Pluto's Republic: Incorporating The Art of the Soluble and

Pluto's Republic: Incorporating The Art of the Soluble and Induction and Intuition in Scientific Thought

Contents: Two conceptions of science -- Science and literature -- Further comments on psychoanalysis -- Induction and intuition in scientific thought -- Hypothesis and imagination -- Victims of psychiatry -- Darwin's illness -- Type A behaviour and your heart -- The crab -- Unnatural science -- Technology and evolution -- Does ethology throw any light on human behaviour? -- Taking the measure of man -- Herbert Spencer and the law of general evolution -- D'Arcy Thompson and Growth and form -- The phenomenon of man -- The act of creation -- J.B.S. -- Lucky Jim -- House in order -- A biological retrospect -- Expectation and prediction -- Science and the sanctity of life -- On 'the effecting of all things possible.'

Country	USA
Author	Peter Medawar
Binding	Hardcover
EAN	9780192177261
Edition	0
Feature	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN	0192177265
Label	Oxford University Press
Manufacturer	Oxford University Press
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	368
PublicationDate	1982-11-11
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Studio	Oxford University Press
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Pluto's Republic: Incorporating The Art of the Soluble and Induction and Intuition in Scientific Thought