Scientific method : an historical and philosophical introduction / Barry Gower.
Scientific method : an historical and philosophical introduction / Barry Gower.
Scientific method : an historical and philosophical introduction / Barry Gower.
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New York : Routledge, 1996.
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1996.
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T0390835
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English
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vi, 276 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Introduction -- 2. Galileo Galilei: New methods for a new science -- 3. Francis Bacon: Why experiments matter -- 4. Isaac Newton: Rules for reasoning scientifically -- 5. The Bernoullis and Thomas Bayes: Probability and scientific method -- 6. John Herschel, John Stuart Mill and William Whewell:...
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New York : Routledge, 1996.
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New York (State)
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1996.
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The results, conclusions and claims of natural science are often taken to be reliable because they arise from the use of a distinctive method. Yet today, there is widespread scepticism as to whether we can validly talk of method in modern science. This outstanding new survey explains how this controversy has developed since the seventeenth century...
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Scientific method : an historical and philosophical introduction / Barry Gower.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Transferred from N502.8/28.
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T0390835
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0415122813 (hbk.)
9780415122825 (pbk.)
0415122821 (pbk.)
9780415122818
0415122813
9780415122818 (hbk.)
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502.8
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991004760479702626
