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A falling apple inspired the law of gravity-or so the story goes. Is it true? Perhaps not. But why do such stories endure as explanations of how science happens? Newton's Apple and Other Myths about Science brushes away popular misconceptions to provide a clearer picture of scientific breakthro...
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That the Apple Fell and Newton Invented the Law of Gravity, Thus Removing God from the Cosmos -- II. Nineteenth Century -- Myth 7. That Friedrich Wöhler's Synthesis of Urea in 1828 Destroyed Vitalism and Gave Rise to Organic Chemistry -- Myth 8. That William Paley Raised Scientific Questions about Biological Origins That Were Eventually Answered by Charles Darwin -- Myth 9. That Nineteenth- Century Geologists Were Divided into Opposing Camps of Catastrophists and Uniformitarians -- Myth 10. That Lamarckian Evolution Relied Largely on Use and Disuse and That Darwin Rejected Lamarckian Mechanisms -- Myth 11. That Darwin Worked on His Theory in Secret for Twenty Years, His Fears Causing Him to Delay Publication -- Myth 12. That Wallace's and Darwin's Explanations of Evolution Were Virtually the Same -- Myth 13. That Darwinian Natural Selection Has Been "the Only Game in Town" -- Myth 14. That after Darwin (1871), Sexual Selection Was Largely Ignored until Robert Trivers (1972) Resurrected the Theory -- Myth 15. That Louis Pasteur Disproved Spontaneous Generation on the Basis of Scientific Objectivity -- Myth 16. That Gregor Mendel Was a Lonely Pioneer of Genetics, Being Ahead of His Time -- Myth 17. That Social Darwinism Has Had a Profound Influence on Social Thought and Policy, Especially in the United States of America -- III. Twentieth Century -- Myth 18. That the Michelson- Morley Experiment Paved the Way for the Special Theory of Relativity -- Myth 19. That the Millikan Oil- Drop Experiment Was Simple and Straightforward -- Myth 20. That Neo- Darwinism Defines Evolution as Random Mutation Plus Natural Selection -- Myth 21. That Melanism in Peppered Moths Is Not a Genuine Example of Evolution by Natural Selection -- Myth 22. That Linus Pauling's Discovery of the Molecular Basis of Sickle- Cell Anemia Revolutionized Medical Practice -- Myth 23. That the Soviet Launch of Sputnik Caused the Revamping of American Science Education -- IV. Generalizations -- Myth 24. That Religion Has Typically Impeded the Progress of Science -- Myth 25. That Science Has Been Largely a Solitary Enterprise -- Myth 26. That the Scientific Method Accurately Reflects What Scientists Actually Do -- Myth 27. That a Clear Line of Demarcation Has Separated Science from Pseudoscience -- Notes -- Contributors -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star A falling apple inspired the law of gravity-or so the story goes. Is it true? Perhaps not. But why do such stories endure as explanations of how science happens? Newton's Apple and Other Myths about Science brushes away popular misconceptions to provide a clearer picture of scientific breakthroughs from ancient times to the present. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. 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Newton's Apple and Other Myths about Science / Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I. Medieval and Early Modern Science -- Myth 1. That There Was No Scientific Activity between Greek Antiquity and the Scientific Revolution -- Myth 2. That before Columbus, Geographers and Other Educated People Thought the Earth Was Flat -- Myth 3. That the Copernican Revolution Demoted the Status of the Earth -- Myth 4. That Alchemy and Astrology Were Superstitious Pursuits That Did Not Contribute to Science and Scientific Understanding -- Myth 5. That Galileo Publicly Refuted Aristotle's Conclusions about Motion by Repeated Experiments Made from the Campanile of Pisa -- Myth 6. That the Apple Fell and Newton Invented the Law of Gravity, Thus Removing God from the Cosmos -- II. Nineteenth Century -- Myth 7. That Friedrich Wöhler's Synthesis of Urea in 1828 Destroyed Vitalism and Gave Rise to Organic Chemistry -- Myth 8. That William Paley Raised Scientific Questions about Biological Origins That Were Eventually Answered by Charles Darwin -- Myth 9. That Nineteenth- Century Geologists Were Divided into Opposing Camps of Catastrophists and Uniformitarians -- Myth 10. That Lamarckian Evolution Relied Largely on Use and Disuse and That Darwin Rejected Lamarckian Mechanisms -- Myth 11. That Darwin Worked on His Theory in Secret for Twenty Years, His Fears Causing Him to Delay Publication -- Myth 12. That Wallace's and Darwin's Explanations of Evolution Were Virtually the Same -- Myth 13. That Darwinian Natural Selection Has Been "the Only Game in Town" -- Myth 14. That after Darwin (1871), Sexual Selection Was Largely Ignored until Robert Trivers (1972) Resurrected the Theory -- Myth 15. That Louis Pasteur Disproved Spontaneous Generation on the Basis of Scientific Objectivity -- Myth 16. That Gregor Mendel Was a Lonely Pioneer of Genetics, Being Ahead of His Time -- Myth 17. That Social Darwinism Has Had a Profound Influence on Social Thought and Policy, Especially in the United States of America -- III. Twentieth Century -- Myth 18. That the Michelson- Morley Experiment Paved the Way for the Special Theory of Relativity -- Myth 19. That the Millikan Oil- Drop Experiment Was Simple and Straightforward -- Myth 20. That Neo- Darwinism Defines Evolution as Random Mutation Plus Natural Selection -- Myth 21. That Melanism in Peppered Moths Is Not a Genuine Example of Evolution by Natural Selection -- Myth 22. That Linus Pauling's Discovery of the Molecular Basis of Sickle- Cell Anemia Revolutionized Medical Practice -- Myth 23. That the Soviet Launch of Sputnik Caused the Revamping of American Science Education -- IV. Generalizations -- Myth 24. That Religion Has Typically Impeded the Progress of Science -- Myth 25. That Science Has Been Largely a Solitary Enterprise -- Myth 26. That the Scientific Method Accurately Reflects What Scientists Actually Do -- Myth 27. That a Clear Line of Demarcation Has Separated Science from Pseudoscience -- Notes -- Contributors -- Index |
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Medieval and Early Modern Science -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Myth 1. That There Was No Scientific Activity between Greek Antiquity and the Scientific Revolution -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Myth 2. That before Columbus, Geographers and Other Educated People Thought the Earth Was Flat -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Myth 3. That the Copernican Revolution Demoted the Status of the Earth -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Myth 4. That Alchemy and Astrology Were Superstitious Pursuits That Did Not Contribute to Science and Scientific Understanding -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Myth 5. That Galileo Publicly Refuted Aristotle's Conclusions about Motion by Repeated Experiments Made from the Campanile of Pisa -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Myth 6. That the Apple Fell and Newton Invented the Law of Gravity, Thus Removing God from the Cosmos -- </subfield><subfield code="t">II. Nineteenth Century -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Myth 7. That Friedrich Wöhler's Synthesis of Urea in 1828 Destroyed Vitalism and Gave Rise to Organic Chemistry -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Myth 8. That William Paley Raised Scientific Questions about Biological Origins That Were Eventually Answered by Charles Darwin -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Myth 9. That Nineteenth- Century Geologists Were Divided into Opposing Camps of Catastrophists and Uniformitarians -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Myth 10. That Lamarckian Evolution Relied Largely on Use and Disuse and That Darwin Rejected Lamarckian Mechanisms -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Myth 11. That Darwin Worked on His Theory in Secret for Twenty Years, His Fears Causing Him to Delay Publication -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Myth 12. That Wallace's and Darwin's Explanations of Evolution Were Virtually the Same -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Myth 13. That Darwinian Natural Selection Has Been "the Only Game in Town" -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Myth 14. That after Darwin (1871), Sexual Selection Was Largely Ignored until Robert Trivers (1972) Resurrected the Theory -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Myth 15. That Louis Pasteur Disproved Spontaneous Generation on the Basis of Scientific Objectivity -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Myth 16. That Gregor Mendel Was a Lonely Pioneer of Genetics, Being Ahead of His Time -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Myth 17. That Social Darwinism Has Had a Profound Influence on Social Thought and Policy, Especially in the United States of America -- </subfield><subfield code="t">III. Twentieth Century -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Myth 18. That the Michelson- Morley Experiment Paved the Way for the Special Theory of Relativity -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Myth 19. That the Millikan Oil- Drop Experiment Was Simple and Straightforward -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Myth 20. That Neo- Darwinism Defines Evolution as Random Mutation Plus Natural Selection -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Myth 21. That Melanism in Peppered Moths Is Not a Genuine Example of Evolution by Natural Selection -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Myth 22. That Linus Pauling's Discovery of the Molecular Basis of Sickle- Cell Anemia Revolutionized Medical Practice -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Myth 23. That the Soviet Launch of Sputnik Caused the Revamping of American Science Education -- </subfield><subfield code="t">IV. Generalizations -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Myth 24. That Religion Has Typically Impeded the Progress of Science -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Myth 25. That Science Has Been Largely a Solitary Enterprise -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Myth 26. That the Scientific Method Accurately Reflects What Scientists Actually Do -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Myth 27. That a Clear Line of Demarcation Has Separated Science from Pseudoscience -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Notes -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Contributors -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Index</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="506" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">restricted access</subfield><subfield code="u">http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec</subfield><subfield code="f">online access with authorization</subfield><subfield code="2">star</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="520" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">A falling apple inspired the law of gravity-or so the story goes. Is it true? Perhaps not. But why do such stories endure as explanations of how science happens? Newton's Apple and Other Myths about Science brushes away popular misconceptions to provide a clearer picture of scientific breakthroughs from ancient times to the present.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="530" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Issued also in print.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="538" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="546" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">In English.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="588" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. 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