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All earnest and honest human quests for knowledge are efforts to understand Nature, which includes both human and nonhuman systems, the objects of study in science. Thus, broadly speaking, all these quests are in the science domain. The methods and tools used may be different; for example, the liter...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Burguete, Maria, Lam, Lui
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific Pub. Co., ©2008.
Temas:
Science and the humanities.
Humanities.
Interdisciplinary approach to knowledge.
System theory.
Social systems.
Systems Theory
Sciences et sciences humaines.
Interdisciplinarité.
Théorie des systèmes.
Systèmes sociaux.
REFERENCE > Questions & Answers.
Humanities
Interdisciplinary approach to knowledge
Science and the humanities
Social systems
System theory
History of Scholarship & Learning.
General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:All earnest and honest human quests for knowledge are efforts to understand Nature, which includes both human and nonhuman systems, the objects of study in science. Thus, broadly speaking, all these quests are in the science domain. The methods and tools used may be different; for example, the literary people use mainly their bodily sensors and their brain as the information processor, while natural scientists may use, in addition, measuring instruments and computers. Yet, all these activities could be viewed in a unified perspective - they are scientific developments at varying stages of matu.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xv, 271 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789812835949
9812835946
128244235X
9781282442351

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