SCIENCE KW - History KW - bisacsh KW - PHILOSOPHY KW - Political KW - fast KW - Natuurwetenschappen KW - gtt KW - Ontdekkingen KW - Electronic books KW - Conference papers and proceedings KW - Congressen (vorm) N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=77367 ER -