The Intelligibility of Nature
How Science Makes Sense of the World
254 pages, 6 halftones, 20 line drawings 5-1/4 x 8
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2006
Series: science.culture
Cloth $27.50
ISBN: 9780226139487
Published August 2006
Paper $17.00
ISBN: 9780226139494
Published March 2008
Acknowledgments
List of Illustrations
Introduction: Science as Natural Philosophy, Science as Instrumentality
1. The Mechanical Universe from Galileo to Newton
2. A Place for Everything: The Classification of the World
3. The Chemical Revolution Thwarted by Atoms
4. Design and Disorder: The Origin of Species
5. Dynamical Explanation: The Aether and Victorian Machines
6. How to Understand Nature? Einstein, Bohr, and the Quantum Universe
Conclusion: Making Sense in Science Notes
Bibliographical Essay Index
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