What science is and how it works /
How does a scientist go about solving problems? How do scientific discoveries happen? Why are cold fusion and parapsychology different from mainstream science? What is a scientific worldview? In this lively and wide-ranging book, Gregory Derry talks about these and other questions as he introduces t...
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| Médium: | Licensed eBooks |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press
©1999.
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| On-line přístup: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt7svbw |
| Shrnutí: | How does a scientist go about solving problems? How do scientific discoveries happen? Why are cold fusion and parapsychology different from mainstream science? What is a scientific worldview? In this lively and wide-ranging book, Gregory Derry talks about these and other questions as he introduces the reader to the process of scientific thinking. From the discovery of X rays and semiconductors to the argument for continental drift to the invention of the smallpox vaccine, scientific work has proceeded through honest observation, critical reasoning, and sometimes just plain luck. Derry start. |
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| Fyzický popis: | 1 online resource (xi, 311 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1400811384 9781400811380 9781400823116 1400823110 1400801621 9781400801626 9780691058771 0691058776 0691095507 9780691095509 1282753738 9781282753730 9786612753732 6612753730 |