Thursday, May 21, 2009

Kuhn book

Ok, this is more of a confession...and I apologize in advance.
I LIKE the Kuhn book. Everyone seems to say the same negative things about it; it's too dense, too scientific, no one can relate to the text or the examples, the author doesn't make sense. I 100% disagree on all counts.
Now before everyone assumes me crazy keep in mind one important thing-
my husband is a scientist. To be more specific a computational chemist. I made him read this book after I did. I find it utterly fascinating to have someone explain some of my husband's most basic hurdles to doing his job, i.e. theoretical research! It was like I held in my hands a manual to a large chunk of his brain.
And Kuhn does it SO much better than I ever could, but we have had debates that were rooted in this very topic. Me being from a background in social science & he of a physical science there is a lot of debate about how you go about research and even the way you think/ process information.
The one thing that really surprised me was the publication date- I was sure it was more modern that 1962!
So maybe this book is better for scientists, but it is unquestionably useful to the women who love them-
In case you haven't read it!

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