M. Norton Wise

Gebundenes Buch

Growing Explanations

Historical Perspectives on Recent Science

Herausgeber: Wise, M Norton

Beschreibung

This collection addresses a post-WWII shift in the hierarchy of scientific explanations, where the highest goal moves from reductionism towards some understanding of how elementary objects get built up, or "grown up," into complex, objects whose

Autor

M. Norton Wise is Professor of History at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is a coauthor of Energy and Empire: A Biographical Study of Lord Kelvin and the editor of The Values of Precision.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. November 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 242mm x 161mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 635g
• ISBN-13: 9780822333074
• ISBN-10: 0822333074
• Artikelnr.: 13807713