Scientifically Speaking: A Dictionary of Quotations, Second EditionCRC Press, 21.11.2000 - 482 Seiten In these days of ever-increasing specialization, it is important to gain a broad appreciation of science. Entertaining and informative, Scientifically Speaking: A Dictionary of Quotations, Second Edition contains the words and wisdom of several hundred scientists, writers, philosophers, poets, and academics. The largest compilation of published sci |
Inhalt
MYTH | 136 |
OBSERVATION | 138 |
OCCAMS RAZOR | 141 |
PARADIGM | 143 |
PARADOX | 144 |
PRAYER | 145 |
PREDICTION | 146 |
PROBABLE ERROR | 148 |
AXIOMS | 17 |
BEAUTY | 18 |
BOOKS | 20 |
CHAOS | 22 |
COMMON SENSE | 23 |
COMMUNICATION IN SCIENCE | 26 |
CONCEPTS | 30 |
DATA | 31 |
DEFINITION | 32 |
DISCOVERY | 34 |
DOGMA | 43 |
ERROR | 45 |
ETHICS | 47 |
EXPERIENCE | 49 |
EXPERIMENT | 52 |
FACTS | 61 |
FAILURE | 67 |
FORMULA | 68 |
FUNDING | 70 |
GOD | 71 |
HISTORY OF SCIENCE | 74 |
HYPOTHESIS | 80 |
IMAGINATION | 85 |
INDUCTION | 89 |
INFORMATION | 90 |
INSTRUMENTS | 92 |
INTUITION | 94 |
INVENTION | 95 |
IRRATIONAL | 96 |
KNOWLEDGE | 97 |
LANGUAGE | 108 |
LAWS | 110 |
LITERATURE | 113 |
LOGIC | 116 |
MAGIC | 118 |
MAN OF SCIENCE | 121 |
MEASUREMENT | 127 |
METAPHOR | 130 |
METHOD | 131 |
PROBLEMS | 149 |
PROGRESS OF SCIENCE | 152 |
PROOF | 159 |
PROPOSITIONS | 162 |
PUBLICATIONS | 163 |
QUESTIONS | 165 |
REALITY | 168 |
REASON | 170 |
RELATIONS | 172 |
RESEARCH | 174 |
RULES | 180 |
SAVANT | 181 |
SCIENCE | 182 |
SCIENCE AND ART | 258 |
SCIENCE AND FREEDOM | 263 |
SCIENCE AND GOD | 264 |
SCIENCE AND MORALS | 266 |
SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY | 269 |
SCIENCE AND POETRY | 273 |
SCIENCE AND POLITICS | 275 |
SCIENCE AND RELIGION | 277 |
SCIENCE AND WOMEN | 291 |
SCIENTIFIC | 294 |
SCIENTIFIC GLOSSARY | 307 |
SCIENTIFIC PAPERS | 309 |
SCIENTIST | 311 |
SOLUTION | 330 |
TECHNOLOGY | 331 |
TEMPLE OF SCIENCE | 333 |
THEORY | 335 |
TRUTH | 342 |
UNDERSTANDING | 351 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 352 |
PERMISSIONS | 389 |
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BACK COVER | 483 |
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