The Derivation of Science in Jacob Bronowski's "The Reach of Imagination" and Stephen Jay Gould's "Evolution as Fact and Theory"

According to the essays by mathematician Jacob Bronowski in "The Reach of Imagination" (1967) and paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould in "Evolution as Theory and Fact" (1981), the behind-the-scene development of science is being induced differently through imagination and evolution. In Bronowski's essay, he describes the unique quality that makes humans different from animals, through referring to work done by another expert, Walter Hunter. Bronowski then defines how imagination works by explaining the process according to his own …

…Gould therefore demonstrates that science is the result of countless refinements and reduction. In Gould's view, even though scientific theory is not fact, it is the best analysis of the fact. Works Cited Bronowski, Jacob. "The reach of imagination." The Norton Reader. Ed. Arthur M. Eastman. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1992. 125 - 138. Gould, Stephen J. "Evolution as fact and theory." Major Modern Essayist. Ed. Gilbert H. Muller. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1991. 379 - 385.