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The book takes the view that discovery is the outcome of successful science, and that organisations play a central role in facilitating or inhibiting discovery. John Hurley argues against the theory that creativity only leads to scientific discovery and suggests a model of the processes leading to discovery including both individual and organisational processes.

Table of Contents
Discovery and Organisation in Science.

Method, Organisation and Philosophy in Discovery.

The Importance of the Individual in Science.

The Eminent Scientists and Their Organisations.

Organisational Aspects of Freedom and Chance in Relation to Discovery.

Some Considerations on the Organisation of Discovery-Related Science.

The Discovery Zone.

References.

Appendices.

Index.

Organisation and Scientific Discovery

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      Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
      Publication Date: 14/01/1997
      ISBN13: 9780471969631, 978-0471969631
      ISBN10: 047196963X
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The book takes the view that discovery is the outcome of successful science, and that organisations play a central role in facilitating or inhibiting discovery. John Hurley argues against the theory that creativity only leads to scientific discovery and suggests a model of the processes leading to discovery including both individual and organisational processes.

      Table of Contents
      Discovery and Organisation in Science.

      Method, Organisation and Philosophy in Discovery.

      The Importance of the Individual in Science.

      The Eminent Scientists and Their Organisations.

      Organisational Aspects of Freedom and Chance in Relation to Discovery.

      Some Considerations on the Organisation of Discovery-Related Science.

      The Discovery Zone.

      References.

      Appendices.

      Index.

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