The how science makes sense of the world Dear, Peter creator text bibliography ilu Chicago University of Chicago Press 2006 monographic eng

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242 p. : ill. 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. HKBU library Peter Dear. YT2025 M10 Science Methodology History Science Philosophy History Reasoning History Philosophy of nature History Q175 D285 I 2006 0226139484 9780226139487 SDU 050908