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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Miller, Arthur I. (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press 2000.
Edición:1st MIT Press pbk. ed
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b32074359*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Common sense and scientific intuition
  • The intuition of atoms
  • Scientific methods
  • Faith in an ordered universe
  • Speaking realistically about science
  • The reasonable effectiveness of mathematics in physics
  • Scientific progress and metaphors
  • Visual imagery in scientific thought
  • Scientific creativity
  • Art, science, and the history of ideas.