

A distinguished historian of science traces the relationship of creative thinking and the construction of new scientific concepts. Case studies of classic theories by scientists whose research was influenced by their views on the nature of thinking are contrasted with modern...

One of the great mysteries of the human mind is its power to create new forms of knowledge. Arthur I. Miller is a historian of science whose approach has been strongly influenced by current work in cognitive science, and in this book he shows how the two fields might be fruitfully...