The New Scientific Spirit (English and French Edition)

Examines the changes during the twentieth century in the views of mathematics, physics, and the scientific method and discusses the role of the mind in science In This Book, Bachelard Draws Upon Both His Scientific Training And His Interest In The Nonrational - Which Ultimately Drew Him Toward The Study Of Poetics - To Explore The Deeper Meanings Of The New Physics. In Bachelard's View, The Unpredictable Behaviour Of Subatomic Particles Belies The Seemingly Neat, Ordered, And Mechanistic Universe That The Practical And Empirical Scientists Of The Nineteenth Century Thought They Saw. Pt. 1. Economic Potential Of The Oceans -- Pt. 2. Arms Control And Ocean Surveillance -- Pt. 3. The Development Of The Mediterranean -- Pt. 4. The Development Of The Caribbean -- Pt. 5. Scientific Research In The Oceans -- Pt. 6. An Ocean Regime Gaston Bachelard ; Translated By Arthur Goldhammer ; Foreword By Patrick A. Heelan. Translation Of: Le Nouvel Esprit Scientifique. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.