Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Art of ScienceCondition: NewISBN-10: 1442600985EAN: 9781442600980ISBN: 9781442600980Publisher: University of Toronto PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 08/27/2008Description: The result of an unusual collaboration between a physicist with a strong interest in the histories of art and science, and a philosopher with a broad knowledge of science as a human activity, The Art of Science gives readers an appreciation of the activities of science: the hands-on work of experimentation, the struggle to convince people of the validity of novel findings, and the excitement of "eureka" moments. In so doing, the book shows how scientific knowledge is made, and occasionally unmade. The Art of Science steers a course between two important and contradictory images that have a myth-like status: that of the scientist as computer, and that of the scientist as genius. If we abandon these images to focus on what scientists really do, we see that the sciences are also arts. To show the artistry of science, text and images are woven together, so that the book makes its arguments not just through stories of science, but through vibrant and arresting illustrations that help to bring the activity of science to life. The Art of Science shows science not as austere and other-worldly, but as textured and wonderfully human. Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: CAItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmItem Width: 15mmItem Weight: 340gAuthor: Boris Castel, Sergio SismondoGenre: Science Nature & MathTopic: Social Sciences, History, Society & CultureRelease Year: 2008 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: The Art of Science
Title: The Art of Science
ISBN-10: 1442600985
EAN: 9781442600980
ISBN: 9781442600980
Release Date: 08/27/2008
Release Year: 2008
Country/Region of Manufacture: CA
Genre: Science Nature & Math
Topic: Society & Culture
Number of Pages: 200 Pages
Publication Name: Art of Science
Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Item Height: 0.6 in
Subject: Philosophy & Social Aspects, Social Aspects, Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Publication Year: 2008
Features: Revised
Item Weight: 12 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Sergio Sismondo, Boris CASTEL
Item Length: 9 in
Subject Area: Technology & Engineering, Social Science, Science
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
