9780226041810 - Quantum Dialogue: The Making of a Revolution (Science and Its Conceptual Foundations) von Beller, Mara (3 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good+. Mildly worn dustjacket. ; Author believes that disagreement and dialogue fuel scientific creativity. Black and white photo illustrations. Very nice copy in nice dustjacket. ; Sm4to; 365 pages.

Hardback. Zustand: As New. Series: Science and its Contemporary Foundations. xv 365p hardback, fresh green illustrated dustjacket showing Bohr and Einstein smoking pipes, as new copy, no names or stamps, no traces of use, excellent copy, with illustrations Language: English.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 2nd Edition. Photos included in listing. About the book: "Science is rooted in conversations," wrote Werner Heisenberg, one of the twentieth century's great physicists. In Quantum Dialogue, Mara Beller shows that science is rooted not just in conversation but in disagreement, doubt, and uncertainty. She argues that it is precisely this culture of dialogue and controversy within the scientific community that fuels creativity. Beller draws her argument from her radical new reading of the history of the quantum revolution, especially the development of the Copenhagen interpretation. One of several competing approaches, this version succeeded largely due to the rhetorical skills of Niels Bohr and his colleagues. Using extensive archival research, Beller shows how Bohr and others marketed their views, misrepresenting and dismissing their opponents as "unreasonable" and championing their own not always coherent or well-supported position as "inevitable." Quantum Dialogue, winner of the 1999 Morris D. Forkosch Prize of the Journal of the History of Ideas, will fascinate everyone interested in how stories of "scientific revolutions" are constructed and "scientific consensus" achieved.