Nicholas Maxwell is Emeritus Reader in Philosophy of Science at the University of London.

• 1. A New Conception of Science ; 2. The Failings of Standard Empiricism ; 3. Comprehensibility ; 4. Simplicity ; 5. Induction ; 6. Evidence, Progress, and Discovery ; 7. Quantum Theory ; Mathematical and Physical Appendix ; Bibliography ; Index

This is not a book to read quickly or easily, but I hope that many may make the effort, because it seems to me to be an important contribution to the philosophy of physics.

Nicholas Maxwell is Emeritus Reader in Philosophy of Science at the University of London.

• 1. A New Conception of Science ; 2. The Failings of Standard Empiricism ; 3. Comprehensibility ; 4. Simplicity ; 5. Induction ; 6. Evidence, Progress, and Discovery ; 7. Quantum Theory ; Mathematical and Physical Appendix ; Bibliography ; Index

This is not a book to read quickly or easily, but I hope that many may make the effort, because it seems to me to be an important contribution to the philosophy of physics.

Nicholas Maxwell is Emeritus Reader in Philosophy of Science at the University of London.

• 1. A New Conception of Science ; 2. The Failings of Standard Empiricism ; 3. Comprehensibility ; 4. Simplicity ; 5. Induction ; 6. Evidence, Progress, and Discovery ; 7. Quantum Theory ; Mathematical and Physical Appendix ; Bibliography ; Index

This is not a book to read quickly or easily, but I hope that many may make the effort, because it seems to me to be an important contribution to the philosophy of physics.