Insights of genius : imagery and creativity in science and art /
"How can new knowledge be created from already existing knowledge? Insights of Genius shows how seeing in all it's many forms - insight, revelation, a distinctive point of view - is central to the greatest advances of the human intellect. Artists and scientists alike rely on visual represe...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
MIT Press,
2000.
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| Edition: | 1st MIT Press pbk. ed. |
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Common Sense and Scientific Intuition; 2 The Intuition of Atoms; 3 Scientific Methods; 4 Faith in an Ordered Universe; 5 Speaking Realistically About Science; 6 The Reasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in Physics; 7 Scientific Progress and Metaphors; 8 Visual Imagery in Scientific Thought; 9 Scientific Creativity; 10 Art, Science, and the History of Ideas; Conclusion; Photo Credits; Bibliography; Index.
