num_pages: 160
description: This book discusses problems of scientific methodology, including the nature of scientific reasoning, experimentation, evidence, theory-change, and controversy in science. The essays examine methodological issues involved in various episodes in the history of science from Newtonian physics in the 17th and 18th centuries to quantum mechanics in the 20th century. The book is of interest to those working in the history and philosophy of science. It is accessible to non-specialists as well.
language: English
title: Scientific Methods: Conceptual and Historical Problems
titlecomplete: Scientific Methods: Conceptual and Historical Problems (Open Forum Series)
ratings_count: 2
publisher: Krieger Pub Co