01915nam a22003974a 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095015001900112016001800131020002800149020001800177040002100195035002100216050002800237082001200265100002400277245011200301260005100413300002400464490002000488504006600508505045300574533015201027650003501179650003401214650002401248650003501272655002901307710001701336830002101353856012601374999001701500ebr10266006CaPaEBRm        u        cr cn|||||||||050908s2006    ilua    sb    001 0 eng    z  2005026032  aGBA6270842bnb7 z0134143272Uk  z0226139484 (alk. paper)  z9780226139487  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)64678429014aQ175.32.R45bD43 2006eb04a5012221 aDear, Peter,d1958-14aThe intelligibility of natureh[electronic resource] :bhow science makes sense of the world /cPeter Dear.  aChicago :bUniversity of Chicago Press,c2006.  axii, 242 p. :bill.1 aScience.culture  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [197]-233) and index.0 aIntroduction : 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.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2013.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aSciencexMethodologyxHistory. 0aSciencexPhilosophyxHistory. 0aReasoningxHistory. 0aPhilosophy of naturexHistory. 7aElectronic books.2local2 aebrary, Inc. 0aScience.culture.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10266006zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view  c10972d10972