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Ignorance : how it drives science /

"Knowledge is a big subject, says Stuart Firestein, but ignorance is a bigger one. And it is ignorance--not knowledge--that is the true engine of science. Most of us have a false impression of science as a surefire, deliberate, step-by-step method for finding things out and getting things done....

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Firestein, Stuart (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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520 |a "Contrary to the popular view of science as a mountainous accumulation of facts and data, Firestein takes the novel perspective that Ignorance is the main product and driving force of science, and that this is the best way to understand the process of scientific discovery"--  |c Provided by publisher. 
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505 0 |a Cover; Contents; Introduction; ONE: A Short View of Ignorance; TWO: Finding Out; THREE: Limits, Uncertainty, Impossibility, and Other Minor Problems; FOUR: Unpredicting; FIVE: The Quality of Ignorance; SIX: You and Ignorance; SEVEN: Case Histories; EIGHT: Coda; Notes; Suggested Reading; Additional Articles Consulted; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y. 
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