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The Logic of Scientific Discovery

by Karl R. Popper

A philosophical account of scientific method

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A philosophical account of scientific method

Karl R. Popper examines the logical character of scientific discovery and the influence of Einsteinian physics on scientific thought. The book’s subject is the methodology of science, with a chapter on quantum mechanics and the Indeterminacy Principle. This 2024 hardcover is a facsimile reprint of the original 1959 edition; the publisher notes that the English edition includes Popper’s translation and 150 pages of new text. Its combination of general questions about scientific method and a focused discussion of physics gives the volume both a broad philosophical scope and a specific scientific point of reference.

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  • Readers studying philosophy of science or scientific methodology.
  • Readers interested in the philosophical implications of Einsteinian physics and quantum mechanics.

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Scientific methodLogic of scientific discoveryEinsteinian physicsQuantum mechanics

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2024 Hardcover Reprint of Original 1959 Edition. Exact facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. This book by one of the world's foremost philosophers of science presented a striking new picture of the logical character of scientific discovery--a picture which does full justice to the liberating effect of the Einsteinian revolution in physics and its immense impact upon scientific thought in general. For this new English edition Dr. Popper did his own translation and has written 150 pages of entirely new text. Ernest Nagel considered this work "a first rate contribution to the logic of scientific method. The book contains a very interesting chapter on quantum mechanics, which performs one of the few sensible analyses of the Indeterminacy Principle which I have seen in print... The book is highly stimulating and contains much that is bed-rock for future work."--From the Dusk Jacket.

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