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.
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The intelligibility of nature : how science makes sense of the world by Peter Dear. ISBN 0226139484. Published by University of Chicago Press in 2006. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
