(Ebook) Scientific Work and Creativity: Advice from the Masters by Reginald Smith (Ed.) ISBN 9780615644011, 0615644015

(Ebook) Scientific Work and Creativity: Advice from the Masters by Reginald Smith (Ed.) ISBN 9780615644011, 0615644015

How do the great discoverers of science really work? Biographers, psychologists, and philosophers have written much on the phenomenon of scientific creativity. This collection of essays takes you into the minds of some of the world’s greatest scientists. You can read in their own words how they worked, thought, and discovered crucial insights. Hermann von Helmholtz, Hideki Yukawa, Ernst Mach, J.B.S. Haldane, Steven Weinberg, Peter Doherty, C.V. Raman, Sylvester James Gates, and many more deliver witty, irreverent, thoughtful, and profound advice to scientists of all kinds and abilities. Whether you are a science hobbyist, an undergraduate doing your first lab work, a postdoc, or a seasoned professional, these essays will help point you in the direction of insight and discovery.How do the great discoverers of science really work? Biographers,psychologists, and philosophers have written much on the phenomenon ofscientific creativity. This collection of essays takes you into theminds of some of the world’s greatest scientists. You can read in theirown words how they worked, thought, and discovered crucial insights.Hermann von Helmholtz, Hideki Yukawa, Ernst Mach, J.B.S. Haldane, StevenWeinberg, Peter Doherty, C.V. Raman, Sylvester James Gates, and manymore deliver witty, irreverent, thoughtful, and profound advice toscientists of all kinds and abilities. Whether you are a sciencehobbyist, an undergraduate doing your first lab work, a postdoc, or aseasoned professional, these essays will help point you in the directionof insight and discovery.