Stephen G Brush
Biographic Data
| ID | 446822 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stephen G Brush |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stephen G |
| FAMILY NAME | Brush |
| SIGNATURE | BRUSH S G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Maryland, College Park |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 34 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 109 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 34 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1963 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Predictivism and the periodic table
Struggling for existing
Gadflies and Geniuses in the History of Gas Theory
Dynamics of theory change in chemistry
Dynamics of theory change in chemistry
Dynamics of Theory Change in the Social Sciences
The extent to which theories in the social sciences are accepted or rejected on the basis of empirical tests can be shown only by a detailed analysis of specific cases. The author examines the reception by social scientists in the 1970s and early 1980s of T. R. Gurr's theory of collective violence based on the concept of relative deprivation. The history of this theory may be considered an example of definite progress in social science: a hypothe…
The Reception of Mendeleev's Periodic Law in America and Britain
Women, Science, and Universities
Scientists as Historians
Inventory of Sources for History of Twentieth-Century Physics
The Age of the Earth . G. Brent Dalrymple
A Companion to the Physical Sciences. David Knight
The Nebular Hypothesis and the Evolutionary Worldview
Cosmology and Astrophysics
James E. Keeler, Pioneer American Astrophysicist, and the Early Development of American Astrophysics . Donald E. Osterbrock
Ludwig Boltzmann
The Social Basis of Scientific Discoveries
Preface Michael Mulkay 1. The topic of discovery and the concept of nature 2. Psychological accounts of discovery 3. A synthetic assessment of the psychological accounts 4. The emergence of a social model of discovery 5. Discovery as meaningful action 6. The law valid for Pisum and the reification of Mendal 7. Perspective, reflexivity and the apparent objectivity of discovery 8. Folk reasoning in theories about scientific discovery 9. Some sociol…
Probabilistic Thinking, Thermodynamics, and the Interaction of the History and Philosophy of Science
A Source Book in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 1900-1975 . Kenneth R. Lang, Owen Gingerich
A World on Paper
The Chimerical Cat
The establishment of the Heisenberg-Schrodinger quantum mechanics in 1926 was undoubtedly the most important event m the history of twentieth-century science - for science itself, even if not for society. One might therefore suppose that the metaphysical conclusions associated with quantum mechanics are a major part of our present view of the world The purpose of this paper is to show that two of these conclusions - indeterminism, and the denial …
Nettie M. Stevens and the Discovery of Sex Determination by Chromosomes
Briefwechsel zwischen Alexander von Humboldt und Carl Friedrich Gauss . Kurt-R. Biermann
Landmark Experiments in Twentieth Century Physics . George L. Trigg
Science Development
Dynamics of Theory Change in the Social Sciences
The extent to which theories in the social sciences are accepted or rejected on the basis of empirical tests can be shown only by a detailed analysis of specific cases. The author examines the reception by social scientists in the 1970s and early 1980s of T. R. Gurr's theory of collective violence based on the concept of relative deprivation. The history of this theory may be considered an example of definite progress in social science: a hypothe…
The Reception of Mendeleev's Periodic Law in America and Britain
Mach and atomism
Scientists as Historians
The Chimerical Cat
The establishment of the Heisenberg-Schrodinger quantum mechanics in 1926 was undoubtedly the most important event m the history of twentieth-century science - for science itself, even if not for society. One might therefore suppose that the metaphysical conclusions associated with quantum mechanics are a major part of our present view of the world The purpose of this paper is to show that two of these conclusions - indeterminism, and the denial …
Nettie M. Stevens and the Discovery of Sex Determination by Chromosomes
The Wave Theory of Heat
Research on thermal “black-body” radiation played an essential role in the origin of the quantum theory at the beginning of the twentieth century. This is a well-known fact, but historians of science up to now have not generally recognized that studies of radiant heat were also important in an earlier episode in the development of modern physics: the transition from caloric theory to thermodynamics. During the period 1830–50, many physicists were…
Dynamics of theory change in chemistry
Dynamics of theory change in chemistry
Predictivism and the periodic table
Irreversibility and Indeterminism
The Nebular Hypothesis and the Evolutionary Worldview
Note on the History of the FitzGerald-Lorentz Contraction
A World on Paper
History for Scientists Essays in the History of Mechanics . C. Truesdell
The Royal Society’s first rejection of the kinetic theory of gases (1821), John Herapath versus Humphry Davy
On 24 May 1820 a manuscript entitled ‘A Mathematical Inquiry into the Causes, Laws and Principal Phenomena of Heat, Gases, Gravitation, etc.’ was submitted to Davies Gilbert for publication in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. The author was John Herapath (1790-1868), and his article included a comprehensive (if somewhat faulty) exposition of the kinetic theory of gases. Sir Humphry Davy, who assumed the Presidency of the Royal…
The Use of Citation Data in Writing the History of Science . Eugene Garfield, Irving H. Sher, Richard J. Torpie
The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals 1824-1900 . Walter E. Houghton , Josef L. Altholz , Eileen Curran , Harold E. Dailey , Esther Roads Houghton , John A. Lester, Jr
Note on the History of the FitzGerald-Lorentz Contraction
Mach and atomism
The Wave Theory of Heat
Research on thermal “black-body” radiation played an essential role in the origin of the quantum theory at the beginning of the twentieth century. This is a well-known fact, but historians of science up to now have not generally recognized that studies of radiant heat were also important in an earlier episode in the development of modern physics: the transition from caloric theory to thermodynamics. During the period 1830–50, many physicists were…
History for Scientists Essays in the History of Mechanics . C. Truesdell
Should the History of Science Be Rated X?
I suggest that the teacher who wants to indoctrinate his students in the traditional role of the scientist as a neutral fact finder should not use historical materials of the kind now being prepared by historians of science: they will not serve his purposes. He may wish to follow the advice of philosopher J. C. C. Smart, who recently suggested that it is legitimate to use fictionalized history of science to illustrate one's pronouncements on scie…
Irreversibility and Indeterminism
Landmark Experiments in Twentieth Century Physics . George L. Trigg
Science Development
Nettie M. Stevens and the Discovery of Sex Determination by Chromosomes
Briefwechsel zwischen Alexander von Humboldt und Carl Friedrich Gauss . Kurt-R. Biermann
The Chimerical Cat
The establishment of the Heisenberg-Schrodinger quantum mechanics in 1926 was undoubtedly the most important event m the history of twentieth-century science - for science itself, even if not for society. One might therefore suppose that the metaphysical conclusions associated with quantum mechanics are a major part of our present view of the world The purpose of this paper is to show that two of these conclusions - indeterminism, and the denial …
A Source Book in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 1900-1975 . Kenneth R. Lang, Owen Gingerich
A World on Paper
The Social Basis of Scientific Discoveries
Preface Michael Mulkay 1. The topic of discovery and the concept of nature 2. Psychological accounts of discovery 3. A synthetic assessment of the psychological accounts 4. The emergence of a social model of discovery 5. Discovery as meaningful action 6. The law valid for Pisum and the reification of Mendal 7. Perspective, reflexivity and the apparent objectivity of discovery 8. Folk reasoning in theories about scientific discovery 9. Some sociol…
Probabilistic Thinking, Thermodynamics, and the Interaction of the History and Philosophy of Science
Cosmology and Astrophysics
James E. Keeler, Pioneer American Astrophysicist, and the Early Development of American Astrophysics . Donald E. Osterbrock
Ludwig Boltzmann
The Nebular Hypothesis and the Evolutionary Worldview
A Companion to the Physical Sciences. David Knight
The Age of the Earth . G. Brent Dalrymple
Inventory of Sources for History of Twentieth-Century Physics
Philosophy (23 works) · Epistemology (15 works) · History (13 works) · Philosophy (12 works) · Physics (12 works) · Computer Science (11 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Art history (9 works) · Library science (8 works) · Art (7 works)