Imagery in Scientific Thought: Creating 20th-Century Physics

by Arthur I. Miller

Book Overview

One of the great mysteries of the human mind is its power to create new forms of knowledge. Arthur I. Miller is a historian of science whose approach has been strongly influenced by current work in cognitive science, and in this book he shows how the two fields might be fruitfully linked to yield new insights into the creative process. The first two sections of this book trace the relationship of creative thinking and the construction of new scientific...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262631040
• ISBN13: 9780262631044
• Release Date: January 1967
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.