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Using the law of thermodynamics, one of today's most penetrating and celebrated thinkers sets out to explain the consequences of nonlinear dynamics (or chaos theory) for philosophy and science. Concerned with the interplay between science, society, and power, Isabelle Stengers offers a unique perspective on the power of scientific theories to modify society, and vice versa. 9 diagrams .
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Isabelle Stengers Free University of Brussels, Belgium
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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French
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Power and Invention
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University of Minnesota Press, 1997
ISBN 10: 0816625166
ISBN 13: 9780816625161
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Seller: Galisteo Consulting Group Books, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Used - very good. Ships from the USA. Among the questions that Stengers confronts in Power and Invention are: Is psychoanalysis a science? Is there such a thing as 'women's science'? and What are scientific theories? In asking these questions she argues for an 'open science'. Seller Inventory # B868_53_34