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Borrowed knowledge : chaos theory and the challenge of learning across disciplines / Stephen H. Kellert.

By: Publication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.Description: x, 292 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0226429784 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780226429786 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 003/.857 22
LOC classification:
  • Q172.5.C45 K449 2008
Online resources:
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.
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Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks Q172.5 .C45 K449 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001109924

Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-281) and index.

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.

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