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001    ocn958798677 
003    OCoLC 
005    20170502031306.0 
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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049    CKEA 
050 00 Q175.32.R45|bS48 2017 
082 00 501|223 
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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 
994    92|bCKE 
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