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Styles of knowing : a new history of sciencefrom ancient times to thepresent

Record Type:	Electronic resources : monographic
Title Information:	a new history of sciencefrom ancient times to thepresent
Author:	KwaChunglin,
Secondary Intellectual Responsibility:	Project Muse
Place of Publication:	Pittsburgh
Published:	University of Pittsburgh Press;
Year of Publication:	c2011
Description:	1 online resource (viii, 366 p.).
Subject:	Science - History -
Online resource:	http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780822977742/
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-354) and index
Summary:	"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:	9780822977742electronic bk.
ISBN:	0822977745electronic bk.
ISBN:	9780822961512pbk.
ISBN:	0822961512pbk.

Styles of knowing : a new history of sciencefrom ancient times to thepresent
Kwa, Chunglin

Styles of knowing : a new history of sciencefrom ancient times to thepresent / Chunglin Kwa - Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, c2011. - 1 online resource (viii, 366 p.)..
Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-354) and index.
ISBN 9780822977742ISBN 0822977745ISBN 9780822961512ISBN 0822961512
Science -- History

Styles of knowing : a new history of sciencefrom ancient times to thepresent
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330 $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"--sher
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