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The History and Philosophy of Science: A Reader (Hardcover, HPOD) Loot Price: R4,690
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The History and Philosophy of Science:  A Reader (Hardcover, HPOD): Daniel McKaughan, Holly Vande Wall

The History and Philosophy of Science: A Reader (Hardcover, HPOD)

Daniel McKaughan, Holly Vande Wall

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The History and Philosophy of Science: A Reader brings together seminal texts from antiquity to the end of the nineteenth century and makes them accessible in one volume for the first time. With readings from Aristotle, Aquinas, Copernicus, Galileo, Descartes, Newton, Lavoisier, Linnaeus, Darwin, Faraday, and Maxwell, it analyses and discusses major classical, medieval and modern texts and figures from the natural sciences. Grouped by topic to clarify the development of methods and disciplines and the unification of theories, each section includes an introduction, suggestions for further reading and end-of-section discussion questions, allowing students to develop the skills needed to: read, interpret, and critically engage with central problems and ideas from the history and philosophy of science understand and evaluate scientific material found in a wide variety of professional and popular settings appreciate the social and cultural context in which scientific ideas emerge identify the roles that mathematics plays in scientific inquiry Featuring primary sources in all the core scientific fields - astronomy, physics, chemistry, and the life sciences - The History and Philosophy of Science: A Reader is ideal for students looking to better understand the origins of natural science and the questions asked throughout its history. By taking a thematic approach to introduce influential assumptions, methods and answers, this reader illustrates the implications of an impressive range of values and ideas across the history and philosophy of Western science.

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Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: 2018
Editors: Daniel McKaughan • Holly Vande Wall
Dimensions: 244 x 169mm (L x W)
Format: Hardcover - With dust jacket
Pages: 1098
Edition: HPOD
ISBN-13: 978-1-4742-3273-9
Categories: Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Philosophy of science
Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Ancient Western philosophy to c 500 > General
Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Western philosophy, c 500 to c 1600 > General
Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > General
Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Ancient Western philosophy to c 500 > General
Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > General
Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Western philosophy, c 500 to c 1600 > General
LSN: 1-4742-3273-6
Barcode: 9781474232739

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