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It Could Be Otherwise
Science in the Age of Uncertainty
Inbunden, 2026
311 kr
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A profound argument for science that embraces uncertainty and promotes possibility, creativity, and the belief that we can shape, if not determine, our future The search for certainty is embedded deep in the mythos of science. Science is expected to provide definitive answers based on immutable and …
Ignorance
How It Drives Science
Inbunden, 2012
324 kr
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Knowledge is a big subject, says Stuart Firestein, but ignorance is a bigger one. And it is ignorance--not knowledge--that is the true engine of science. Most of us have a false impression of science as a surefire, deliberate, step-by-step method for finding things out and getting things done. In …
Failure
Why Science Is So Successful
E-bok, 2015
184 kr
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The general public has a glorified view of the pursuit of scientific research. However, the idealized perception of science as a rule-based, methodical system for accumulating facts could not be further from the truth. Modern science involves the idiosyncratic, often bumbling search for …
Failure
Why Science Is So Successful
E-bok, 2015
184 kr
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The general public has a glorified view of the pursuit of scientific research. However, the idealized perception of science as a rule-based, methodical system for accumulating facts could not be further from the truth. Modern science involves the idiosyncratic, often bumbling search for …
Ignorance
How It Drives Science
E-bok, 2012
184 kr
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Knowledge is a big subject, says Stuart Firestein, but ignorance is a bigger one. And it is ignorance--not knowledge--that is the true engine of science. Most of us have a false impression of science as a surefire, deliberate, step-by-step method for finding things out and getting things done. In …
Ignorance
How It Drives Science
E-bok, 2012
184 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Knowledge is a big subject, says Stuart Firestein, but ignorance is a bigger one. And it is ignorance--not knowledge--that is the true engine of science. Most of us have a false impression of science as a surefire, deliberate, step-by-step method for finding things out and getting things done. In …
