About this title: This book shows that many of our understandings about scientific thought can be corrected once we realise just how "unnatural" science actually is. Quoting scientists from Aristotle to Einstein, the author argues that scientific ideas are, with rare exceptions, counter-intuitive and that common sense often makes no sense at all. A passionate advocate of the beauty and importance of science, the author examines a range of issues, including why science and technology are quite different, why psychoanalysis is not properly scientific and why philosophers and sociologists have made so little ...
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. 0674929802 Former library item may have library binding and show stamps, stickers or other marks. Items not meeting quality expectations may be returned. Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. read more
Description: Good. 0674929802 Former library item may have library binding and show stamps, stickers or other marks. Items not meeting quality expectations may be returned. Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780674929807ISBN:0674929802
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Ex-library with stamps and stickers, mylar cover on dj. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 191 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Date Published: 4/25/2000
ISBN-13:9780674929814ISBN:0674929810
Description: Great Condition. SoftCover, Great Condition, clean/unmarked textblock, tight binding, minor edge/cover wear, from a private collection. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Faber & Faber Ltd, United Kingdom
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780571169726ISBN:0571169724
Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 178pp. References. Index. Paperback in very good condition. 'An engaging and well-written introduction to what science is and what it is not' read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780571164905ISBN:0571164900
Description: Fair. Ex-library hardbook has usual stamps and labels, some wear to edges of removable plastic cover and DJ, minor wear to boards, page edges tanned, pages lightly tanned otherwise interior in very good clean condition. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN-13:9780674929807ISBN:0674929802
Description: Good in Good jacket. In jacket with tear at bottom of front panel. Also there is a nasty bump and tear at the bottom of front board: effects front pastedown. Still a good+ reading copy. Clean interiors. No markings. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Faber & Faber, London
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780571169726ISBN:0571169724
Description: Very Good. Ex-Library. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Tightly bound with contents clean and bright, good overall condition, we post daily from our UK warehouse, if you have any questions or require images then please don't hesitate to contact us for an immediate courteous response. read more
Description: New. How is it that nobody--except maybe scientists--sees science for what it is? In this entertaining and provocative book, Lewis Wolpert draws on the entire history of science, from Thales of Miletus to Watson and Crick, from the study of eugenics to t... read more
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