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  • Philosophy of Science

    A Beginner's Guide

    de Geoffrey Gorham ...
    Series series Beginner's Guides
    So the world didn’t end on 10 September 2008: but maybe it got you thinking…The world didn’t end on 10 September 2008, but the possibility may have got you thinking: was it worth the risk? What is the point of science actually? Geoffrey Gorham considers these questions and explores the social and ethical implications of science by linking them to issues facing scientists today: human extinction, ... Leer más

    $5.99 USD

  • The Language of Nature

    Reassessing the Mathematization of Natural Philosophy in the Seventeenth Century

    Edición de Geoffrey Gorham, Benjamin Hill, Edward Slowik, C. Kenneth Waters ...
    Series series Minnesota Studies in the Philosophy of Science
    Galileo’s dictum that the book of nature “is written in the language of mathematics” is emblematic of the accepted view that the scientific revolution hinged on the conceptual and methodological integration of mathematics and natural philosophy. Although the mathematization of nature is a distinctive and crucial feature of the emergence of modern science in the seventeenth century, this volume ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD

  • Audiolibro

    Philosophy of Science

    de Geoffrey Gorham ...
    Narrado por Robert Meldrum ...
    Series series Bolinda Beginner Guides

    Completo

    7 hora 11 minutos

    The world hasn’t met with destruction on any of the long list of predicted doomsday dates, but the possibility may have got you thinking: has science created more problems than it has solved? What is the point of science at all? Geoffrey Gorham considers these questions and explores the social and ethical implications of science by linking them to issues facing scientists today: human extinction, ... Leer más

    $24.99 USD

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  • 50 Philosophy of Science Ideas You Really Need to Know

    de Gareth Southwell ...
    Series series 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know series
    Science first began as a branch of philosophy, but it has since grown up and moved out of the family home, and its successes have put its parent in the shade. Thanks to scientific knowledge we have walked on the Moon, cured once-fatal illnesses, and even identified the very building blocks of life and the universe. But it is these very successes that underline the need for philosophy.How much ... Leer más

    $3.99 USD

  • The Open Universe

    An Argument for Indeterminism From the Postscript to The Logic of Scientific Discovery

    de Karl Popper ...
    The Open Universe is one of the three volumes of Karl Popper’s Postscript to the Logic of scientific Discovery. The Postscript is the culmination of Popper’s work in the philosophy of physics and a new famous attack on subjectivist approaches to philosophy of science. ... Leer más

    $58.99 USD

  • The Routledge Companion to Thought Experiments

    Edición de Michael T Stuart, Yiftach Fehige, James Robert Brown ...
    Series series Routledge Philosophy Companions
    Thought experiments are a means of imaginative reasoning that lie at the heart of philosophy, from the pre-Socratics to the modern era, and they also play central roles in a range of fields, from physics to politics. The Routledge Companion to Thought Experiments is an invaluable guide and reference source to this multifaceted subject. Comprising over 30 chapters by a team of international ... Leer más

    $69.99 USD

  • Is God a Mathematician?

    de Mario Livio ...
    Bestselling author and astrophysicist Mario Livio examines the lives and theories of history’s greatest mathematicians to ask how—if mathematics is an abstract construction of the human mind—it can so perfectly explain the physical world.Nobel Laureate Eugene Wigner once wondered about “the unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics” in the formulation of the laws of nature. Is God a Mathematician? ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

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  • The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

    de Thomas S. Kuhn ...
    "One of the most influential books of the 20th century," the landmark study in the history of science with a new introduction by philosopher Ian Hacking ( Guardian, UK).First published in 1962, Thomas Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions "reshaped our understanding of the scientific enterprise and human inquiry in general." In it, he challenged long-standing assumptions about scientific ... Leer más

    $14.39 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • A History of Mathematics

    de Carl B. Boyer, Uta C. Merzbach ...
    The updated new edition of the classic and comprehensive guide to the history of mathematicsFor more than forty years, A History of Mathematics has been the reference of choice for those looking to learn about the fascinating history of humankind’s relationship with numbers, shapes, and patterns. This revised edition features up-to-date coverage of topics such as Fermat’s Last Theorem and the ... Leer más

    $25.00 USD

  • Philosophy of Science

    A Very Short Introduction

    de Samir Okasha ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    How much faith should we place in what scientists tell us? Is it possible for scientific knowledge to be fully 'objective'? What, really, can be defined as science? In the second edition of this Very Short Introduction, Samir Okasha explores the main themes and theories of contemporary philosophy of science, and investigates fascinating, challenging questions such as these. Starting at the very ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

  • Philosophy of Science: A Very Short Introduction

    de Samir Okasha ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    What is science? Is there a real difference between science and myth? Is science objective? Can science explain everything? This Very Short Introduction provides a concise overview of the main themes of contemporary philosophy of science. Beginning with a short history of science to set the scene, Samir Okasha goes on to investigate the nature of scientific reasoning, scientific explanation, ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

  • A Brief History of Infinity

    The Quest to Think the Unthinkable

    de Brian Clegg ...
    Series series Brief Histories
    'Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the street to the chemist, but that's just peanuts to space.' Douglas Adams, Hitch-hiker's Guide to the GalaxyWe human beings have trouble with infinity - yet infinity is a surprisingly human subject. Philosophers and mathematicians have gone mad contemplating ... Leer más

    $3.99 USD