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Author Kuhn, Thomas S. (Thomas Samuel), 1922-1996, author.

Title The essential tension : selected studies in scientific tradition and change / Thomas S. Kuhn.

Publication Info. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1977.

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Description 1 online resource (392 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""I. Historiographic Studies""; ""1. The Relations between the History and the Philosophy of Science""; ""2. Concepts of Cause in the Development of Physics""; ""3. Mathematical versus Experimental Traditions in the Development of Physical Science""; ""4. Energy Conservation as an Example of Simultaneous Discovery""; ""5. The History of Science""; ""6. The Relations between History and the History of Science""; ""II. Metahistorical Studies""; ""7. The Historical Structure of Scientific Discovery""; ""8. The Function of Measurement in Modern Physical Science""
""9. The Essential Tension: Tradition and Innovation in Scientific Research?""""10. A Function for Thought Experiments""; ""11. Logic of Discovery or Psychology of Research""; ""12. Second Thoughts on Paradigms""; ""13. Objectivity, Value Judgment, and Theory Choice""; ""14. Comment on the Relations of Science and Art""; ""Index""
Summary <Div>""Kuhn has the unmistakable address of a man, who, so far from wanting to score points, is anxious above all else to get at the truth of matters.""-Sir Peter Medawar, <i>Nature</i></div>
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Subject Science -- Philosophy.
Science -- Philosophy.
Science -- History.
Science.
History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Kuhn, Thomas S. Essential tension : selected studies in scientific tradition and change. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1977 xxiii, 366 pages ; 23 cm 9780226458052 (DLC) 10991033
ISBN 9780226217239 electronic book
022621723X electronic book
0226458059
9780226458052