Investigative Pathways

Patterns and Stages in the Careers of Experimental Scientists

By: Frederic Lawrence Holmes

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Hardcover | 23 March 2004 | Edition Number 1

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This fascinating book is an investigation of scientific creativity. Following the research pathways of outstanding scientists over the past three centuries, it finds common features in their careers and their landmark discoveries and sheds light on the nature of long-term experimental research.
Frederic Lawrence Holmes begins by discussing various approaches to the historical study of scientific practice. He then explains three kinds of analysis of the individual scientific life: broad-scale, which examines the phases of a scientist's career-apprenticeship, mastery, distinction, and maturity-over a lifetime; middle-scale, which explores the episodes within such a career; and fine-scale, which scrutinizes laboratory notebooks and other data to focus on the daily interplay between thought and operation.
Using these analyses, Holmes presents rich examples from his studies of six preeminent scientists: Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, Claude Bernard, Hans Krebs, Matthew Meselson, Franklin Stahl, and Seymour Benzer. The similar themes that he finds in their work and careers lead him to valuable insights into enduring issues and problems in understanding the scientific process.

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"This book restores to its rightful place the practice of the history of scientific thought and of laboratory life. It is a significant contribution to scholarship in the history of science." Diana Kormos-Buchwald, California Institute of Technology"

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Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Introduction	p. xv
Interpretations of Scientific Discovery and Creativity
Investigation, Discovery, and Experimental Practice	p. 3
The Three Scales of the Investigative Pathway and the Materials for Their Reconstruction	p. 11
Phases in the Lifetime Career
Apprenticeship and the Achievement of Independence	p. 27
Mastery of a Domain	p. 43
Is Distinction Achieved or Conferred?	p. 56
Maturity and the Dilemmas of the Aging Scientist	p. 72
Episodic Rhythms within an Investigative Life
Complicating the Pathway Metaphor	p. 93
Complicating the Episodic Rhythms	p. 103
Predictability and Unpredictability	p. 122
The Fine Structure of Experimental Investigation
The Interplay between Thought and Operation	p. 149
Flashes of Insight and Moments of Discovery	p. 171
Conclusion: The Narrative Representation of Investigative Pathways	p. 189
Afterword: F. L. Holmes and the History of Science	p. 193
Notes	p. 203
Index	p. 215
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