The intelligibility of nature [[electronic resource] ] : how science makes sense of the world / / Peter Dear |
Autore | Dear Peter <1958-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (255 p.) |
Disciplina | 501 |
Collana | Science.culture |
Soggetto topico |
Science - Methodology - History
Science - Philosophy - History Reasoning - History Philosophy of nature - History |
Soggetto non controllato | natural world, science, scientist, scientific, academic, scholarly, technology, western, history, historical, authority, prestige, knowledge, galileo, newton, darwin, einstein, philosophy, philosophical, evolution, intellectual, greek, quantum theory, methodology, atoms, species, victorian, universe, origin, design, college, university, textbook |
ISBN |
1-281-95950-2
9786611959500 0-226-13950-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782526003321 |
Dear Peter <1958-> | ||
Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The intelligibility of nature : how science makes sense of the world / / Peter Dear |
Autore | Dear Peter <1958-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (255 p.) |
Disciplina | 501 |
Collana | Science.culture |
Soggetto topico |
Science - Methodology - History
Science - Philosophy - History Reasoning - History Philosophy of nature - History |
Soggetto non controllato | natural world, science, scientist, scientific, academic, scholarly, technology, western, history, historical, authority, prestige, knowledge, galileo, newton, darwin, einstein, philosophy, philosophical, evolution, intellectual, greek, quantum theory, methodology, atoms, species, victorian, universe, origin, design, college, university, textbook |
ISBN |
1-281-95950-2
9786611959500 0-226-13950-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910811770803321 |
Dear Peter <1958-> | ||
Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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