The intelligibility of nature how science makes sense of the world
Introduction : science as natural philosophy, science as instrumentality -- The mechanical universe from Galileo to Newton -- A place for everything : the classification of the world -- The chemical revolution thwarted by atoms -- Design and disorder : the origin of species -- Dynamical explanation...
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Sprache: | eng |
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Chicago, Ill. u.a.
Univ. of Chicago Press
2006
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Schriftenreihe: | Science. Culture
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Zusammenfassung: | Introduction : science as natural philosophy, science as instrumentality -- The mechanical universe from Galileo to Newton -- A place for everything : the classification of the world -- The chemical revolution thwarted by atoms -- Design and disorder : the origin of species -- Dynamical explanation : the aether and Victorian machines -- How to understand nature? : Einstein, Bohr, and the quantum universe -- Conclusion : making sense in science |
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Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
Beschreibung: | XII, 242 S Ill., graph. Darst |
ISBN: | 9780226139487 978-0-226-13948-7 0226139484 0-226-13948-4 |