The Intelligibility of Nature.The Intelligibility in·tel·li·gi·ble adj. 1. Capable of being understood: an intelligible set of directions. 2. Capable of being apprehended by the intellect alone. of Nature Peter Dear University of Chicago Press The University of Chicago Press is the largest university press in the United States. It is operated by the University of Chicago and publishes a wide variety of academic titles, including The Chicago Manual of Style, dozens of academic journals, including 1427 East 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637-2954 0226139484 $27.50 www.press.uchicago.edu The Intelligibility of Nature: How Science Makes Sense of the World focuses on science's role as applied knowledge, which moves from theory to applications in daily life, and provides a history of the ongoing conflicts between theory development and applications. Historical references are used to examine how the differing processes of knowing and doing come together--or not--and document key episodes from Darwin Darwin, city (1991 pop. 67,946), capital of the Northern Territory, N Australia, on Port Darwin, an inlet of the Timor Sea. Remotely situated on the sparsely settled north coast, Darwin had no rail connection with any of the major Australian cities until 2003, when to Einstein Ein·stein , Albert 1879-1955. German-born American theoretical physicist whose special and general theories of relativity revolutionized modern thought on the nature of space and time and formed a theoretical base for the exploitation of atomic energy. . The Intelligibility of Nature is especially recommended for the non-specialist general reader with an interest in nature and science. |
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