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.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Peter Achinstein, Peter (EDT) Achinstein, Peter (The Johns Hopkins University) Achinstein
• Collaboration: Peter Achinstein (Editeur), Peter (The Johns Hopkins University) Achinstein (Editeur)
• Edition: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 19.11.2004
• EAN: 9780801879432
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-7943-2
• Pages: 440
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 241 mm x 38 mm
• Catégories: Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Sciences naturelles en général; SCIENCE / History, SCIENCE / Weights & Measures, History of Science, Scientific standards, measurement etc, Scientific Standards