Uncommon Sense: The Heretical Nature of Science

Author:   Alan Cromer (Professor of Physics, Professor of Physics, Northeastern University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
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9780195096361


Pages:   256
Publication Date:   07 September 1995
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Alan Cromer (Professor of Physics, Professor of Physics, Northeastern University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 20.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 13.40cm
Weight:   0.249kg
ISBN:  

9780195096361


ISBN 10:   0195096363
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   07 September 1995
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Aspects of Science; Mind and Magic; From Apes to Agriculture; Prophets and Poets; Theorems and Planets; Sages and Scholars; Towns and Gowns; Science and Nonsense; Are we Alone?; Education for an Age of Science; Appendix A: Hindu Trigonometry; Appendix B: An Integrated Science Course.

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this book is a healthy antidote to all the deconstructing of the remarkable achievements of Western science that is going on in modern academic life. Harold Morowitz, Nature


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Alan Cromer, a professor of physics at Northeastern University, is actively involved with enhancing middle-level science education.

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