What Science Is and How It Works - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691095509ISBN-10:691095507UPC:9780691095509Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:HistorySize:9.00 x 6.10 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.0516Product ID:SCNB5SPMXR
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 the reader to the process of scientific thinking. From the discovery of X rays and semiconductors to...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691095509ISBN-10:691095507UPC:9780691095509Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:HistorySize:9.00 x 6.10 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.0516Product ID:SCNB5SPMXR
Gregory N. Derry is Associate Professor and Chair of the Physics Department at Loyola College in Baltimore, Maryland. He maintains an active research program in experimental surface physics and pursues such interests as the history and philosophy of science and the science/society interface.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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