R180.00
“Why believe in the findings of science? John Ziman argues that scientific knowledge is not uniformly reliable, but rather like a map representing a country we cannot visit. He shows how science has many elements, including alongside its experiments and formulae the language and logic, patterns and preconceptions, facts and fantasies used to illustrate and express its findings. These elements are variously combined by scientists in their explanations of the material world as it lies outside our everyday experience. John Ziman’s book offers at once a valuably clear account and a radically challenging investigation of the credibility of scientific knowledge, searching widely across a range of disciplines for evidence about the perceptions, paradigms and analogies on which all our understanding depends.”
Price: R180.00
Edition: Reprint
Published: 1996
Publishers: Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9780521406703
Condition: Paperback in good condition, with minor shelf wear around the edges and top and bottom of the spine. Internally in very good condition – very clean and tightly bound.
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“Why believe in the findings of science? John Ziman argues that scientific knowledge is not uniformly reliable, but rather like a map representing a country we cannot visit. He shows how science has many elements, including alongside its experiments and formulae the language and logic, patterns and preconceptions, facts and fantasies used to illustrate and express its findings. These elements are variously combined by scientists in their explanations of the material world as it lies outside our everyday experience. John Ziman’s book offers at once a valuably clear account and a radically challenging investigation of the credibility of scientific knowledge, searching widely across a range of disciplines for evidence about the perceptions, paradigms and analogies on which all our understanding depends.”
Price: R180.00
Edition: Reprint
Published: 1996
Publishers: Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9780521406703
Condition: Paperback in good condition, with minor shelf wear around the edges and top and bottom of the spine. Internally in very good condition – very clean and tightly bound.
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| Weight | 232 g |
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