Science Rules - A Historical Introduction to Scientific Methods

Informationen zum Autor Peter Achinstein is a professor of philosophy at the Johns Hopkins University. His previous books include Concepts of Science , Law and Explanation , The Nature of Explanation , Particles and Waves , and The Book of Evidence . Klappentext Bringing together key primary sources spanning almost four centuries, Science Rules introduces readers to scientific methods that have played a prominent role in the history of scientific practice. Zusammenfassung Included is a famous nineteenth-century debate about scientific reasoning between the hypothetico-deductivist William Whewell and the inductivist John Stuart Mill; and an account of the realism-antirealism dispute about unobservables in science! with a consideration of Perrin's argument for the existence of molecules in the early twentieth century.

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• Authors: Peter Achinstein, Peter (EDT) Achinstein, Peter (The Johns Hopkins University) Achinstein
• Assisted by: Peter Achinstein (Editor), Peter (The Johns Hopkins University) Achinstein (Editor)
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.11.2004
• EAN: 9780801879449
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-7944-9
• No. of pages: 440
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 32 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Humanities (general); Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); SCIENCE / History, SCIENCE / Weights & Measures, History of Science, Scientific standards, measurement etc, Scientific Standards