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Scienceblind : why our intuitive theories about the world are so often wrong
- Title
- Scienceblind : why our intuitive theories about the world are so often wrong / Andrew Shtulman.
- Author
- Shtulman, Andrew
- Publication
- New York : Basic Books, [2017]
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Details
- Description
- viii, 311 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
- Alternative Title
- Science blind
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-298) and index.
- Contents
- Why we get the world wrong -- Intuitive theories of the physical world -- Matter : what is the world made of? How do those components interact? -- Energy : what makes something hot? What makes something loud? -- Gravity : what makes something heavy? What makes something fall? -- Motion : what makes objects move? What paths do moving objects take? -- Cosmos : what is the shape of our world? What is its place in the cosmos? -- Earth : why do continents drift? Why do climates change? -- Intuitive theories of the biological world -- Life : what makes us alive? What causes us to die? -- Growth : why do we grow bigger? Why do we grow older? -- Inheritance : why do we resemble our parents? Where did we get our traits? -- Illness : what makes us ill? How does illness spread? -- Adaptation : why are there so many lifeforms? How do they change over time? -- Ancestry : where do species come from? How are they related? -- How to get the world right.
- Call Number
- JFE 17-6526
- ISBN
- 9780465053940
- 0465053947
- LCCN
- 2016050643
- OCLC
- 2016050643
- Author
- Shtulman, Andrew.
- Title
- Scienceblind : why our intuitive theories about the world are so often wrong / Andrew Shtulman.
- Publisher
- New York : Basic Books, [2017]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-298) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 17-6526