Description |
xii, 242 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. |
Series |
Science.culture
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Science.culture.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-233) and index. |
Contents |
List of illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction : science as natural philosophy, science as instrumentality -- 1. The mechanical universe from Galileo to Newton -- 2. A place for everything : the classification of the world -- 3. The chemical revolution thwarted by atoms -- 4. Design and disorder : the origin of species -- 5. Dynamical explanation : the aether and Victorian machines -- 6. How to understand nature? : Einstein, Bohr, and the quantum universe -- Conclusion : making sense in science -- Notes -- Bibliographical essay -- Index. |
Subject |
Science -- Methodology -- History.
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Science -- Methodology. |
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History. |
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Science -- Philosophy -- History.
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Science -- Philosophy. |
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Reasoning -- History.
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Reasoning. |
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Philosophy of nature -- History.
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Philosophy of nature. |
ISBN |
0226139484 alkaline paper |
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9780226139487 alkaline paper |
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