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008 161102s2017 nyua b 001 0 eng
010 2016050643
020 9780465053940|q(hardcover)
020 0465053947|q(hardcover)
020 |z9780465094929|q(ebook)
035 (OCoLC)958798677
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050 00 Q175.32.R45|bS48 2017
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100 1 Shtulman, Andrew,|eauthor.
245 10 Scienceblind :|bwhy our intuitive theories about the world
are so often wrong /|cAndrew Shtulman.
246 3 Science blind
264 1 New York :|bBasic Books,|c[2017]
264 4 |c©2017
300 viii, 311 pages :|billustrations ;|c25 cm
336 text|btxt|2rdacontent
337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia
338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier
504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-298) and
index.
505 0 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.
650 0 Science|xMethodology.
650 0 Errors, Scientific.
650 0 Fallacies (Logic)
650 0 Intuition.
650 0 Reasoning.
650 7 Errors, Scientific.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00915044
650 7 Fallacies (Logic).|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00920044
650 7 Intuition.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00977856
650 7 Reasoning.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01091282
650 7 Science|xMethodology.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01108313
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