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Summary: "Edited by Ronald Numbers and Kostas Kampourakis, Newton's Apple and Other Myths about Science debunks the widespread belief that science advances when individual geniuses experience 'Eureka!' moments and suddenly comprehend what those around them could never imagine. Science has always been a cooperative enterprise of dedicated, fallible human beings, for whom context, collaboration, and sheer good luck are the essential elements of discovery, "--Amazon.com

Language: eng

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Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 2015

Extent: xiv, 287 pages

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Medieval and early modern science
That there was no scientific activity between Greek antiquity and the scientific revolution / Michael H. Shank
That before Columbus geographers and other educated people thought the earth was flat / Lesley B. Cormack
That the Copernican revolution demoted the status of the Earth / Michael N. Keas
That alchemy and astrology were superstitious pursuits that did not contribute to science and scientific understanding / Lawrence M. Principe
That Galileo publicly refuted Aristotle's conclusions about motion by repeated experiments made from the Campanile of Pisa / John L. Heilbron
That the apple fell and Newton invented the law of gravity, thus removing God from the cosmos / Patricia Fara
Nineteenth century
That Friedrich Wöhler's synthesis of urea in 1828 destroyed vitalism and gave rise to organic chemistry / Peter J. Ramberg
That William Paley raised scientific questions about biological origins that were eventually answered by Charles Darwin / Adam R. Shapiro
That nineteenth-century geologists were divided into opposing camps of Catastrophists and Uniformitarians / Julie Newell
That Lamarckian evolution relied largely on use and disuse and that Darwin rejected Lamarckian mechanisms / Richard W. Burkhardt Jr
That Darwin worked on his theory in secret for twenty years, his fears causing him to delay publication / Robert J. Richards
That Wallace's and Darwin's explanations of evolution were virtually the same / Michael Ruse
That Darwinian natural selection has been "the only game in town" / Nicolaas Rupke
That after Darwin (1871), sexual selection was largely ignored until Robert Trivers (1972) resurrected the theory / Erika Lorraine Milam
That Louis Pasteur disproved spontaneous generation on the basis of scientific objectivity / Garland E. Allen
That Gregor Mendel was a lonely pioneer of genetics, being ahead of his time / Kostas Kampourakis
That social Darwinism has had a profound influence on social thought and policy, especially in the United States of America / Ronald L. Numbers
Twentieth century
That the Michelson-Morley experiment paved the way for the special theory of relativity / Theodore Arabatzis and Kostas Gavroglu
That the Millikan oil-drop experiment was simple and straightforward / Mansoor Niaz
That neo-Darwinism defines evolution as random mutation plus natural selection / David J. Depew
That melanism in peppered moths is not a genuine example of evolution by natural selection / David W. Rudge
That Linus Pauling's discovery of the molecular basis of sickle-cell anemia revolutionized medical practice / Bruno J. Strasser
That the Soviet launch of Sputnik caused the revamping of American science education / John L. Rudolph
Generalizations
That religion has typically impeded the progress of science / Peter Harrison
That science has been largely a solitary enterprise / Kathryn M. Olesko
That the scientific method accurately reflects what scientists actually do / Daniel P. Thurs
That a clear line of demarcation has separated science from pseudoscience / Michael D. Gordin

Isbn: 9780674967984

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Title: Newton's apple and other myths about science

Statement of responsibility: edited by Ronald L. Numbers and Kostas Kampourakis

Language: eng

Summary: "Edited by Ronald Numbers and Kostas Kampourakis, Newton's Apple and Other Myths about Science debunks the widespread belief that science advances when individual geniuses experience 'Eureka!' moments and suddenly comprehend what those around them could never imagine. Science has always been a cooperative enterprise of dedicated, fallible human beings, for whom context, collaboration, and sheer good luck are the essential elements of discovery, "--Amazon.com

Cataloging source: DLC

Dewey number: 001.96

Illustrations: illustrations

Index: index present

LC call number: Q172.5.E77

LC item number: N49 2015

Literary form: non fiction

Nature of contents: bibliography

NLM call number: Q 172.5.E77

NLM item number: N561 2015

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Label: Newton's apple and other myths about science, edited by Ronald L. Numbers and Kostas Kampourakis

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Newton's apple and other myths about science

Publication

Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 2015

Bibliography note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-270) and index

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Content category: text

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Contents: Medieval and early modern science -- That there was no scientific activity between Greek antiquity and the scientific revolution / Michael H. Shank -- That before Columbus geographers and other educated people thought the earth was flat / Lesley B. Cormack -- That the Copernican revolution demoted the status of the Earth / Michael N. Keas -- That alchemy and astrology were superstitious pursuits that did not contribute to science and scientific understanding / Lawrence M. Principe -- That Galileo publicly refuted Aristotle's conclusions about motion by repeated experiments made from the Campanile of Pisa / John L. Heilbron -- That the apple fell and Newton invented the law of gravity, thus removing God from the cosmos / Patricia Fara -- Nineteenth century -- That Friedrich Wöhler's synthesis of urea in 1828 destroyed vitalism and gave rise to organic chemistry / Peter J. Ramberg -- That William Paley raised scientific questions about biological origins that were eventually answered by Charles Darwin / Adam R. Shapiro -- That nineteenth-century geologists were divided into opposing camps of Catastrophists and Uniformitarians / Julie Newell -- That Lamarckian evolution relied largely on use and disuse and that Darwin rejected Lamarckian mechanisms / Richard W. Burkhardt Jr -- That Darwin worked on his theory in secret for twenty years, his fears causing him to delay publication / Robert J. Richards -- That Wallace's and Darwin's explanations of evolution were virtually the same / Michael Ruse -- That Darwinian natural selection has been "the only game in town" / Nicolaas Rupke -- That after Darwin (1871), sexual selection was largely ignored until Robert Trivers (1972) resurrected the theory / Erika Lorraine Milam -- That Louis Pasteur disproved spontaneous generation on the basis of scientific objectivity / Garland E. Allen -- That Gregor Mendel was a lonely pioneer of genetics, being ahead of his time / Kostas Kampourakis -- That social Darwinism has had a profound influence on social thought and policy, especially in the United States of America / Ronald L. Numbers -- Twentieth century -- That the Michelson-Morley experiment paved the way for the special theory of relativity / Theodore Arabatzis and Kostas Gavroglu -- That the Millikan oil-drop experiment was simple and straightforward / Mansoor Niaz -- That neo-Darwinism defines evolution as random mutation plus natural selection / David J. Depew -- That melanism in peppered moths is not a genuine example of evolution by natural selection / David W. Rudge -- That Linus Pauling's discovery of the molecular basis of sickle-cell anemia revolutionized medical practice / Bruno J. Strasser -- That the Soviet launch of Sputnik caused the revamping of American science education / John L. Rudolph -- Generalizations -- That religion has typically impeded the progress of science / Peter Harrison -- That science has been largely a solitary enterprise / Kathryn M. Olesko -- That the scientific method accurately reflects what scientists actually do / Daniel P. Thurs -- That a clear line of demarcation has separated science from pseudoscience / Michael D. Gordin

Control code: ocn906121832

Dimensions: 22 cm

Extent: xiv, 287 pages

Isbn: 9780674967984

Lccn: 2015014096

Media category: unmediated

Media MARC source: rdamedia

Media type code

Other control number: 40025377339

Other physical details: illustrations

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(Sirsi) i9780674967984
(OCoLC)906121832

Label: Newton's apple and other myths about science, edited by Ronald L. Numbers and Kostas Kampourakis

Publication

Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 2015

Bibliography note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-270) and index

Carrier category: volume

Carrier category code

Carrier MARC source: rdacarrier

Content category: text

Content type code

Content type MARC source: rdacontent

Contents: Medieval and early modern science -- That there was no scientific activity between Greek antiquity and the scientific revolution / Michael H. Shank -- That before Columbus geographers and other educated people thought the earth was flat / Lesley B. Cormack -- That the Copernican revolution demoted the status of the Earth / Michael N. Keas -- That alchemy and astrology were superstitious pursuits that did not contribute to science and scientific understanding / Lawrence M. Principe -- That Galileo publicly refuted Aristotle's conclusions about motion by repeated experiments made from the Campanile of Pisa / John L. Heilbron -- That the apple fell and Newton invented the law of gravity, thus removing God from the cosmos / Patricia Fara -- Nineteenth century -- That Friedrich Wöhler's synthesis of urea in 1828 destroyed vitalism and gave rise to organic chemistry / Peter J. Ramberg -- That William Paley raised scientific questions about biological origins that were eventually answered by Charles Darwin / Adam R. Shapiro -- That nineteenth-century geologists were divided into opposing camps of Catastrophists and Uniformitarians / Julie Newell -- That Lamarckian evolution relied largely on use and disuse and that Darwin rejected Lamarckian mechanisms / Richard W. Burkhardt Jr -- That Darwin worked on his theory in secret for twenty years, his fears causing him to delay publication / Robert J. Richards -- That Wallace's and Darwin's explanations of evolution were virtually the same / Michael Ruse -- That Darwinian natural selection has been "the only game in town" / Nicolaas Rupke -- That after Darwin (1871), sexual selection was largely ignored until Robert Trivers (1972) resurrected the theory / Erika Lorraine Milam -- That Louis Pasteur disproved spontaneous generation on the basis of scientific objectivity / Garland E. Allen -- That Gregor Mendel was a lonely pioneer of genetics, being ahead of his time / Kostas Kampourakis -- That social Darwinism has had a profound influence on social thought and policy, especially in the United States of America / Ronald L. Numbers -- Twentieth century -- That the Michelson-Morley experiment paved the way for the special theory of relativity / Theodore Arabatzis and Kostas Gavroglu -- That the Millikan oil-drop experiment was simple and straightforward / Mansoor Niaz -- That neo-Darwinism defines evolution as random mutation plus natural selection / David J. Depew -- That melanism in peppered moths is not a genuine example of evolution by natural selection / David W. Rudge -- That Linus Pauling's discovery of the molecular basis of sickle-cell anemia revolutionized medical practice / Bruno J. Strasser -- That the Soviet launch of Sputnik caused the revamping of American science education / John L. Rudolph -- Generalizations -- That religion has typically impeded the progress of science / Peter Harrison -- That science has been largely a solitary enterprise / Kathryn M. Olesko -- That the scientific method accurately reflects what scientists actually do / Daniel P. Thurs -- That a clear line of demarcation has separated science from pseudoscience / Michael D. Gordin

Control code: ocn906121832

Dimensions: 22 cm

Extent: xiv, 287 pages

Isbn: 9780674967984

Lccn: 2015014096

Media category: unmediated

Media MARC source: rdamedia

Media type code

Other control number: 40025377339

Other physical details: illustrations

System control number

(Sirsi) i9780674967984
(OCoLC)906121832

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