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Author Shtulman, Andrew, author.

Title Scienceblind : why our intuitive theories about the world are so often wrong / Andrew Shtulman.

Publication Info. New York : Basic Books, [2017]
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 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  501 SHTULMAN    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  501 SHTULMAN    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  501 SHTULMAN    Check Shelf
Description viii, 311 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-298) and index.
Contents Why we get the world wrong -- Intuitive theories of the physical world -- Matter: what is the world made of? How do those components interact? -- Energy: what makes something hot? What makes something loud? -- Gravity: what makes something heavy? What makes something fall? -- Motion: what makes objects move? What paths do moving objects take? -- Cosmos: what is the shape of our world? What is its place in the cosmos? -- Earth: why do continents drift? Why do climates change? -- Intuitive theories of the biological world -- Life: what makes us alive? What causes us to die? -- Growth: why do we grow bigger? Why do we grow older? -- Inheritance: why do we resemble our parents? Where did we get our traits? -- Illness: what makes us ill? How does illness spread? -- Adaptation: why are there so many life-forms? How do they change over time? -- Ancestry: where do species come from? How are they related? -- How to get the world right.
Subject Science -- Methodology.
Errors, Scientific.
Fallacies (Logic)
Intuition.
Reasoning.
Errors, Scientific. (OCoLC)fst00915044
Fallacies (Logic). (OCoLC)fst00920044
Intuition. (OCoLC)fst00977856
Reasoning. (OCoLC)fst01091282
Science -- Methodology. (OCoLC)fst01108313
Added Title Science blind
ISBN 9780465053940 (hardcover)
0465053947 (hardcover)
9780465094929 (ebook)
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