TY - BOOK AU - Davis,Joel TI - Alternate realities: how science shapes our vision of the world SN - 030645629X AV - Q175.32.R42 D39 1997 U1 - 530/.01/9 21 PY - 1997/// CY - New York PB - Plenum KW - Reality KW - Science KW - Philosophy KW - Vision KW - sears N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-301) and index; Choice; Publisher's Weekly; Science Books & Films (A.A.A.S.); Adult; Follett Library Resources N2 - Examines the ways in which thinkers throughout history have used their imaginations to lead them to scientific discoveries, and discusses how those advances and new theories shape the ways in which people perceive their world ER -