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Auteur:	Davies, E. Brian
Titel:	Science in the Looking Glass What do scientists really know?
Uitgever:	Oxford University Press
ISBN:	9780198525431
Land van oorsprong:	United Kingdom
Prijs:	€ 101.32
Verschijningsdatum:	07-08-2003
Bericht:	Langere levertijd (2-3 weken)

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Categorie:	Popular science
Geillustreerd:	29 b/w line figs; 8 b/w halftone figs
Dewey code:	500

Technische kenmerken

Verschijningsvorm:	Hardback
Paginas:	308
Hoogte mm.:	242
Breedte mm.:	164
Dikte mm.:	25
Gewicht gr.:	614

 

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Discusses the basis for scientists' claims to knowledge about the world. This book looks at science historically, emphasizing the achievements of scientists from Galileo onwards, and also their mistakes. It also rejects the claim that all scientific knowledge is provisional, by citing examples from chemistry, biology and geology.