Universal Aspects of Scientific Practice: Commitment, Methodology, and Technique

Giora Hon, Professor (emeritus) of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Haifa, has published widely on the concept of error in science and philosophy. His edited book with J. Schickore and F. Steinle, Going Amiss in Experimental Research, appeared in 2009 (Springer). His recent work with Bernard R. Goldstein was published by Routledge (2020): Reflections on The Practice of Physics: James Clerk Maxwell’s Methodological Odyssey in Electromagnetism.Bernard R. Goldstein, University Professor Emeritus at the University of Pittsburgh, has written extensively on the history of astronomy from antiquity to early modern times and has co-authored a number of studies with Giora Hon, notably, From Summetria to Symmetry: The Making of a Revolutionary Scientific Concept (Dordrecht: Springer, 2008).

• Introduction.- Case studies.- Conclusion.