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Styles of knowing = a new history of sciencefrom ancient times to thepresent /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Styles of knowing/ Chunglin Kwa.
Reminder of title:	a new history of sciencefrom ancient times to thepresent /
Author:	Kwa, Chunglin.
Published:	Pittsburgh :University of Pittsburgh Press, : c2011.,
Description:	1 online resource (viii, 366 p.).
Subject:	SCIENCE / History -
Online resource:	Full text available:
ISBN:	9780822977742 (electronic bk.)

Styles of knowing = a new history of sciencefrom ancient times to thepresent /
Kwa, Chunglin.

Styles of knowinga new history of sciencefrom ancient times to thepresent /[electronic resource] :Chunglin Kwa. - Pittsburgh :University of Pittsburgh Press,c2011. - 1 online resource (viii, 366 p.).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-354) and index.

"Inspired by A. C. Crombie's Styles of Scientific Thinking in the European Tradition, Kwa offers a full overview of scientific development in cultural and historical context. He introduces readers to the different forms of reasoning used by different sciences. Each chapter examines a different scientific style, illuminating how each style emerges gradually and continues to evolve. Older styles sometimes combine with newer while each also still continues along a solo trajectory. Styles investigated include the deductive, the experimental, the analogical-hypothetical, the taxonomic, the statistical, and the evolutionary. Although primarily designed for use in the classroom, this sophisticated book isalso accessible to nonspecialists"--

ISBN: 9780822977742 (electronic bk.)Subjects--Topical Terms:

861109
SCIENCE / History

LC Class. No.: Q125 / .K83 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 509

Styles of knowing = a new history of sciencefrom ancient times to thepresent /
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520 $a "Now available in English, Styles of Knowing explores the development of various scientific reasoning processes in cultural-historical context. Influenced by historian Alistair Crombie's Stylesof Scientific Thinking in the European Tradition, Chunglin Kwa organizes his book according to six distinct styles: deductive, experimental, analytical-hypothetical, taxonomic, statistical, and evolutionary. Instead of featuring individual scientific disciplines in different chapters, each chapter explains the historical applications of each style's unique criterion for good science. Kwa shows also how styles have influenced each other and transformed over time. In a chapter written especially for American audiences, Kwa examines how changes in engineering and technology duringthe twentieth century affected the balance among the various styles ofscience. Based on extensive research in Greek and Latin primary sources and numerous modern secondary sources, Kwa demonstrates the heterogeneous nature of scientific discovery. This accessible and innovative introduction to scientific change provides a foundational history for theclassroom, historians, and nonspecialists"-- $c Provided by publisher.
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