Scienceblind : : why our Intuitive Theories About the World are so Often Wrong
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Why we get the world wrong -- Intuitive theories of the physical world -- Matter: what is the world made of? How do those components interact? -- Energy: what makes something hot? What makes something loud? -- Gravity: what makes something heavy? What makes something fall? -- Motion: what makes objects move? What paths do moving objects take? -- Cosmos: what is the shape of our world? What is its place in the cosmos? -- Earth: why do continents drift? Why do climates change? -- Intuitive theories of the biological world -- Life: what makes us alive? What causes us to die? -- Growth: why do we grow bigger? Why do we grow older? -- Inheritance: why do we resemble our parents? Where did we get our traits? -- Illness: what makes us ill? How does illness spread? -- Adaptation: why are there so many life-forms? How do they change over time? -- Ancestry: where do species come from? How are they related? -- How to get the world right.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Basic Books, [2017]
Year Published: 2017
Description: viii, 311 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780465053940
0465053947
SUBJECTS
Science -- Methodology.
Errors, Scientific.
Fallacies (Logic).
Intuition.
Reasoning.