Ignorance how it drives science /
"Knowledge is a big subject, says Stuart Firestein, but ignorance is a bigger one. And it is ignorance--not knowledge--that is the true engine of science. Most of us have a false impression of science as a surefire, deliberate, step-by-step method for finding things out and getting things done....
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| Formato: | Electrónico Libro electrónico |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | https://elibro.net/ereader/ufasta/162270 |
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Tabla de Contenidos:
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- Chapter 1. A Short View of Ignorance
- Chapter 2. Finding Out
- Chapter 3. Limits, Uncertainty, Impossibility, and Other Minor Problems
- Chapter 4. Unpredicting
- Chapter 5. The Quality of Ignorance
- Chapter 6. Ignorance in Action: Case Histories
- Chapter 7. Ignorance beyond the Lab.