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Fascinating and thought-provoking...written for the most part in a language accessible to scientist and historian alike.--Laura Tilling Nature [This book] deserves to have a permanent influence on the work of historians, philosophers, and sociologists of science, as well as on educationists and intellectual historians, but it can also be recommended to the general reader.--Stephen Toulmin Physics Today A brilliant, fascinating study of how some of the fundamental ideas of modern physics were conceived and developed... It combines careful analysis of documentary evidence with a broad perspective on the historical development of science and its humanistic aspects.--Stephen G. Brush, University of Maryland Thematic Origins is a brilliant explanation of the true, powerful process of scientific thought. The original is one of the few works in the history and philosophy of science I have read and reread over the years, and I am especially pleased now to see this even stronger revision. Holton stands almost alone in his ambidextrous ability to think--and write--as both a scientist and philosopher.--E. O. Wilson, Harvard University

Fascinating and thought-provoking...written for the most part in a language accessible to scientist and historian alike. -- Laura Tilling * Nature * [This book] deserves to have a permanent influence on the work of historians, philosophers, and sociologists of science, as well as on educationists and intellectual historians, but it can also be recommended to the general reader. -- Stephen Toulmin * Physics Today * A brilliant, fascinating study of how some of the fundamental ideas of modern physics were conceived and developed... It combines careful analysis of documentary evidence with a broad perspective on the historical development of science and its humanistic aspects. -- Stephen G. Brush, University of Maryland Thematic Origins is a brilliant explanation of the true, powerful process of scientific thought. The original is one of the few works in the history and philosophy of science I have read and reread over the years, and I am especially pleased now to see this even stronger revision. Holton stands almost alone in his ambidextrous ability to think-and write-as both a scientist and philosopher. -- E. O. Wilson, Harvard University

[This book] deserves to have a permanent influence on the work of historians, philosophers, and sociologists of science, as well as on educationists and intellectual historians, but it can also be recommended to the general reader.--Stephen Toulmin Physics Today A brilliant, fascinating study of how some of the fundamental ideas of modern physics were conceived and developed... It combines careful analysis of documentary evidence with a broad perspective on the historical development of science and its humanistic aspects.--Stephen G. Brush, University of Maryland Fascinating and thought-provoking...written for the most part in a language accessible to scientist and historian alike.--Laura Tilling Nature Thematic Origins is a brilliant explanation of the true, powerful process of scientific thought. The original is one of the few works in the history and philosophy of science I have read and reread over the years, and I am especially pleased now to see this even stronger revision. Holton stands almost alone in his ambidextrous ability to think--and write--as both a scientist and philosopher.--E. O. Wilson, Harvard University

Fascinating and thought-provoking... written for the most part in a language accessible to scientist and historian alike.--Laura Tilling Nature This book deserves to have a permanent influence on the work of historians, philosophers and sociologists of science, as well as on educationists and intellectual historians, but it can also be recommended to the general reader.--Stephen Toulmin Physics Today

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Gerald Holton is Mallinckrodt Research Professor of Physics, and Research Professor of History of Science, Harvard University.

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