How do scientists use analogies and other processes to break away from old theories and generate new ones? This book documents such methods through the analysis of video tapes of scientifically trained experts thinking aloud while working on unfamiliar problems. Some aspects of creative scientific thinking are difficult to explain, such as the power of analogies, and the enigmatic ability to learn from thought experiments. This book is a window on that world.
- ISBN10 1402067127
- ISBN13 9781402067129
- Publish Date December 2008 (first published 25 June 2008)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
- Format eBook
- Pages 608
- Language English