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This work seeks to show that science is rooted not just in conversation but in disagreement, doubt and uncertainty. Mara Beller argues that it is precisely this culture of dialogue and controversy within the scientific community that fuels creativity. Beller draws her argument from her reading of the history of the quantum revolution, especially the development of the Copenhagen interpretation. One of several competing approaches, this version succeeded largely due to the rhetorical skills of Niels Bohr and his colleagues. Using archival research, Beller shows how Bohr and others marketed their views, misrepresenting and dismissing their opponents as "unreasonable" and championing their own not always coherent or well-supported position as "inevitable".

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Book category Books in English Mathematics & science Science: general issues Philosophy of science

• Full title: Quantum Dialogue
• Subtitle: The Making of a Revolution
• Author: Mara Beller
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 365
• EAN: 9780226041827
• ISBN: 0226041824
• ID: 04542452
• Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
• Weight: 544 g
• Dimensions: 231 × 160 × 23 mm
• Date of publishing: 17. May 2001

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