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These historical narratives of scientific behavior reveal the often
irrational way scientists arrive at and assess their theories.
There are stories of Einstein 's stubbornness leading him to reject
a correct interpretation of an experiment and miss an important
deduction from his own theory, and Newton missing the important
deduction from one of his most celebrated discoveries. Copernicus
and Galileo are found suppressing information. A theme running
throughout the book is the notion that what is obvious today was
not so in the past. Scientists seen in their historical context
shatter myths and show them to be less modern than we often like to
think of them.
These historical narratives of scientific behavior reveal the
often irrational way scientists arrive at and assess their
theories. There are stories of Einstein 's stubbornness leading him
to reject a correct interpretation of an experiment and miss an
important deduction from his own theory, and Newton missing the
important deduction from one of his most celebrated discoveries.
This enlightening book clearly demonstrates that the greatest minds
throughout history arrived at their famous scientific theories in
very unorganized ways and they often did not fully grasp the
significance and implications of their own work.
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