What science is and how it works/ (Record no. 149381)
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| fixed length control field | 00327nam a2200121Ia 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780691095509 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | CUS |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 500 |
| Item number | DER/W |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Derry, Gregory Neil |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | What science is and how it works/ |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Gregory Neil Derry |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Princeton: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Princeton University press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 1999. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 311 p: xi, illustrations ; 23 cm |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Prologue: What is science? --<br/>pt. I. Exploring the frontiers of science : how new discoveries are made in the sciences: A bird's eye view : the many routes to scientific discovery ; Nature's jigsaw : looking for patterns as a key to discovery ; New vistas : expanding our world with instrumentation ; Close, but no cigar : discrepancies as a trigger to discovery ; Ingredients for a revolution : thematic imagination, precise measurements and the motions of the planets --<br/>pt. II. Mental tactics : some distinctively scientific approaches to the world: A universe in a bottle : models, modeling and successive approximation ; Thinking straight : evidence, reason and critical evaluation ; The numbers game : uses of quantitative reasoning --<br/>pt. III. Larger questions : the context of science: Ultimate questions : science and religion ; More practical questions : science and society ; Difficult and important questions : science, values and ethics ; Questions of authenticity : science, pseudoscience and how to tell the difference ; Contentious questions : the shadowy borderlands of science ; Very abstract questions : the philosophy of science ; Questions of legitimacy : the postmodern critique of science --<br/>pt. IV. Common ground : some unifying concepts in the sciences: Fleas and giants : some fascinating insights about area, volume and size ; The edge of the abyss : order and disorder in the universe ; Riding Blake's tiger : symmetry in science, art and mathematics ; The straight and narrow : linear dependence in the sciences ; The limits of the possible : exponential growth and decay ; In the loop : feedback, homeostasis and cybernetics --<br/>Epilogue: So, what is science? |
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| Keyword | Science |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | General Books |
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| Central Library, Sikkim University | Central Library, Sikkim University | General Book Section | 28/08/2016 | 500 DER/W | P04042 | 07/09/2018 | 07/09/2018 | General Books |