Copernican Revolution - Planetary Astronomy in the Development of Western Thought

Informationen zum Autor Thomas S. Kuhn was an American physicist, historian, and philosopher of science. Klappentext In this study of the Copernican Revolution, the author brings to a common focus the considered approach of the historian, the technical understanding of the scientist and the skill and experience of an able teacher. Zusammenfassung For scientist and layman alike this book provides vivid evidence that the Copernican Revolution has by no means lost its significance today. Few episodes in the development of scientific theory show so clearly how the solution to a highly technical problem can alter our basic thought processes and attitudes.

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• Authors: James Bryant Conant, Thomas S. Kuhn, Kuhn Thomas S.
• Assisted by: Conant James Bryant (Foreword)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.1992
• EAN: 9780674171039
• ISBN: 978-0-674-17103-9
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy; Space, SCIENCE / History, History of Science, Astronomy, space & time, Astronomy, space and time, SCIENCE / Space Science / Astronomy