01915nam a22003974a 4500 ebr10266006 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 050908s2006 ilua sb 001 0 eng 2005026032 GBA627084 bnb 013414327 Uk 0226139484 (alk. paper) 9780226139487 CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)646784290 Q175.32.R45 D43 2006eb 501 22 Dear, Peter, 1958- The intelligibility of nature [electronic resource] : how science makes sense of the world / Peter Dear. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006. xii, 242 p. : ill. Science.culture Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-233) and index. Introduction : science as natural philosophy, science as instrumentality -- The mechanical universe from Galileo to Newton -- A place for everything : the classification of the world -- The chemical revolution thwarted by atoms -- Design and disorder : the origin of species -- Dynamical explanation : the aether and Victorian machines -- How to understand nature? : Einstein, Bohr, and the quantum universe -- Conclusion : making sense in science. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Science Methodology History. Science Philosophy History. Reasoning History. Philosophy of nature History. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. Science.culture. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10266006 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 10972 10972