Dedication | The Philosophy Of Science [1st Edition]


Dedicated To


Mr. Callinan

for giving me computer science


Mr. Thompson

for giving me physical law


Carl Sagan, Richard Dawkins,

E. O. Wilson, Steven Pinker, and Neil deGrasse Tyson

for giving me the philosophy of science


and to my mother, Lillian

for giving me life


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