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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...
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Singapore ; River Edge, NJ :
World Scientific,
©2000.
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| 505 | 0 | |a Foreword; Preface; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; 1. Mother Nature s Two Laws: What Are They and Why Must We Heed Them?; 2. The Faces of Energy; 3. The Faces of Entropy; 1. The Scientific Protocol and Critical Thinking; 2. E4: Energy, Entropy, Economics, Environment; 3. Global Warming?; 4. Circus Earth Follies, Critical Thinking, and the Scientific Protocol; Index. | |
| 520 | |a 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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