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1、SCIENCEAMany-SplendoredThing7732tp.indd19/30/101:50PMThispageintentionallyleftblankSCIENCEAMany-SplendoredThingIgorNovakCharlesSturtUniversity,OrangeNSW2800,AustraliaWorldScientificNEWJERSEY•LONDON•SINGAPORE•BEIJING•SHANGHAI•HONGKONG•TAIPEI•CHENNAI7732
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6、apore(NUS)andtomywifeTessa.Ithankmystudentsfortheirenthusiasticparticipationinthemodule“ScientificMethodology”whichItaughtatNUSforseveralyears.TheyconvincedmethatteachingofthesubjectonthenatureofSciencewasworthwhilepursuinganddeveloping.Mywife’scontinu
7、ousemotionalsupportwhileIwaswritingthisbookwas(asusual)veryvaluableandgenerous.vThispageintentionallyleftblankPreface“Theeternalsilenceoftheseinfinitespacesterrifiesme.”B.PascalScienceisessentiallyMan’sattemptatunderstandingNatureandtheWorldaroundhimdr
8、iven(atleastinpart)bynecessity.Natureisavastsystem;itisvastintermsofthenumberofitsconstituentparts,oftheinteractionstakingplacebetweenthepartsandofpossiblesubsystemsintowhichnaturalworldcanbeorganized.Thisvastnessandcomplexitycanengende
