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What Is This Thing Called Science?: An Assessment of the Nature and Status of Science and Its Methods - Softcover

Chalmers

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9780872201491: What Is This Thing Called Science?: An Assessment of the Nature and Status of Science and Its Methods
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ISBN 10: 087220149X ISBN 13: 9780872201491
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, 1995

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Book by Chalmers, A. F.

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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.

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

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Publisher
Hackett Publishing Company
Publication date
1995
Language
English
ISBN 10 
087220149X
ISBN 13 
9780872201491
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
2
Rating
  • 3.80 out of 5 stars
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