No easy answers (Record no. 63272)
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| fixed length control field | 01256 a2200157 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780822959687 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 507.2 |
| Item number | FRN |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Franklin, Allan |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | No easy answers |
| Sub Title | : science and the pursuit of knowledge |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Allan Franklin |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | United States: |
| Name of publisher | University of Pittsburgh Press, |
| Year of publication | 2007. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 258p. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | PB |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | In No Easy Answers , Allan Franklin offers an accurate picture of science to both a general reader and to scholars in the humanities and social sciences who may not have any background in physics. Through the examination of nontechnical case studies, he illustrates the various roles that experiment plays in science. He uses examples of unquestioned success, such as the discoveries of the electron and of three types of neutrino, as well as studies that were dead ends, wrong turns, or just plain mistakes, such as the “fifth force,” a proposed modification of Newton's law of gravity. Franklin argues that science is a reasonable enterprise that provides us with knowledge of the natural world based on valid experimental evidence and reasoned and critical discussion, and he makes clear that it behooves all of us to understand how it wor |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE | |
| Language note | Eng |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Price effective from | Permanent Location | Not for loan | Date acquired | Koha item type | Accession Number | Lost status | Damaged status | Shelving location | Withdrawn status | Current Location | Full call number |
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| 2019-08-07 | Central Library AIOU Islamabad | 2012-09-18 | Books | 116121 | General Stacks | Central Library AIOU Islamabad | 507.2 FRN |