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

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Science.culturePublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006.Description: xii, 232 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 0226139484 (alk. paper)
  • 9780226139487 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 501
LOC classification:
  • Q 175.32 D285i 2006
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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.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Vol info Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) Q 175.32 D285i 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000060010

Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-233) and index.

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.

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