Making truth : metaphor in science / Theodore L. Brown.

  • Brown, Theodore L. (Theodore Lawrence), 1928-
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[2003], ©2003
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Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2003], ©2003.

Physical description

xi, 215 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Contents

Scientific thought and practice -- Introduction to metaphor -- The conceptual theory of metaphor -- The classical atom -- The modern atom -- Molecular models in chemistry and biology -- Protein folding -- Cellular-level metaphors -- Global warming -- Science's metaphorical foundations: the social in science.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p.[197]-209) and index.

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    History of Medicine
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  • 0252028104