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Imagery in Scientific Thought Creating 20th-Century Physics

CREATING 20TH-CENTURY Physics

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  • © 1984

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Authors:
  1. Arthur I. Miller

    1. Departments of Philosophy and History, University of Lowell, Lowell, USA
      Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Arthur I. Miller
      Pages 1-9

  3. Studies in Comparative Epistemologies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
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    2. Poincaré and Einstein

      • Arthur I. Miller
      Pages 13-72

    3. On the Origins, Methods, and Legacy of Ludwig Boltzmann’s Mechanics

      • Arthur I. Miller
      Pages 73-96

  4. On Aesthetics, Visualizability, and the Transformation of Scientific Concepts

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 97-97
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    2. The Special Theory of Relativity: Einstein’s Response to the Physics and Philosophy of 1905

      • Arthur I. Miller
      Pages 99-124

    3. Redefining Visualizability

      • Arthur I. Miller
      Pages 125-183

  5. On the Psychology of Concept Formation and Creative Scientific Thinking

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 185-185
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    2. Albert Einstein and Max Wertheimer: A Gestalt Psychologist’s View of the Genesis of Special Relativity Theory

      • Arthur I. Miller
      Pages 187-217

    3. On the Limits of the IMAGination

      • Arthur I. Miller
      Pages 219-276

    4. Scenarios in Gestalt Psychology and Genetic Epistemology

      • Arthur I. Miller
      Pages 277-306

    5. Concluding Remarks and Suggestions for Further Research

      • Arthur I. Miller
      Pages 307-313

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 315-355
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Departments of Philosophy and History, University of Lowell, Lowell, USA

    Arthur I. Miller

  • Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA

    Arthur I. Miller

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Imagery in Scientific Thought Creating 20th-Century Physics

  • Book Subtitle: CREATING 20TH-CENTURY Physics

  • Authors: Arthur I. Miller

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-0545-3

  • Publisher: Birkhäuser Boston, MA

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Birkhäuser Boston Inc. 1984

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-0547-7Published: 19 March 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-0545-3Published: 21 December 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 355

  • Topics: History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics, Visualization

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