Making 20th Century Science: How Theories Became Knowledge by Stephen G. Brush

Making 20th Century Science: How Theories Became Knowledge

Stephen G. Brush

552 pages first pub 2014 (editions)

philosophy challenging informative medium-paced

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Historically, the scientific method has been said to require proposing a theory, making a prediction of something not already known, testing the prediction, and giving up the theory (or substantially changing it) if it fails the test. A theory tha...

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