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Understanding Relativity - Origin and Impact of a Scientific Revolution (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1984)
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Understanding Relativity - Origin and Impact of a Scientific Revolution (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1984)
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The central subject matter of this book is Einstein's special
theory of relativiry. While it is a book that is written primarily
for a lay audience this does not necessarily mean an audience not
versed in the ways of doing science. Rather, this book is written
for anyone wishing to consider the nature of the scientific
enterprise: where ideas come from, how they become established and
accepted, what the relationships are among theories, predictions,
and measurements, or the relationship between ideas in a scientific
theory and the values held to be important within the larger
culture. Some readers will find it strange that I raise any of
these issues. It is a common view in our culture that the status of
knowledge within science is totally different from the status of
knowledge in other areas of human endeavor. The word "science"
stems from the Latin word meaning "to know" and indeed, knowledge
which scientists acquire in their work is commonly held to be
certain, unyielding, and absolute. Consider how we use the
adjective "scientific. " There are investors and there are
scientific investors. There are socialists and there are scientific
socialists. There are exterminators and there are scientific
exterminators. We all know how the modifier "scientific" inttudes
in our daily life. It is the purpose of this book to challenge the
belief that scientific knowledge is different from other kinds of
knowledge.
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