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Insights of Genius

Imagery and Creativity in Science and Art

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  • © 1996

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Authors:
  1. Arthur I. Miller

    1. Department of Science & Technology Studies, University College London, UK

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. Common Sense and Scientific Intuition

    • Arthur I. Miller
    Pages 1-36

  3. The Intuition of Atoms

    • Arthur I. Miller
    Pages 37-69

  4. Scientific Methods

    • Arthur I. Miller
    Pages 71-103

  5. Faith in an Ordered Universe

    • Arthur I. Miller
    Pages 105-128

  6. Speaking Realistically About Science

    • Arthur I. Miller
    Pages 129-176

  7. The Reasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in Physics

    • Arthur I. Miller
    Pages 177-215

  8. Scientific Progress and Metaphors

    • Arthur I. Miller
    Pages 217-262

  9. Visual Imagery in Scientific Thought

    • Arthur I. Miller
    Pages 263-324

  10. Scientific Creativity

    • Arthur I. Miller
    Pages 325-378

  11. Art, Science, and the History of Ideas

    • Arthur I. Miller
    Pages 379-439

  12. Conclusion: The New Sciences

    • Arthur I. Miller
    Pages 441-445

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 447-482
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About this book

Since the Enlightenment, science has been seen as an objective, true method of explanation about the physical and mathematical laws that explain and govern the universe. The 20th Century has shown that science is also a human enterprise, informed by idealogy and other assumptions. In this book, distinguished historian and philosopher of science Arthur Miller examines these and other important questions about what and how we know about the world. Dr. Miller also discusses, in non-technical language, our current ideas about the nature of scientific thought and explanation, its relation to truth, and the relationship between scientific and common sense. Does science, in its historical claim as an exalted endeavor, stand above other human activities?

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"A book has fallen into my hands which has set me thinking so furiously that I have found it hard to concentrate on other matters... I recommend this book strongly to anyone who is not afraid of hard intellectual work." Paul Johnson, writing in The Spectator

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Science & Technology Studies, University College London, UK

    Arthur I. Miller

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Insights of Genius

  • Book Subtitle: Imagery and Creativity in Science and Art

  • Authors: Arthur I. Miller

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2388-7

  • Publisher: Copernicus New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1996

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-7523-7Published: 31 May 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4612-2388-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXII, 482

  • Number of Illustrations: 45 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Mathematics, general, Physics, general

  • Industry Sectors: Engineering, IT & Software

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