Author:
Harré, Rom.
Imprint:Oxford : Phaidon, 1981.
Description222 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Note:Includes index.
Note:I. FORMAL ASPECTS OF METHOD: A. Exploring the characteristics of a naturally occurring process: 1. The embryology of the chick / Aristotle -- 2. The process of digestion as chemistry / William Beaumont -- B. Deciding between rival hypotheses: 3. The discovery of dip and the field concept / Robert Norman -- 4. The circulation of sap in plants / Stephen Hales -- 5. The conditions of imprinting / Konrad Lorenz -- C. Finding the form of a law inductively: 6. The law of descent / Galileo -- 7. The measurement of the spring in the air / Robert Boyle -- D. The use of models to simulate otherwise unresearchable processes: 8. The causes of the rainbow / Theodoric of Freibourg -- E. Exploiting an accident: 9. The preparation of artificial vaccines / Louis Pasteur -- 10. The artificial transmutation of the elements / Ernest Rutherford -- F. Null results: 11. The impossibility of detecting the motion of the earth / A.A. Michelson, E.W. Morley -- II. DEVELOPING THE CONTENT OF A THEORY: A. Finding the hidden mechanism of a known effect: 12. The direct transfer of genetic material / F. Jacob, E. Wollman -- 13. The mechanism of perception / J.J. Gibson -- B. Existence proofs: 14. The proof of the oxygen hypothesis / A.L. Lavoisier -- 15. The electrolytic isolation of new elements / Humphrey Davy -- 16. The discovery of the electron / J.J. Thomson -- C. The decomposition of an apparently simple phenomenon: 17. The nature of colours / Isaac Newton -- D. The demonstration of underlying unity within apparent variety: 18. The identity of all forms of electricity / Michael Faraday -- III. TECHNIQUE: A. Accuracy and care in manipulation: 19. The perfection of chemical measurement / J.J. Berzelius -- B. The power and versatility of apparatus: 20. The wave aspect of matter and the third quantum number / Otto Stern.
Bibliography Note:Bibliography: p. [221]-222.
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