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Mother nature's two laws : ringmasters for circus earth : lessons on entropy, energy, critical thinking, and the practice of science /
Every day brings a fresh barrage of bewildering claims about science and technology. How non-scientists tell the difference between the hyperbole and those developments that are important? With a modest amount of critical thinking, an understanding of how science is practiced, and a qualitative unde...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Singapore ; River Edge, NJ :
World Scientific,
©2000.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Every day brings a fresh barrage of bewildering claims about science and technology. How non-scientists tell the difference between the hyperbole and those developments that are important? With a modest amount of critical thinking, an understanding of how science is practiced, and a qualitative understanding of the two most sacred principles in science - the first and second laws of thermodynamics - anyone can make the distinction. Critical thinking and the practice of science are not emphasized in undergraduate science courses for non-scientists, while exposure to the first and second laws is. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxv, 173 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9812384863 9789812384867 1281869678 9781281869678 |