Pub Date: October 29, 2008
Dewey: 501
LCCN: 2008018425
Lexile Code: 0000
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
Target Age Group: NA to NA
Physical Info: 1.00" H x 9.10" L x 6.10" W ( 1.30 lbs) 282 pages
BISAC Categories:
Philosophy | History and Surveys | Modern | Science | Philosophy and Social Aspects
Description:
Science is popularly understood as being an ideal of impartial algorithmic objectivity that provides a realistic description of the world. The essays collected in this book challenge this popular image right at its heart, taking as their starting point that science trades not only in truth, but in fiction.