Faraday to Einstein: Constructing Meaning in Scientific Theories

by Nancy J. Nersessian

Book Overview

Einstein often expressed the sentiment that "the eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility," and that science is the means through which we comprehend it. However, nearly every- one - including scientists - agrees that the concepts of modem physics are quite incomprehensible: They are both unintelligible to the educated lay-person and to the scientific community itself, where there is much dispute over the interpretation of even (and especially)...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0792309502
• ISBN13: 9780792309505
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"