Analog Essays on ScienceStanley Schmidt For over 60 years Analog magazine has been publishing stories and essays by the biggest names in science fiction and science fact--many of whom got their start there. This book contains some the best of Analog's science-fact offerings for the 1980s. Includes contributions by Arthur C. Clarke, Robert Forward, John Gribben and Eric Drexler. Readings address current topics such as cosmology, evolution, the search for extraterrestrial life and spaceflight. Contains a glimpse of what the next generation's technology might look like. |
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... theory . " That concedes more to the creationist than he de- serves . What is a theory , anyway ? To answer that question , we must take a look at the scientific method itself . Now , a number of distinguished scientists have denied ...
... theory . " That concedes more to the creationist than he de- serves . What is a theory , anyway ? To answer that question , we must take a look at the scientific method itself . Now , a number of distinguished scientists have denied ...
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... theory . That is , we accept it as depicting , more or less correctly , some aspect of reality . Later discoveries may prove irreconcilable with the theory . In that case , we have to discard it — or , at least , drastically modify it ...
... theory . That is , we accept it as depicting , more or less correctly , some aspect of reality . Later discoveries may prove irreconcilable with the theory . In that case , we have to discard it — or , at least , drastically modify it ...
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... theory of the development of social movements will have to provide a unifying theory for events that make up much of the evening news . It will have to discover common features that lie behind the diverse trends causing problems in ...
... theory of the development of social movements will have to provide a unifying theory for events that make up much of the evening news . It will have to discover common features that lie behind the diverse trends causing problems in ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION Stanley Schmidt | 1 |
BASE EIGHT ARITHMETIC METEORS AND MAN John Gribbin | 7 |
SCIENCE AND CREATION Poul Anderson | 15 |
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References to this book
The Encyclopedia of Higher Education: Academic disciplines and indexes Burton R. Clark No preview available - 1992 |