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100 _aThompson, Mel
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245 0 _aPhilosophy of science. /
_cMel Thompson.
260 _aLondon :
_bHodder & Stoughton,
_cc2001.
300 _axiii,
_b194 p.
_c20 cm.
500 _aExplores how the ideas that shape the world have been developed, from the genetic basis of life, to the structures of the universe and the atom. Delves into the investigation of science, realms of scientific method, discovery of the key philosophers and scientists, and the exploration of the impact of science on Western thoughts.
520 _a Cosmology
520 _a Instrumentalism and relevance
520 _a Postscript:The quest for knowledge and control.
520 _a Predicability and determinism
520 _a Relativism
520 _a Science and authority
520 _a Science and humankind
520 _a Scientific realism
520 _a The philosophy of biology
520 _a The scientific method
520 _a Theories, laws and progress
520 _aContents: The history of science
650 _aScience
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