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Coping with Methuselah : The Impact of Molecular Biology on Medicine and Society
Henry J. Aaron
Paperback - $47.95
Many medical authorities predict that average life expectancy could well exceed 100 years by mid century and rise even higher soon thereafter. This astonishing prospect, brought on by the revolution in molecular biology and information technology, co ...
Concepts of Science : A Philosophical Analysis
Peter Achinstein
Paperback - $54.95
While the scientist works essentially with what he observes, with the measurable properties of nature, the philosopher of science is concerned to formulate the conceptual foundations of the scientific method. In this systematic study, Professor Achin ...
Particles and Waves : Historical Essays in the Philosophy of Science
Peter Achinstein
Paperback - $159.95
Particles and Waves deploys the analytical rigor Achinstein is justly famous for. Judged against the recent spate of very good historico-philosophical arguments, Achinstein's book stands out as making the most penetrating and profound philosophic con ...
Science Rules : A Historical Introduction to Scientific Methods
Peter Achinstein
Paperback - $75.95
Is there a universal set of rules for discovering and testing scientific hypotheses? Since the birth of modern science, philosophers, scientists, and other thinkers have wrestled with this fundamental question of scientific practice. Efforts to devis ...
Scientific Evidence : Philosophical Theories and Applications
Peter Achinstein
Hardcover - $111.95
Peter Achinstein has gathered some prominent philosophers and historians of science for critical and lively discussions of both general questions about the meaning of evidence and specific ones about evidence for particular scientific theories.
The Book of Evidence
Peter Achinstein
Paperback - $82.95
What is required for something to be evidence for a hypothesis? In this fascinating, elegantly written work, distinguished philosopher of science Peter Achinstein explores this question, rejecting typical philosophical and statistical theories of evi ...
The Nature of Explanation
Peter Achinstein
Paperback - $113.95
Offering a new approach to scientific explanation, this book focuses initially on the explaining act itself. From that act, a "product" emerges: an explanation. To understand what that product is, as well as how it can be evaluated in the sciences, r ...
The Wellborn Science : Eugenics in Germany, France, Brazil, and Russia
Mark B. Adams
Hardcover - $395.95
The four contributors to this volume examine the eugenics movements in Germany, France, Brazil, and the Soviet Union, and describe how geneticists and physicians participated in the development of policies concerning the improvement of hereditary qua ...
Science and Culture
Joseph Agassi
Hardcover - $378.95
In Science and Culture, Joseph Agassi addresses scientism and relativism, two false philosophies that divorce science from culture in general and from tradition in particular. According to Agassi, science is an integral part of culture, and both scie ...