1st Edition

The Art of the Soluble

By P.B. Medawar Copyright 1967
162 Pages
by Routledge

162 Pages
by Routledge

162 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1967, The Art of the Soluble presents collection of essays giving the views of the author on creativity and originality in science and on the logical connections between creative and critical thought. It is also a pioneering study of the ethology of the scientists – of the anatomy of scientific behaviour. Is it true that scientists are detached or dispassionate observers of... Read more

Introduction 1. D’Arcy Thompson and Growth and Form 2. Herbert Spencer and the Law of General Evolution 3. Darwin’s Illness 4. The Phenomenon of Man 5. The Act of Creation 6. A Biological Retrospect 7. Two Conceptions of Science 8. Hypothesis and Imagination Index

Biography

P.B. Medawar