179 pages. Since its first publication in 1976, Alan Chalmers's highly regarded and wide ly read work--translated into eighteen languages--has become a classic introduct ion to the scientific method, known for its accessibility to beginners and its v.

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Title

What is this Thing Called Science?

Publisher

University of Queensland Press

Publication Date

1982

Language

English

ISBN 10

0702218316

ISBN 13

9780702218316

Binding

Paperback

Edition

2nd Edition

Condition

Very Good

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Book by A F Chalmers

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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