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Introduction : science as natural philosophy, science as instrumentality
The mechanical universe from Galileo to Newton
A place for everything : the classification of the world
The chemical revolution thwarted by atoms
Design and disorder : the origin of species
Dynamical explanation : the aether and Victorian machines
How to understand nature? : Einstein, Bohr, and the quantum universe
Conclusion : making sense in science.
The mechanical universe from Galileo to Newton
A place for everything : the classification of the world
The chemical revolution thwarted by atoms
Design and disorder : the origin of species
Dynamical explanation : the aether and Victorian machines
How to understand nature? : Einstein, Bohr, and the quantum universe
Conclusion : making sense in science.