Making 20th century science : how theories became knowledge / Stephen G. Brush.

Historically, the scientific method has been said to require proposing a theory, making a prediction of something not already known, testing the prediction, and giving up the theory (or substantially changing it) if it fails the test. A theory that leads to several successful predictions is more lik...

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Main Author: Brush, Stephen G. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
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