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Science : a many-splendored thing /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Jersey ; London :
World Scientific,
©2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Is Science important?
- Why is Science important?
- What is Science?
- In what ways is Science like a map?
- Science and Culture
- What is the principal difference between Science and other human activities?
- Philosophical and Methodological Aspects of Science
- Scientific community (SC)
- Example of the Scientific Community's role
- Peer review and reward systems
- The peer review system
- Routes to scientific discovery and selection of research problem
- General characteristics of Science
- The cycle of scientific activities
- Scientific language
- Metaphors
- Laws of Nature
- Models and theories
- Distinguishing between Theory and Truth
- Possible methodological errors in Science
- General or universal statements
- Singular statements
- Types of scientific arguments
- Critical thinking in Science and everyday life
- Incorrect logical arguments (fallacies)
- Experimental Design and Scientific Evidence
- How does the shape of the kettle affect the time required to boil water?
- How does the electrical resistance affect the boiling time?
- Measurement errors
- Sampling
- Pseudo-science (PS)
- Creationism's objections to evolutionary theory (ET)
- Creationist and scientific methodologies
- Driving forces of Creationism
- Scientific Knowledge
- The span of scientific knowledge
- Reductionism, determinism and irreversibility
- Methodological reductionism
- Ontological reductionism
- Maps and complementary knowledge
- Determinism and reductionism
- Holism
- Scientific knowledge and Philosophy of Science
- Falsification cycle
- Do Scientists attempt to falsify theories?
- The causes of pathological Science and how to avoid it?
- The validity of scientific results
- Caveats
- Sociological and Ethical Aspects of Science
- Is Science value-neutral?
- Science in Ethics
- Ethics in Science
- Ethical standards pertaining to Science:
- Misconduct in Science:
- Why does misconduct in Science matter?
- Societal support for modern Science
- Motivation of Scientists
- Scientists in Society
- Science, Technology and Applied Science
- Science impacts on Society
- Society's impact on Science
- Science and public policy
- climate change
- Is global warming prediction true?
- Science, Risk and Evidence
- Science and History
- Mathematics
- Civil and military engineering
- Combined tradition
- The heliocentric vs. geocentric model debate
- Examples of Scientific Development: China, Europe
- Scientific Revolution in W. Europe (16th-18th century)
- Astronomy and mechanics
- Medicine & optics
- Chemistry
- Broader consequences of scientific revolution:
- New relationship between Science and Technology
- Societal support for Modern Science
- The future of Science
- Potential causes of scientific decline
- Religious fundamentalism
- Political fundamentalism
- Economic fundamentalism
- Limits of Science
- Human and social limits
- Technological limits
- Cosmological limits
- Logical/mathematical limits
- Science in Action-Case studies
- Case Study 1: Theories of combustion
- The inadequacies of phlogiston theory
- What can we learn from Case Study 1?
- What can we learn from Case Study 2?
- Weapons of mass destruction
- The Two Scientists
- What can we learn from Case Study 3?