Gerald Holton
Auteur de Thematic Origins of Scientific Thought: Kepler to Einstein
A propos de l'auteur
Born in Berlin, Germany, Gerald Holton received his Ph.D. in physics from Harvard University in 1946. Shortly afterward, he launched into what has become a major part of his career---directing a well-known program that originally was developed to teach physical science to liberal arts majors at afficher plus Harvard. This program, called Harvard Project Physics, became the model for an ambitious program to teach physics in a similar historical manner in colleges and high schools throughout the United States. Later, Holton used this model in a somewhat different manner, establishing a program for the public understanding of science that eventually grew into a journal, Science, Technology and Human Values. For many years, Holton was a coeditor of Daedalus, the journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has also gained recognition as a biographer of Albert Einstein, and he has worked tirelessly to demonstrate that science requires as much creative imagination as do the arts and humanities. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
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Séries
Œuvres de Gerald Holton
Einstein, History, And Other Passions: The Rebellion Against Science At The End Of The Twentieth Century (1995) 81 exemplaires
Einstein for the 21st Century: His Legacy in Science, Art, and Modern Culture (2008) — Directeur de publication — 30 exemplaires
Albert Einstein: Historical and Cultural Perspectives (1982) — Directeur de publication — 27 exemplaires
Daedalus, Summer 1961: Evolution and Man's Progress 3 exemplaires
Daedalus, Winter 1961: The Future Metropolis 3 exemplaires
Daedalus, Spring 1960: Mass Culture and Mass Media 2 exemplaires
Daedalus, Winter 1963: The American Reading Public 2 exemplaires
Daedalus, Fall 1959: Quantity and Quality 2 exemplaires
The Thematic Component in Scientific Thought: Origins of Relativity Theory and Other Essays (The Graduate Journal,… (1973) 1 exemplaire
La lezione di Einstein 1 exemplaire
Project Physics Resource Book 1 exemplaire
Daedalus, Winter 1964: A New Europe? 1 exemplaire
Daedalus, Spring 1963: Perspectives on the Novel 1 exemplaire
Daedalus, Winter 1962: Youth: Change and Challenge 1 exemplaire
Daedalus, Winter 1960: The Visual Arts Today 1 exemplaire
Daedalus, Fall 1960: Arms Control 1 exemplaire
Daedalus, Summer 1960: The Russian Intelligentsia 1 exemplaire
Daedalus, Spring 1959: Myth and Mythmaking 1 exemplaire
Daedalus, Fall 1958: On Evidence and Influence 1 exemplaire
Daedalus, Spring 1958: The American National Style 1 exemplaire
Scienza e cultura oggi 1 exemplaire
Scources of Quatum Mechanics 1 exemplaire
A imaginação científica 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
This Will Make You Smarter: New Scientific Concepts to Improve Your Thinking (2012) — Contributeur — 802 exemplaires
What Is Your Dangerous Idea? Today's Leading Thinkers on the Unthinkable (1914) — Contributeur — 633 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Holton, Gerald
- Nom légal
- Holton, Gerald James
- Date de naissance
- 1922-05-23
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Germany (birth)
USA - Pays (pour la carte)
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Berlin, Germany
- Lieux de résidence
- Vienna, Austria
- Études
- School of Technology, City of Oxford
Wesleyan University
Harvard - Professions
- professor (Harvard University ∙ physics ∙ history of physics)
physicist - Organisations
- Harvard University
- Prix et distinctions
- Oersted Medal (1980)
Jefferson Lecture (1981)
George Sarton Medal (1989)
Membres
Critiques
Einstein, history, and other passions : the… par Gerald James Holton
"Gerald Holton uses his life and work of our century's greatest scientist to warn against today's gathering Romantic rebellion, one in which soience is blamed for all our social ills, and in which reason is being replaced by New Age "ways of knowing".Through his rich exploration of Einstein's thought, the author shows hoe the best science is indeed the creative expression of the traditions of the Western civilization. Wide-ranging and forceful, This book is a must reading for anyone interested in the place of science in our world."… (plus d'informations)
Reflections on Anti-intellectualism
Realism in 17th Century Dutch Painting
Child and the World Richard Hofstadter
Language and Politics in India Paul Friederich
Hypothesis in Late Medieval...Physics Benjamin Nelson
Philip Frans and his Philosophy of Science
Realism in 17th Century Dutch Painting
Child and the World Richard Hofstadter
Language and Politics in India Paul Friederich
Hypothesis in Late Medieval...Physics Benjamin Nelson
Philip Frans and his Philosophy of Science
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 56
- Aussi par
- 2
- Membres
- 591
- Popularité
- #42,466
- Évaluation
- 3.6
- Critiques
- 10
- ISBN
- 55
- Langues
- 6
- Favoris
- 1