The intelligibility of nature :: how science makes sense of the world /

Throughout the history of the Western world, science has possessed an extraordinary amount of authority and prestige. And while its pedestal has been jostled by numerous evolutions and revolutions, science has always managed to maintain its stronghold as the knowing enterprise that explains how the...

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1. Verfasser: Dear, Peter, 1958-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006.
Schriftenreihe:Science.culture.
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Online-Zugang:DE-862
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Zusammenfassung:Throughout the history of the Western world, science has possessed an extraordinary amount of authority and prestige. And while its pedestal has been jostled by numerous evolutions and revolutions, science has always managed to maintain its stronghold as the knowing enterprise that explains how the natural world works: we treat such legendary scientists as Galileo, Newton, Darwin, and Einstein with admiration and reverence because they offer profound and sustaining insight into the meaning of the universe. In The Intelligibility of Nature, Peter Dear considers how science as such has evolved a.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xii, 242 pages :)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-233) and index.
ISBN:9780226139500
0226139506
0226139484
9780226139487
1281959502
9781281959508
9786611959500
6611959505

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