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Author Dear, Peter, 1958-

Title The intelligibility of nature : how science makes sense of the world / Peter Dear.

Publication Info. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006.
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 Moore Stacks  Q175.32.R45 D43 2006    Available  ---
Description xii, 242 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Series Science.culture
Science.culture.
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.
Science -- Methodology.
History.
Science -- Philosophy -- History.
Science -- Philosophy.
Reasoning -- History.
Reasoning.
Philosophy of nature -- History.
Philosophy of nature.
ISBN 0226139484 alkaline paper
9780226139487 alkaline paper

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