| Going Through the Mirror: Science for the 21st Century: Metaphors and Metonyms in Science Contributor(s): Baaquie, Belal Ehsan (Author), Yablonsky, Grigoriy S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 9812706305 ISBN-13: 9789812706300 Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company OUR PRICE: $25.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2024 This item may be ordered no more than 25 days prior to its publication date of December 31, 2024Annotation: Scientific metaphors and metonyms are depicted as essential constituents of the transreal language based on unobserved characteristics, and their crucial role in many disciplines has only come to light over the last few decades. Such symbolic reasoning can be considered as a framework for a new language: the language of science in the 21st century. This book is a comprehensive presentation of verbal symbolic reasoning (metaphors and metonyms) in science. An amazing variety of metaphors in physics and chemistry are described, and the unique role of metaphors as a "bridge" between different levels of realities -- micro-, meso-, and macro-realities -- is explained in detail. Special attention is paid to the "magic triad" of fundamental metaphors (atom, molecule, gene) as well as metaphors of the "machine" and "book/text." Generously illustrated by a collection of scientific legends and myths, such as Plato's cave and Occam's razor, the book also analyzes the special relationships between verbal symbolic reasoning (particularly metaphoric reasoning) and scientific motivation and humor. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Science | Philosophy & Social Aspects |
| Dewey: 501 |
| Physical Information: 200 pages |
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| Publisher Description: This book is a comprehensive presentation of an amazing variety of metaphors and metonyms in physics, chemistry and biology. Their crucial role in many disciplines has come to light only over the last few decades.This verbal symbolic reasoning can be considered as a framework of the scientific language of the 21st century. The unique role of metaphors as a "bridge" between different levels of realities -- micro-, meso-, and macro-realities -- is explained in detail. Special attention is paid to the "magic triad" of fundamental metaphors (atom, molecule, gene) as well as metaphors of the "machine" and "book/text".Generously illustrated by a collection of scientific legends and myths, such as Plato's cave and Occam's razor, the book also analyzes special relationships between verbal symbolic reasoning (particularly metaphoric reasoning) and scientific motivation and humor. |