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ISBN10: 1402088655, ISBN13: 9781402088650, [publisher: Springer Netherlands] Hardcover Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Our previous book, About Life, concerned modern biology. We used our present-day understanding of cells to 'define' the living state, providing a basis for exploring several general-interest topics: the origin of life, extraterrestrial life, intelligence, and the possibility that humans are unique. The ideas we proposed in About Life were intended as starting-points for debate - we did not claim them as 'truth' - but the information on which they were based is currently accepted as 'scientific fact'. What does that mean What is 'scientific fact' and why is it accepted What is science - and is biology like other sciences such as physics (except in subject m- ter) The book you are now reading investigates these questions - and some related ones. Like About Life, it may particularly interest a reader who wishes to change career to biology and its related subdisciplines. In line with a recommendation by the British Association for the Advancement of Science - that the public should be given fuller information about the nature of science - we present the concepts underpinning biology and a survey of its historical and philosophical basis. [Einbeck, Germany] [Publication Year: 2008] ...
ISBN10: 1402088655, ISBN13: 9781402088650, [publisher: Springer Netherlands] Hardcover Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Our previous book, About Life, concerned modern biology. We used our present-day understanding of cells to 'define' the living state, providing a basis for exploring several general-interest topics: the origin of life, extraterrestrial life, intelligence, and the possibility that humans are unique. The ideas we proposed in About Life were intended as starting-points for debate - we did not claim them as 'truth' - but the information on which they were based is currently accepted as 'scientific fact'. What does that mean What is 'scientific fact' and why is it accepted What is science - and is biology like other sciences such as physics (except in subject m- ter) The book you are now reading investigates these questions - and some related ones. Like About Life, it may particularly interest a reader who wishes to change career to biology and its related subdisciplines. In line with a recommendation by the British Association for the Advancement of Science - that the public should be given fuller information about the nature of science - we present the concepts underpinning biology and a survey of its historical and philosophical basis. [Einbeck, Germany] [Publication Year: 2008] ...
Hard Cover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Thinking about Life : The history and philosophy of biology and other sciences. ISBN 1402088655 9781402088650 [GB]
Hardback. New. This is a "popular science" book, designed as a sequel to our About Life. The text briefly surveys the nature of science and its emergence in post-Renaissance Europe, and investigates the similarities and differences between biology and other sciences. ISBN 1402088655 9781402088650 [GB]
ISBN10: 1402088655, ISBN13: 9781402088650, [publisher: Springer] Hardcover pp. 288 52:B&W 6.14 x 9.21in or 234 x 156mm (Royal 8vo) Case Laminate on White w/Gloss Lam [Hounslow, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2008]
ISBN10: 1402088655, ISBN13: 9781402088650, [publisher: Springer] Hardcover Like New [Redhill, SURRE, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2008]
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