The intelligibility of nature :
Dear, Peter, 1958-
The intelligibility of nature : how science makes sense of the world / Peter Dear. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006. - xii, 242 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. - Science.culture .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-233) and index.
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.
9780226139487
2005026032
GBA627084 bnb
013414327 Uk
Science--Methodology--History.
Science--Philosophy--History.
Reasoning--History.
Philosophy of nature--History.
Q175.32.R45 / D43 2006
501
The intelligibility of nature : how science makes sense of the world / Peter Dear. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006. - xii, 242 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. - Science.culture .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-233) and index.
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.
9780226139487
2005026032
GBA627084 bnb
013414327 Uk
Science--Methodology--History.
Science--Philosophy--History.
Reasoning--History.
Philosophy of nature--History.
Q175.32.R45 / D43 2006
501