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Author Derry, Gregory Neil, 1952-

Title What Science Is and How It Works
Published Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2001

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Description 1 online resource (324 pages)
Contents Book Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS
Summary 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 starts o
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Subject Science.
Science
sciences (philosophy)
science (modern discipline)
Science
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781400823116
1400823110