Natural Experiments of HistoryJared Diamond, James A. Robinson Harvard University Press, 1 окт. 2012 г. - Всего страниц: 286 Some central questions in the natural and social sciences can't be answered by controlled laboratory experiments, often considered to be the hallmark of the scientific method. This impossibility holds for any science concerned with the past. In addition, many manipulative experiments, while possible, would be considered immoral or illegal. One has to devise other methods of observing, describing, and explaining the world. |
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Polynesian Cultural Evolution | 15 |
15 | 48 |
3 | 80 |
Evidence from New World Economies | 88 |
4 | 114 |
IntraIsland and InterIsland Comparisons | 120 |
Consequences of Africas Slave Trades | 142 |
and Public Goods in India | 185 |
7 | 201 |
Using Comparative Methods | 257 |
Contributors | 277 |