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Science without limits : toward a theory of interaction between nature and knowledge / James S. Perl...

Science without limits : toward a theory of interaction...

Science without limits : toward a theory of interaction between nature and knowledge / James S. Perl...

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Science without limits : toward a theory of interaction between nature and knowledge / James S. Perlman.

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Full title

Science without limits : toward a theory of interaction between nature and knowledge / James S. Perlman.

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Publisher

Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 1995.

Date

1995.

Call Numbers

T0390834

Record Identifier

74VMl8AGvXAg

MMS ID

991003437889702626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

358 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Contents

Pt. 1. The Dawn of Science. 1. Introduction: Science as a Human Enterprise. 2. Ancient Science: Survival Techniques and Learning by Experience. 3. Natural Causes: Ancient Atoms, Elements, and Transformations of Matter. 4. Early Observation, Reference Frames, and Relativity of Motion -- Pt. 2. Scienc...

13. Problems of Objectivity: The Subjective, and Selective, and the Encapsulating. 14. Expanding the Cocoon. 15. Explanation and Interaction: The Expanding Partial Pictures of Seneca, Roger Bacon, and Isaac Newton on the Rainbow. 16. Measurement as Interaction: Space, Time, and Einstein. 17. The Str...

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Publisher

Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 1995.

Place of Publication

New York (State)

Date Published

1995.

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Full title

Science without limits : toward a theory of interaction between nature and knowledge / James S. Perlman.

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Author / Creator

Notes

General note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Transferred from N502.8/27.

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Call Numbers

T0390834

Record Identifier

74VMl8AGvXAg

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMl8AGvXAg

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ISBN

0879759623 (hc : alk. paper)

9780879759629 (hc : alk. paper)

DDC

502.8

MMS ID

991003437889702626

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