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Beauty and Revolution in Science by McAllister, James William is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.
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<p><b>A valuable, important, persuasively argued book. Highly recommended. </b>― <i>Choice</i></p><p>Explaining why he embraced the theory of relativity, the Nobel Prize-winning theoretical physicist P. A. M. Dirac stated, "It is the essential beauty of the theory which I feel is the real reason for believing in it." How reasonable and rational can science be when its practitioners speak of "revolutions" in their thinking and extol certain theories for their "beauty"? James W. McAllister address
Who reads Beauty and Revolution in Science?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- McAllister, James William
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Published
- 1999
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780801486258
- Category
- philosophy
- Subjects
- Mathematics, Philosophy & Social Aspects, Science
- Rating
- 4.2 / 5 (5 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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