Diana L Kormos Barkan
Biographic Data
| ID | 7239181 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Diana L Kormos Barkan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Diana L Kormos |
| FAMILY NAME | Barkan |
| SIGNATURE | BARKAN D L K |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Last Scientist, the First Magician
In his “A Programmatic Attempt at an Anthropology of Knowledge,” published in 1981, Yehuda Elkana briefly introduced the notions of dramatic and epic theater as metaphors for distinct and opposite conceptions of history. He elaborated more fully on this theme in a paper published in 1982 on the occasion of the Albert Einstein centenary celebration. Elkana there criticized the “myth of simplicity” surrounding Einstein, and proposed to replace a “f…
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The Last Scientist, the First Magician
In his “A Programmatic Attempt at an Anthropology of Knowledge,” published in 1981, Yehuda Elkana briefly introduced the notions of dramatic and epic theater as metaphors for distinct and opposite conceptions of history. He elaborated more fully on this theme in a paper published in 1982 on the occasion of the Albert Einstein centenary celebration. Elkana there criticized the “myth of simplicity” surrounding Einstein, and proposed to replace a “f…
Art (1 work) · Art history (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work) · Einstein (1 work) · EPIC (1 work) · Epistemology (1 work) · History (1 work) · History of science (1 work) · History of Science and Medicine (1 work) · Holism (1 work)