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Alan Chalmers (1939-)

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  • Birth

    Birth
    Alan Chalmers was born in Bristol, England in 1939

  • What Is This Thing Called Science

    What Is This Thing Called Science
    Alan Chalmers wrote this book outlining the shortcomings of the empiricist accounts of science, and assesses "modern" attempts to replace them. The book was written with the idea of a beginner scientist in mind, so it uses minimal technical terms. Chalmers, Alan. What Is This Thing Called Science?, University of Queensland Press, 2013. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/apus/detail.action?docID=1181566.

  • PhD on the Electromagnetic Theory

    PhD on the Electromagnetic Theory
    In 1971, Chalmers earned his PhD on the electromagnetic theory of James Clerk Maxwell and was earned by the University of London.

  • Science And Its Fabrication

    Science And Its Fabrication
    Chalmers wrote this paper as a neo-Popperian introduction to the philosophy of science. In this paper Chalmers tries to "revive Karl Popper's emphasis on the social nature of inquiry" (Fuller 787). Chalmers also delves into the origin of Principia. In my opinion Chalmers fails to realize that science has to exist in the world and cannot be separated from the world to be protected. Fuller, Steve. Isis, vol. 82, no. 4, 1991, pp. 786–787. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/233404.

  • The Scientist's Atom and the Philosopher's Stone

    The Scientist's Atom and the Philosopher's Stone
    Chalmers highlights in this book the development of philosophical theories vs the experimental science, and how it relates to Atomism. He argues that even though the idea of the Atom goes back to the ancient greek, Atomism did not emerge in the scientific community until the mid 1900's. Check out this video on the history of the atom Chalmers, Alan. The Scientist's Atom and the Philosopher's Stone. 1st ed., vol. 279, Springer Netherlands, 2009.

  • One Hundred Years of Pressure: Hydrostatics from Stevin to Newton

    One Hundred Years of Pressure: Hydrostatics from Stevin to Newton
    Chalmers most recent book, investigates the development of hydrostatics as a science. He tries to shed new light on the nature of science and its origins in the scientific revolution. This books reveals the ways science in the 1700's was different from any time beforehand. Chalmers, Alan, and Alan Francis. One Hundred Years of Pressure: Hydrostatics from Stevin to Newton. 1st ed., vol. 51, Springer International Publishing, 2017.