Uncommon Sense: The Heretical Nature of Science - Brossura

Cromer, Alan

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ISBN 10: 0195096363 ISBN 13: 9780195096361

Casa editrice: Oxford University Press USA, 1993

Riassunto

Uncommon Sense is an innovative and lively examination of science and its historical development as an "unnatural" mode of thought. This book looks at why science developed in the West and what its implications have been for our society. This book will also challenge many assumptions about the nature and role of science in our world. Professor of Physics, Alan Cromer, examines not only the history of science and its unique mode of thought but also the way that science is taught and suggests ways of restructuring the curriculum. Uncommon Sense is an illuminating look at science, filled with provocative observations. Whether challenging Thomas Kuhn's theory of scientific revolutions, or extolling the virtues of Euclid's Elements, Alan Cromer is always insightful, outspoken, and refreshingly original.

Su questo libro

Recensione:

... this book is a healthy antidote to all the deconstructing of the remarkable achievements of Western science that is going on in modern academic life. (Harold Morowitz, Nature)

L'autore:

Alan Cromer is Professor of Physics and Northeastern University

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Oxford University Press USA
• Data di pubblicazione: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0195096363
• ISBN 13: 9780195096361
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 260