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Scientific knowledge as a culture : the pleasure of understanding / Igal Galili.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Galili, Igal, author.
Contributor:
ProQuest ebook central.
Series:
Science (Cham, Switzerland) 2520-8608
Science: philosophy, history and education, 2520-8608
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Science--Study and teaching.
Science.
Physics--Study and teaching.
Physics.
Physical Description:
1 online resource.
Place of Publication:
Cham : Springer, [2021]
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2021]
System Details:
text file
Contents:
Part I. Conceptual Excursus
1 Understanding Classical Mechanics: A Dialogue with the Cartesian Theory of Motion
2 De Motu The History of the Understanding of Motion, from Aristotle to Newton
3 Optical Image and Vision: From Pythagoras to Kepler
4 Inertial Force The Unifying Concept
5 Weight Concept: From Aristotle to Newton and then to Einstein
Part II Perspectives
6 Scientific Knowledge as a Culture a Paradigm of Knowledge Representation for the Meaningful Teaching and Learning Science
7 Teaching Optics: A Historico-Philosophical Perspective
8 From Comparison between Scientists to Gaining Cultural Scientific Knowledge - Leonardo and Galileo
9 A Refined Account of Nature of Science
10 On the Power of Fine Arts Pictorial Imagery in Science Education
11 Epilogue Discipline-Culture for the Pleasure of Understanding.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed February 15, 2022).
ISBN:
9783030802011
3030802019
Publisher Number:
99989954007
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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