Philosophy of science books

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Conjecture and Proofs: An Introduction to Mathematical Thinking

Conjecture and Proofs: An Introduction to Mathematical...
Author: Diane Schwartz ISBN: 9780030983382 Format: Hardback	$554.27
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Nature of Science: Problems and Perspectives

Nature of Science: Problems and Perspectives
Author: Edwin Hung ISBN: 9780534247508 Format: Paperback	$321.95
Focusing on the philosophy of science, this study is divided into two books. Book I deals with traditional problems... Read More >>

Defining Science: A Rhetoric of Demarcation

Defining Science: A Rhetoric of Demarcation
Author: Charles Alan Taylor ISBN: 9780299150341 Format: Paperback	$60.59
What is science? What isn't science? And who draws the line between them? This book presents the theoretical and... Read More >>

Women's Bodies in Classical Greek Science

Women's Bodies in Classical Greek Science
Author: Lesley Dean-Jones (Assistant Professor of Classics, Assistant Professor of Classics, University of Texas at Austin, USA) ISBN: 9780198150466 Format: Paperback	$71.95
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Do Lemmings Commit Suicide?: Beautiful Hypotheses and Ugly Facts

Do Lemmings Commit Suicide?: Beautiful Hypotheses and...
Author: Dennis Chitty (Profesor, Profesor, University of British Columbia) ISBN: 9780195097863 Format: Paperback	$104.95
This book is a personal history and apology, written by one of this century's most distinguished small mammal ecologists,... Read More >>

Do Lemmings Commit Suicide?: Beautiful Hypotheses and Ugly Facts

Do Lemmings Commit Suicide?: Beautiful Hypotheses and...
Author: Dennis Chitty (Profesor, Profesor, University of British Columbia) ISBN: 9780195097856 Format: Hardback	$400.00
This book is a personal history and apology, written by one of this century's most distinguished small mammal ecologists,... Read More >>

In and About the World: Philosophical Studies of Science and Technology

In and About the World: Philosophical Studies of Science...
Author: Hans Radder ISBN: 9780791430507 Format: Paperback	$79.07
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Companion to the History of Modern Science

Companion to the History of Modern Science
Author: G N Cantor , G.N. Cantor ISBN: 9780415145787 Format: Paperback	$294.00
An analysis of the development of Western science from AD 1500. Read More >>

Aldous Huxley and the Mysticism of Science

Aldous Huxley and the Mysticism of Science
Author: J. Deery ISBN: 9780333637678 Format: Hardback	$290.37
Can religious belief survive in a scientific era? Aldous Huxley thought so. His early recognition of the significance... Read More >>

Error and the Growth of Experimental Knowledge

Error and the Growth of Experimental Knowledge
Author: Deborah G. Mayo ISBN: 9780226511979 Format: Hardback	$232.95
This text provides a critique of the subjective Bayesian view of statistical inference, and proposes the author's... Read More >>

Beauty and Revolution in Science

Beauty and Revolution in Science
Author: James W. McAllister ISBN: 9780801432408 Format: Hardback	$150.35
How reasonable and rational can science be when its practitioners speak of ""revolutions"" in their thinking and... Read More >>

Scientist Speaks Out, A: A Personal Perspective On Science, Society And Change

Scientist Speaks Out, A: A Personal Perspective On Science,...
Author: Glenn T Seaborg (Univ Of California, Berkeley & Lawrence Berkeley Nat'l Lab, Usa) , Glenn T Seaborg (Univ Of California, Berkeley & Lawrence Berkeley Nat'l Lab, Usa) ISBN: 9789810222048 Format: Hardback	$134.64
Nobel Laureate (Chemistry, 1951), Glenn T. Seaborg shares some of his thoughts on a range of his interests, from... Read More >>

Methods Toward a Science of Behavior and Experience

Methods Toward a Science of Behavior and Experience...
Author: William J. Ray , Richard Ravizza ISBN: 9780534203467 Format: Hardback	$137.94
"Taking a broad, ""philosophy of science"" approach, this text introduces students to the basics of doing science... Read More >>

Royal Institution of Great Britain: v. 67

Royal Institution of Great Britain: v. 67
Author: Peter Day ISBN: 9780198559382 Format: Hardback	$165.00
This text presents popular writings by active scientists of the Royal Institution of Great Britain, covering areas... Read More >>

The Philosophy of Science

The Philosophy of Science
Author: David Papineau (Professor of the Philosophy of Science, Department of Philosophy, Professor of the Philosophy of Science, Department of Philosophy, King's College, London) ISBN: 9780198751656 Format: Paperback	$135.95
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Scientific Knowledge: A Soilological Analysis

Scientific Knowledge: A Soilological Analysis
Author: Barry Barnes (Professor of Sociology, University of Essex) , David Bloor (University of Edinburgh) ISBN: 9780226037318 Format: Paperback	$66.00
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The Trouble with Computers: Usefulness, Usability, and Productivity

The Trouble with Computers: Usefulness, Usability, and...
Author: Thomas K. Landauer ISBN: 9780262621083 Format: Paperback	$92.40
Beginning with an explanation of why considerable outlays for computing since 1973 have not resulted in comparable... Read More >>

Scientific Knowledge: A Sociological Analysis

Scientific Knowledge: A Sociological Analysis
Author: Barry Barnes (Professor of Sociology, University of Essex) , David Bloor (University of Edinburgh) ISBN: 9780226037301 Format: Hardback	$145.20
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Leo Szilard: Science as a Mode of Being

Leo Szilard: Science as a Mode of Being
Author: David A. Grandy ISBN: 9780761803089 Format: Hardback	$209.88
Best known for his work on the atomic bomb, Leo Szilard made important contributions to twentieth-century physics,... Read More >>

Against Nature: The Concept of Nature in Critical Theory

Against Nature: The Concept of Nature in Critical Theory...
Author: Steven Vogel ISBN: 9780791430460 Format: Paperback	$60.59
Argues that the tradition of critical theory has had significant problems dealing with the concept of nature and... Read More >>

Darwinism Evolving: Systems Dynamics and the Genealogy of Natural Selection

Darwinism Evolving: Systems Dynamics and the Genealogy...
Author: David J. Depew , Bruce H. Weber ISBN: 9780262540834 Format: Paperback	$105.60
Darwinism Evolving examines the Darwinian research tradition in evolutionary biology from its inception to its turbulent... Read More >>

Science and the Secrets of Nature: Books of Secrets in Medieval and Early Modern Culture

Science and the Secrets of Nature: Books of Secrets...
Author: William Eamon ISBN: 9780691026022 Format: Paperback	$110.00
By explaining how to sire multicolored horses, produce nuts without shells, and create an egg the size of a human... Read More >>

Against Nature: The Concept of Nature in Critical Theory

Against Nature: The Concept of Nature in Critical Theory...
Author: Steven Vogel ISBN: 9780791430453 Format: Hardback	$261.36
Argues that the tradition of critical theory has had significant problems dealing with the concept of nature and... Read More >>

Authentic Knowing: Convergence of Science and Spiritual Aspiration

Authentic Knowing: Convergence of Science and Spiritual...
Author: Imants Baruss ISBN: 9781557530851 Format: Paperback	$55.99
Authentic Knowing is an accessible and humane presentation of our most basic concerns and draws on a wide variety... Read More >>

Picturing Knowledge: Historical and Philosophical Problems Concerning the Use of Art in Science

Picturing Knowledge: Historical and Philosophical Problems...
Author: Brian S. Baigrie ISBN: 9780802029850 Format: Hardback	$250.80
The contributors to this volume examine the historical and philosophical issues concerning the role that scientific... Read More >>

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