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What Science Is and How It Works.

How does a scientist go about solving problems? How do scientific discoveries happen? Why are cold fusion and parapsychology different from mainstream science? What is a scientific worldview? In this lively and wide-ranging book, Gregory Derry talks about these and other questions as he introduces t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Derry, Gregory Neil, 1952-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2001.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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