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Two books first published in the 60s: “The Science of The Artificial” by Herbert Simon, a multi-disciplinary treatise on the goals of design by practitioners i
by sah2ed 7y ago
Two books first published in the 60s:
“The Science of The Artificial” by Herbert Simon, a multi-disciplinary treatise on the goals of design by practitioners in the physical sciences (physics, bio. etc), non-physical sciences (math, comp. sci, etc) and humanities (econs., psych., etc).
“The Structure of Scientific Revolutions” by Thomas Kuhn, coined the concept of paradigm shift and used it to revisit the history of science that was previously thought to be cumulative and linear.
- ska 7y agoFwiw, I don't think the Kuhn qualifies as 'unknown'.
- number6 7y agoWho is Kuhn?
- sah2ed 7y agoGranted. I must have mentally parsed the “unknown” used by OP as “not widely known” (to the HN crowd), and if you look at a lot of the contributions, many of the authors are not exactly “unknown” either.
- ska 7y agoFair enough. Very specifically I think that book is pretty standard reading for anyone interested in epistemology of science - but that doesn't mean it is generally known. I read the original as looking for books that are good in subject X, but not well known in that subject area.