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Heavenly errors : misconceptions about the real nature of the universe /
John Allen Paulos, author of Innumeracy and A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper:Although ostensibly about astronomy, Comins's Heavenly Errors effectively uses common (mis)conceptions about the subject to present an elegant tutorial on scientific thought--as much about embarrassing holes in argu...
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
©2001.
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Table des matières:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1. Fun in the Sun
- 2. Blame It on Someone Else
- 3. Creating Your Own Private Cosmos
- 4. Survival in a Misperceived World
- 5. Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
- 6. The Sage on the Stage or the Guide by Your Side
- 7. Let the Buyer Beware
- 8. Conflicts and Dangers
- Epilogue
- Selected Bibliography
- Index.