Nature of science : how ideas change
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Shows how and why scientific ideas change, and clarifies the criteria used to evaluate them, such as accuracy, simplicity, productivity, and scope., Illustrates three reasons for rejecting previously accepted scientific ideas including the need for explanations to be simple and accurate, to explain a broad range of phenomena, and to produce new ideas. Shows why old ideas such as the earth-centered model of the universe, nature abhors a vacuum, and a burning candle gave off phlogiston were rejected for new ideas. Suggests current ideas that are beginning to change.
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Registered 28Feb72 · MP23780 (Jan-Jun 1973) Copyright holder: Coronet Instructional Materials, a division of Esquire, Inc
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, Illustrates three reasons for rejecting previously accepted scientific ideas including the need for explanations to be simple and accurate, to explain a broad range of phenomena, and to produce new ideas. Shows why old ideas such as the earth-centered model of the universe, nature abhors a vacuum, and a burning candle gave off phlogiston were rejected for new ideas. Suggests current ideas that are beginning to change.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.
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- U.S. Copyright Office, Catalog of Copyright Entries (renewals, 1970–1978) — copyright
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