Screen LibraryMaking truth：metaphor in science
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University of Illinois Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Urbana |
| Publication Dates: | c2003. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xi, 215 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0252028104 (scid-free paper) |
| Index Number: | N02 |
| CLC: | N02 |
| Call Number: | N02/B881 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-209) and index. 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. |