The Scientific Imagination: With a New Introduction
Harvard University Press (1978)
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In this book Gerald Holton takes an opposing view, illuminating the ways in which the imagination of the scientist functions early in the formation of a new ...
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| Reprint years | 1998 |
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| Call number | Q175.H775 1998 |
| ISBN(s) | 0674794885 9780674794887 |
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