Gerald Holton is Mallinckrodt Research Professor of Physics, and Research Professor of History of Science, Harvard University.

A major contribution to a field that will surely become one of great interest to historians, philosophers, and sociologists alike.

• Preface Introduction: How a scientific discovery is made: The case of high-temperature superconductivity On the Thematic Analysis of Science Themata in scientific thought Subelectrons, presuppositions, and the Millikan-Ehrenhaft dispute Dionysians, Apollonians, and the scientific imagination Analysis and Synthesis as methodological themata Studies in Recent Science Fermi's group and the recapture of Italy's place in physics Can science be measured? On the psychology of scientists, and their social concerns Public Understanding of Science Lewis Mumford on science, technology, and life Frank E. Manuel's Isaac Newton Ronald Clark and Albert Einstein On the educational philosophy of the Project Physics Course Notes Acknowledgments Index

Gerald Holton is Mallinckrodt Research Professor of Physics, and Research Professor of History of Science, Harvard University.

A major contribution to a field that will surely become one of great interest to historians, philosophers, and sociologists alike.

• Preface Introduction: How a scientific discovery is made: The case of high-temperature superconductivity On the Thematic Analysis of Science Themata in scientific thought Subelectrons, presuppositions, and the Millikan-Ehrenhaft dispute Dionysians, Apollonians, and the scientific imagination Analysis and Synthesis as methodological themata Studies in Recent Science Fermi's group and the recapture of Italy's place in physics Can science be measured? On the psychology of scientists, and their social concerns Public Understanding of Science Lewis Mumford on science, technology, and life Frank E. Manuel's Isaac Newton Ronald Clark and Albert Einstein On the educational philosophy of the Project Physics Course Notes Acknowledgments Index

Gerald Holton is Mallinckrodt Research Professor of Physics, and Research Professor of History of Science, Harvard University.

A major contribution to a field that will surely become one of great interest to historians, philosophers, and sociologists alike.

• Preface Introduction: How a scientific discovery is made: The case of high-temperature superconductivity On the Thematic Analysis of Science Themata in scientific thought Subelectrons, presuppositions, and the Millikan-Ehrenhaft dispute Dionysians, Apollonians, and the scientific imagination Analysis and Synthesis as methodological themata Studies in Recent Science Fermi's group and the recapture of Italy's place in physics Can science be measured? On the psychology of scientists, and their social concerns Public Understanding of Science Lewis Mumford on science, technology, and life Frank E. Manuel's Isaac Newton Ronald Clark and Albert Einstein On the educational philosophy of the Project Physics Course Notes Acknowledgments Index