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Understanding Physics
Av David C. Cassidy, Gerald Holton m. fl.
Inbunden, 2002
929 kr
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Understanding Physics provides a thorough grounding in contemporary physics while placing physics into its social and historical context. Based in large part on the highly respected Project Physics Course developed by two of the authors, it also integrates the results of recent pedagogical …
Helping Young Refugees and Immigrants Succeed
Public Policy, Aid, and Education
Av G. Holton, Gerhard Sonnert m. fl.
Inbunden, 2010
504 kr
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In a unique effort, this book brings together, for the first time, scholarly analyses by eminent researchers of the historical, social, legal, and cultural influences on the young newcomers' lives as well as reports by practitioners in major aid organizations about the concrete work that their …
Understanding Physics
Student Guide
Av James Rutherford, Gerald Holton m. fl.
E-bok, 2006
638 kr
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This book, a companion to the textbook, Understanding Physics, is your guide to observations and explorations in the world of physics. Prepare for ch- lenging work, fun, and some surprises. One of the best ways to learn physics is by doing physics, in the laboratory and everywhere. One cannot rely …
Understanding Physics: Teacher Guide
Av F.James Rutherford, Gerald Holton m. fl.
E-bok, 2008
5418 kr
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Understanding Physics is a completely revised, updated, and expanded e- tion of the Project Physics Course. It is an integrated introductory physics course, developed with funding from the Carnegie Corporation and the Sloan Foundation and with the close cooperation of Springer-Verlag New York. In …
Understanding Physics
Student Guide
Av David Cassidy, Gerald Holton m. fl.
Häftad, 2002
495 kr
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This book, a companion to the textbook, Understanding Physics, is your guide to observations and explorations in the world of physics. Prepare for ch- lenging work, fun, and some surprises. One of the best ways to learn physics is by doing physics, in the laboratory and everywhere. One cannot rely …
Einstein, History, and Other Passions
The Rebellion against Science at the End of the Twentieth Century
Häftad, 2000
421 kr
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“[The] book makes a wonderfully cohesive whole. It is rich in ideas, elegantly expressed. I highly recommend it to any serious student of science and culture.”—Lucy Horwitz, Boston Book Review“An important and lasting contribution to a more profound understanding of the place of science in our …
Advancement of Science, and Its Burdens
With a New Introduction
Häftad, 1998
408 kr
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How did Albert Einstein's ideas shape the imaginations of twentieth-century artists and writers? Are there national differences between styles of scientific research? By what mechanisms is progress in science achieved despite the enormous diversity of individual, often conflicting, efforts?These …
Victory and Vexation in Science
Einstein, Bohr, Heisenberg, and Others
Inbunden, 2005
592 kr
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Never has the power of scientific research to solve existing problems and uncover new ones been more evident than it is today. Yet there exists widespread ignorance about the larger contexts within which scientific research is carried out. For example, the point of view some scientists adopt in …
Science and Anti-Science
Häftad, 1998
385 kr
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What is good science? What goal--if any--is the proper end of scientific activity? Is there a legitimating authority that scientists mayclaim? Howserious athreat are the anti-science movements? These questions have long been debated but, as Gerald Holton points out, every era must offer its own …
Scientific Imagination
With a New Introduction
Häftad, 1998
523 kr
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New scientific ideas are subjected to an extensive process of evaluation and validation by the scientific community. Until the early 1980s, this process of validation was thought to be governed by objective criteria, whereas the process by which individual scientists gave birth to new scientific …
Thematic Origins of Scientific Thought
Kepler to Einstein, Revised Edition
Häftad, 1988
451 kr
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The highly acclaimed first edition of this major work convincingly established Gerald Holton’s analysis of the ways scientific ideas evolve. His concept of “themata,” induced from case studies with special attention to the work of Einstein, has become one of the chief tools for understanding …
Einstein for the 21st Century
His Legacy in Science, Art, and Modern Culture
Av Peter L. Galison, Gerald Holton m. fl.
Häftad, 2018
383 kr
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More than fifty years after his death, Albert Einstein's vital engagement with the world continues to inspire others, spurring conversations, projects, and research, in the sciences as well as the humanities. Einstein for the 21st Century shows us why he remains a figure of fascination. In this …
Albert Einstein, Historical and Cultural Perspectives
The Centennial Symposium in Jerusalem
Av Gerald Holton, Yehuda Elkana
Häftad, 2014
1420 kr
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Based on papers presented at the Jerusalem Einstein Centennial Symposium in March 1979, this volume sets forth an articulated sequence of chapters on the impact of Einstein's work, not only in science but in humanistic studies and problems such as international security in the nuclear age. …
Albert Einstein, Historical and Cultural Perspectives
The Centennial Symposium in Jerusalem
Av Gerald Holton, Yehuda Elkana
Inbunden, 2016
4056 kr
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Based on papers presented at the Jerusalem Einstein Centennial Symposium in March 1979, this volume sets forth an articulated sequence of chapters on the impact of Einstein's work, not only in science but in humanistic studies and problems such as international security in the nuclear age. …
Physics, the Human Adventure
From Copernicus to Einstein and Beyond
Av Stephen G. Brush, Gerald Holton
Häftad, 2001
612 kr
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Winner of the 2001 Joseph Hazen Education Prize of the History of Science SocietyPhysics, the Human Adventure is the third edition of the classic text Introduction to Concepts and Theories in Physical Science. Authored by Gerald Holton, the text was a landmark in science education. It was the …
Albert Einstein, Historical and Cultural Perspectives
The Centennial Symposium in Jerusalem
Av Yehuda Elkana, Gerald Holton
E-bok, 2014
1181 kr
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Based on papers presented at the Jerusalem Einstein Centennial Symposium in March 1979, this volume sets forth an articulated sequence of chapters on the impact of Einstein''s work, not only in science but in humanistic studies and problems such as international security in the nuclear age. …
Understanding Physics
Av F. James Rutherford, Gerald Holton m. fl.
E-bok, 2013
877 kr
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Understanding Physics provides a thorough grounding in contemporary physics while placing physics into its social and historical context. Based in large part on the highly respected Project Physics Course developed by two of the authors, it also integrates the results of recent pedagogical …
Wissenschaft und Anti-Wissenschaft
Häftad, 2000
619 kr
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Woran erkennt man "gute Wissenschaft"? Was ist Ziel und Zweck wissenschaftlicher Tätigkeit? Gerald Holton analysiert anhand konkreter historischer Fälle die lange konfliktreiche Beziehung zwischen wissenschaftlicher Weltsicht und ihren anti-wissenschaftlichen Kritikern."Gerald Holtons Buch ist eine …
Einstein, die Geschichte und andere Leidenschaften
Der Kampf gegen die Wissenschaft am Ende des 20. Jahrhunderts
E-bok, 2013
587 kr
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Einstein, die Geschichte und andere Leidenschaften
Der Kampf gegen die Wissenschaft am Ende des 20. Jahrhunderts
Häftad, 2013
568 kr
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Who Succeeds in Science?
The Gender Dilemma
Av Gerhard Sonnert, Gerald Holton
Häftad, 1995
373 kr
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Why don’t more women become scientists? And why do those who do become scientists often face more difficulties than their male counterparts? Every year, about a quarter of a million young men and women in the United States receive their first academic degree in science, mathematics, or engineering. …
