Dear, Peter,  1958- <br/><br/>
The intelligibility of nature  how science makes sense of the world /  [electronic resource] : 
Peter Dear. 
 - Chicago :  University of Chicago Press,  2006. 
 - xii, 242 p. :  ill. 
 - Science.culture .
 - Science.culture. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-233) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction : science as natural philosophy, science as instrumentality -- The mechanical universe from Galileo to Newton -- A place for everything : the classification of the world -- The chemical revolution thwarted by atoms -- Design and disorder : the origin of species -- Dynamical explanation : the aether and Victorian machines -- How to understand nature? : Einstein, Bohr, and the quantum universe -- Conclusion : making sense in science. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Palo Alto, Calif. : <br/>ebrary, <br/>2013. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA627084  bnb 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Science--Methodology--History.<br/>Science--Philosophy--History.<br/>Reasoning--History.<br/>Philosophy of nature--History.
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>Q175.32.R45  / D43 2006eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>501