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Author:
Kellert, Stephen H.
Title:
Borrowed knowledge : chaos theory and the challenge of learning across disciplines / Stephen H. Kellert.
Publisher:
University of Chicago Press,
Copyright Date:
2008
Description:
x, 292 p. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Chaotic behavior in systems
Science--Philosophy
Interdisciplinary approach to knowledge
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-281) and index.
Contents:
What was chaos theory, and why would people want to borrow it? -- Disciplinary pluralism -- The rhetorical functions of borrowing and the uses of disciplinary prestige -- Motivating methodological change -- Metaphorical chaos -- How to criticize a metaphor -- Facts, values, and intervention -- Beautiful chaos? -- Postmodern chaos and the challenge of pluralism.
ISBN:
0226429784 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780226429786 (cloth : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)214063792
LCCN:
2008011080
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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