Science in the looking glass what do scientists really know?
In this wide-ranging book, Brian Davies discusses the basis for scientists' claims to knowledge about the world. He looks at science historically, emphasizing not only the achievements of scientists from Galileo onwards, but also their mistakes. He rejects the claim that all scientific knowledg...
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2003
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| 100 | |a Davies, E. Brian (Edward Brian) | ||
| 245 | 0 | |a Science in the looking glass | |
| 245 | 0 | |b what do scientists really know? | |
| 245 | 0 | |c E. Brian Davies | |
| 260 | |a New York,Oxford | ||
| 260 | |b Oxford University Press | ||
| 260 | |c 2003 | ||
| 300 | |a x, 295 p. | ||
| 300 | |b ill. | ||
| 300 | |c 25 cm | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-287) and index | ||
| 520 | |a In this wide-ranging book, Brian Davies discusses the basis for scientists' claims to knowledge about the world. He looks at science historically, emphasizing not only the achievements of scientists from Galileo onwards, but also their mistakes. He rejects the claim that all scientific knowledge is provisional, by citing examples from chemistry, biology and geology. A major feature of the book is its defense of the view that mathematics was invented rather than discovered | ||
| 650 | |a Science; Science; Science | ||
| 700 | |a E. Brian Davies | ||
| 980 | |a Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Trà Vinh | ||