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UNINA9910808746703321 |
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Autore |
Bohm David <1917-1992.> |
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Titolo |
Science, order, and creativity / / David Bohm and F. David Peat |
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London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2010 |
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1-136-92280-6 |
1-136-92281-4 |
1-282-91291-7 |
9786612912917 |
0-203-84481-5 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (355 p.) |
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Collana |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Science - Philosophy |
Creative ability in science |
Order (Philosophy) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"First published in the USA in 1987 by Bantam Books; ... in Great Britain in 1989 by Routledge." |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; 1 REVOLUTIONS, THEORIES, AND CREATIVITY IN SCIENCE; 2 SCIENCE AS CREATIVE PERCEPTION-COMMUNICATION; 3 WHAT IS ORDER?; 4 THE GENERATIVE ORDER AND THE IMPLICATE ORDER; 5 GENERATIVE ORDER IN SCIENCE, SOCIETY, AND CONSCIOUSNESS; 6 CREATIVITY IN THE WHOLE OF LIFE; 7 THE ORDER BETWEEN AND BEYOND; NOTES; INDEX |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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One of the foremost scientists and thinkers of our time, David Bohm worked alongside Oppenheimer and Einstein. In Science, Order and Creativity he and physicist F. David Peat propose a return to greater creativity and communication in the sciences. They ask for a renewed emphasis on ideas rather than formulae, on the whole rather than fragments, and on meaning rather than mere mechanics. Tracing the history of science from Aristotle to Einstein, from the Pythagorean theorem to quantum mechanics, the authors offer intriguing new insights into how scientific theories come into being, |
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