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Scienceblind : why our intuitive theories about the world are so often wrong
Shtulman, Andrew.
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Basic Books, |
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[2017] |
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viii, 311 pages : |
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9780465053940 |
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Scienceblind : why our intuitive theories about the world are so often wrong
Shtulman, Andrew.
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Scienceblind : why our intuitive theories about the world are so often wrong
Shtulman, Andrew.
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Shtulman, Andrew.
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Title:
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Scienceblind : why our intuitive theories about the world are so often wrong / Andrew Shtulman.
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Publication:
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New York : Basic Books, [2017]
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Copyright date:
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©2017.
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Physical description:
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viii, 311 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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text txt
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unmediated n
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Variant title:
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Science blind
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Subject term:
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Science--Methodology.
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Subject term:
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Errors, Scientific.
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Subject term:
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Fallacies (Logic)
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Subject term:
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Intuition.
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Subject term:
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Reasoning.
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Bibliography note:
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Contents:
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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.
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ISBN:
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9780465053940 (hardcover)
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ISBN:
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(ISBN invalid)9780465094929 (ebook)
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7882384
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LCCN:
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2016050643
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