Never has the power of scientific research to solve existing
problems and uncover new ones been more evident than it is today.
Yet there exists widespread ignorance about the larger contexts
within which scientific research is carried out. For example, the
point of view some scientists adopt in their work or in their
social commitments may become clearer if considered in light of the
opposing views held by other scientists.
This is a theme Gerald Holton addresses in his new collection.
Whether considering conflicts between Heisenberg and Einstein, Bohr
and Einstein, or P. W. Bridgman and B. F. Skinner; tracing I. I.
Rabi's shift of attention from superb science to education and
scientific statesmanship; or examining the emergence, in the last
few decades, of the need to connect scientific research to societal
needs--in each case, Holton demonstrates a masterly understanding
of modern science and how it influences our world.
The author shows why, at any given time--even in the mature
phase of science--there exists no single "paradigm," but rather a
spectrum of competing perspectives; and why so much good science
has been based, from antiquity to today, on a relatively small
number of presuppositions.
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