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

Chalmers, A. F.

ISBN 10: 0335101070 / ISBN 13: 9780335101078

Published by Open University Press, 1994

About this Item

Revised Second Edition. No inscriptions or markings. Cover remains tight and sharp, slightly toned with some light general rubbing. Tight binding, no creasing to the spine. xix, 179pp.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: What Is This Thing Called Science? An Assessment of the Nature and Status of Science and Its Methods
• Publisher: Open University Press
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0335101070
• ISBN 13: 9780335101078
• Binding: Softcover
• Edition: Second Edition.
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

What is This Thing Called Science? Chalmers, A.F.

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.