What is this thing called science?: An assessment of the nature and status of science and its methods - Softcover

Chalmers, A. F

Softcover

ISBN 10: 070221342X ISBN 13: 9780702213427

Publisher: University of Queensland Press, 1976

Synopsis

This new edition of Chalmers's highly regarded and widely read work-translated
into fifteen languages-is extensively rewritten and reorganized, reflecting the experience of the author, his colleagues, and correspondents in twenty years of teaching from the previous edition. Significant additions are new chapters on the Bayesian approach to science, the new experimentalism, the nature of scientific laws, and the realism/anti-realism debate. An ideal introduction to scientific method, Chalmers's work is both accessible to beginners and a valuable
resource for advanced students and scholars.

About this title

About the Author

Alan Chalmers was born in Bristol, England and has a BSc in physics from the University of Bristol, an MSc in physics from the University of Manchester and a PhD in History and Philosophy of Science from the University of London. He has taught history and philosophy of science at the University of Sydney since 1971 and is now an Associate Professor there. He is the author of Science and its Fabrication (Open University Press, 1990), as well as the previous two editions of What is this Thing Called Science? and many articles on history and philosophy of science.

Review

"Any teacher of history, from primary school to university, can learn much from this articulate book." - Teaching History

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Queensland Press
• Publication date: 1976
• ISBN 10: 070221342X
• ISBN 13: 9780702213427
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 157