Science as a Way of Knowing: The Foundations of Modern Biology
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Book Overview
For the past twenty-five years John Moore has taught biology instructors how to teach biology--by emphasizing the questions people have asked about life through the ages and the ways natural philosophers and scientists have sought the answers. This book makes Moore's uncommon wisdom available to students in a lively and richly illustrated account of the history and workings of life. Employing a breadth of rhetoric strategies--including vividly written case histories, hypotheses and deductions, and chronological narrative-- Science as a Way of Knowing provides not only a cultural history of biology but also a splendid introduction to the procedures and values of science.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0674794818
ISBN13:9780674794818
Release Date:January 1993
Publisher:Harvard University Press
Length:530 Pages
Weight:1.86 lbs.
Dimensions:1.3" x 6.7" x 9.6"
Customer Reviews
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Interesting description of the scientific process
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 27 years ago
This is a great book for non-scientists who want to know how the scientific thought process works. Moore takes us through the history of biological thought, from the first cavemen to the geneticists of this century. Non-biologists may get bogged down in the last few technical chapters on genetics and development, but the sections on the history of biology are a great read for anyone.
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