000 01225cam a22002534a 4500
008 050908s2006 ilua b 001 0 eng
020 _a0226139484
020 _a9780226139487
040 _aSDU
050 0 0 _aQ175
_bD285 I 2006
100 1 _aDear, Peter,
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245 1 4 _aThe intelligibility of nature :
_bhow science makes sense of the world /
_cPeter Dear.
260 _aChicago :
_bUniversity of Chicago Press,
_c2006.
300 _a242 p. :
_bill.
505 0 _aIntroduction : 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.
505 0 _aHKBU library
518 _aYT2025 M10
650 0 _aScience
_xMethodology
_xHistory.
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650 0 _aScience
_xPhilosophy
_xHistory.
650 0 _aReasoning
_xHistory.
_9192849
650 0 _aPhilosophy of nature
_xHistory.
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900 _a= C.1 SDU
942 _cGBE
_2lcc
999 _c103858
_d103858