Scientific Work and Creativity: Advice from the Masters, Band 1Reginald Smith, 2012 - 404 Seiten How do the great discoverers of science really work? Biographers, psychologists, and philosophers have written much on the phenomenon of scientific creativity. This collection of essays takes you into the minds of some of the world's greatest scientists. You can read in their own words how they worked, thought, and discovered crucial insights. Hermann von Helmholtz, Hideki Yukawa, Ernst Mach, J.B.S. Haldane, Steven Weinberg, Peter Doherty, C.V. Raman, Sylvester James Gates, and many more deliver witty, irreverent, thoughtful, and profound advice to scientists of all kinds and abilities. Whether you are a science hobbyist, an undergraduate doing your first lab work, a postdoc, or a seasoned professional, these essays will help point you in the direction of insight and discovery. |
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Forward by Sheldon Greaves | 5 |
Chapter 1 Preparations William | 35 |
Ten Simple Rules for Getting Published Philip E Bourne | 49 |
Pour Golden Lessons Steven Weinberg | 63 |
How Scientists Really Think Robert Scott RootBernstein | 85 |
Chapter 5 Imagination William | 103 |
Science Irrationality Innovation S Iames Gates Ir | 119 |
Chapter 7 Reason William | 141 |
Life Lessons for Research | 229 |
You and Your Research Richard Hamming | 231 |
Ten Simple Rules for Doing Your Best Research According | 265 |
Autobiographical Sketch Hermann von Helmholtz | 281 |
On the Process of Becoming a Great Scientist Morgan C | 297 |
Excerpt about Productivity and Age Robert Scott RootBernstein | 321 |
Cranks | 345 |
Pathological Science Irving Langmuir | 363 |
The Discovery Process | 155 |
lyIathematical Creation Henri Poincare | 177 |
Chapter 3 Chance William | 205 |
Science Fans and Amateur Scientists Song Tian | 395 |
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