Reason And Chance In Scientific Discovery.
£20.00
Publisher
Hutchinson Scientific and Technical.
Place
London
Date
1957
Synopsis
Translated by a. j. pomerans.
Item Description
FIRST EDITION. 8vo. 9.25 x 6 inches. 171 pp. Bound in original green cloth, gilt. A little wear to extremities and dulling of spine title. Flyleaves browned, but otherwise a very good copy. Illustrated by 32 pages of black and white plates and by 7 text figures. Decorated by publisher's device on title page. Analysis of the nature of various significant scientific discoveries, including astronomy, microscopy, electricity, the culture of penicillin and the development of the hydrogen balloon. The work examines the roles of systematic work, chance and error, missed discoveries and the struggle against routine. Rene Taton (1915-2004) was a French historian of science. Translated from the French of 1955.
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