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BL
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978166
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b732536
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| Main Entry
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Christophorou, L. G.
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| Title & Author
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Place of science in a world of values and facts /\ Loucas G. Christophorou.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers,, ©2001.
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| Series Statement
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Innovations in science education and technology
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1 online resource (xv, 300 pages) :: illustrations.
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| ISBN
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0306465809
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: 0306476231
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: 6610201099
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: 9780306465802
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: 9780306476235
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: 9786610201099
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Cover -- Table of Contents -- Chapter 1. The World of Values and Facts -- Us and the Cosmos -- A Few Thoughts on Human History -- The Micro (Multi) Cultures of the World -- The Timeless -- Chapter 2. Modern People and the State of Their Societies -- Change and the Rate of Change that Changed the World -- A Violent World Without Peace -- Man's Natural Environment -- Earth's Resources -- The Power of the Greek Myth -- Chapter 3. The Way Science Works and Evolves -- The Science of Greek Antiquity -- From Greek Astronomy to theClassical Physics of the Macrocosmos -- The Scientific and the Industrial Revolutions -- The Foundations of Modern Science -- A New Frame -- The Modern Era -- The Changing Character of Science -- The Invaluable Value of Science's Hereditary Past -- Chapter 4. Science: The Penetrator of the Physical Universe -- The Minuscule and the Gigantic Microscopes of Modern Science -- The Dimensions of Modern Science's Diversity -- The Richness of Nature: Light -- The Laws of Nature -- Fundamental Generalizations and Questions -- Chapter 5. Distinct Characteristics and Principles of Science -- Distinct Characteristics of Science -- General Principles of Science -- The ScientificMethod -- Chapter 6. The Scientist and the Science Worker The Scientist -- The Scientist -- The Science Worker -- Their New Environs and Changing Functions -- Chapter 7. -- Scientific Research and Technology -- The Technological Value of Basic Research -- A Final Thought -- Chapter 8. -- The Cultural Value of Science -- The Educational Value of Science -- The University -- Chapter 9: -- The Complementarity of Science and Religion -- The Contact of Science and Religion -- Together for a Humanized Earth -- Chapter 10. -- Limits of Science -- Limits to Science -- Trans-Science -- Chapter 11. -- Science Ahead -- Science, Society, and the new scientist: The New Fair -- Appendices
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Science-- Methodology.
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Science-- Philosophy.
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Science-- Social aspects.
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Science-- Methodology.
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SCIENCE-- Philosophy Social Aspects.
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Science-- Philosophy.
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Science-- Social aspects.
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| Dewey Classification
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501
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| LC Classification
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Q175.C4766 2001eb
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