Scienceblind : why our intuitive theories about the world are so often wrong /
Andrew Shtulman.
Bok Engelsk 2017 Andrew. Shtulman
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| Omfang | viii, 311 pages : : illustrations ;
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| Opplysninger | 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 lifeforms? How do they change over time? -- Ancestry : where do species come from? How are they related? -- How to get the world right.
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| ISBN | 9780465053940 (hardcover)
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| ISBN(galt) | 9780465094929 (ebook)
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