Uncommon Sense: The Heretical Nature of Science - Couverture rigide

Cromer, Alan H.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0195082133 ISBN 13 : 9780195082135

Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 1993

Synopsis

Using history, psychology, philosophy, and personal experience, this treatise develops the idea that scientific thought is a radically new way of thinking that is contrary to man's natural tendencies. This view gives insight into the origin of science, the difference between science and pseudoscience, the nature of progress, and the requirements of science education.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Uncommon Sense is an innovative and lively examination of science and its historical development as an "unnatural" mode of thought. This book looks at why science developed in the West and what its implications have been for our society. This book will also challenge many assumptions about the nature and role of science in our world. Professor of Physics, Alan Cromer, examines not only the history of science and its unique mode of thought but also the way that science is taught and suggests ways of restructuring the curriculum. Uncommon Sense is an illuminating look at science, filled with provocative observations. Whether challenging Thomas Kuhn's theory of scientific revolutions, or extolling the virtues of Euclid's Elements, Alan Cromer is always insightful, outspoken, and refreshingly original.

Revue de presse

... this book is a healthy antidote to all the deconstructing of the remarkable achievements of Western science that is going on in modern academic life. (Harold Morowitz, Nature)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press Inc
• Date d'édition: 1993
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0195082133
• ISBN 13: 9780195082135
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 255
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Messaggerie Libri; ufficio.anagrafiche@meli.it; ; Via Verdi, 8; Assago Milano; Italie