The New Scientific Spirit

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What evidence does the author provide?

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The provided passages do not explicitly detail the specific evidence Gaston Bachelard offers in "The New Scientific Spirit." Instead, they describe the author's approach and perspective.

The passages indicate that Bachelard draws upon his "scientific training and his interest in the nonrational" to explore the "deeper meanings of the new physics" [1]. He contrasts the "unpredictable behaviour of subatomic particles" with the "seemingly neat, ordered, and mechanistic universe" perceived by nineteenth-century scientists [1]. While this outlines the phenomena he discusses, it does not present the specific evidence used to support his arguments.

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Title: The New Scientific Spirit by Gaston Bachelard Description: 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. Categories: Science Pages: 224 Snippet: In this book, Bachelard draws upon both his scientific…
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