Scienceblind : why our intuitive theories about the world are so often wrong / Andrew Shtulman.
Scienceblind : why our intuitive theories about the world are so often wrong / Andrew Shtulman.
Scienceblind : why our intuitive theories about the world are so often wrong / Andrew Shtulman.
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New York : Basic Books, [2017]
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G 2017/2480
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English
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viii, 311 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Why we get the world wrong -- Intuitive theories of the physical world -- Matter: what is the world made of? How do those components interact? -- Energy: what makes something hot? What makes something loud? -- Gravity: what makes something heavy? What makes something fall? -- Motion: what makes obje...
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New York : Basic Books, [2017]
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New York (State)
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[2017]
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Why do we catch colds? What causes seasons to change? And if you fire a bullet from a gun and drop one from your hand, which bullet hits the ground first? In a pinch we almost always get these questions wrong. Worse, we regularly misconstrue fundamental qualities of the world around us. In Scienceblind, cognitive and developmental psychologist Andr...
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Scienceblind : why our intuitive theories about the world are so often wrong / Andrew Shtulman.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-298) and index.
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G 2017/2480
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74VKVa83xdvA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVa83xdvA
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9780465053940 hardcover
0465053947 hardcover
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501
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991024104170102626
