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|a Derry, Gregory Neil,
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|a What Science Is and How It Works /
|c Gregory N. Derry.
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|a Princeton, N.J. :
|b Princeton University Press,
|c 2002, 1999.
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|c ©2002, 1999.
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|g Prologue:
|t What is science? --
|g pt. I.
|t Exploring the frontiers of science : how new discoveries are made in the sciences:
|t A bird's eye view : the many routes to scientific discovery ;
|t Nature's jigsaw : looking for patterns as a key to discovery ;
|t New vistas : expanding our world with instrumentation ;
|t Close, but no cigar : discrepancies as a trigger to discovery ;
|t Ingredients for a revolution : thematic imagination, precise measurements and the motions of the planets --
|g pt. II.
|t Mental tactics : some distinctively scientific approaches to the world:
|t A universe in a bottle : models, modeling and successive approximation ;
|t Thinking straight : evidence, reason and critical evaluation ;
|t The numbers game : uses of quantitative reasoning --
|g pt. III.
|t Larger questions : the context of science:
|t Ultimate questions : science and religion ;
|t More practical questions : science and society ;
|t Difficult and important questions : science, values and ethics ;
|t Questions of authenticity : science, pseudoscience and how to tell the difference ;
|t Contentious questions : the shadowy borderlands of science ;
|t Very abstract questions : the philosophy of science ;
|t Questions of legitimacy : the postmodern critique of science --
|g pt. IV.
|t Common ground : some unifying concepts in the sciences:
|t Fleas and giants : some fascinating insights about area, volume and size ;
|t The edge of the abyss : order and disorder in the universe ;
|t Riding Blake's tiger : symmetry in science, art and mathematics ;
|t The straight and narrow : linear dependence in the sciences ;
|t The limits of the possible : exponential growth and decay ;
|t In the loop : feedback, homeostasis and cybernetics --
|g Epilogue:
|t So, what is science?
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