Springs of Scientific Creativity : Essays on Founders of Modern Science.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Aris, Rutherford
Other Authors:	Davis, H. Ted, Stuewer, Roger H.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1979.
Subjects:	Physics > History. Physicists. Scientists. Creative ability in science. physicists. Creative ability in science Physicists Physics Scientists History
Online Access:	Click for online access

Table of Contents:

Preface; Contents; Chapter 1. Galileo and Early Experimentation; Chapter 2. Newton's Development of the Principia; Chapter 3. The Origins and Consequences of Certain of J.P. Joule's Scientific Ideas; Chapter 4. Maxwell's Scientific Creativity; Chapter 5. The Scientific Style of Josiah Willard Gibbs; Chapter 6. Principal Scientific Contributions of John William Strutt, Third Baron Rayleigh; Chapter 7. Elmer Sperry and Adrian Leverkühn: A Comparison of Creative Styles; Chapter 8. Walther Nernst and the Application of Physics to Chemistry.
Chapter 9. Albert Einstein and the Creative Act: The Case of Special RelativityChapter 10. Erwin Schrödinger and the Descriptive Tradition; Chapter 11. Michael Polanyi's Creativity in Chemistry; Chapter 12. The Role of John von Neumann in the Computer Field; Contributors; Index.

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