Download or read book Metaphors and the Dynamics of Knowledge written by Sabine Maasen and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study focuses on three major case studies: the spread of Darwin's phrase "struggle for existence" in the popularizing literature in turn of the century Germany; the reception of Thomas Kuhn's "Structure of Scientific Revolution" and its identification with the term "paradigm" in the sciences and humanities; and the diffusion of the concept of "chaos" from scientific to everyday discourses.