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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kirwan, A. D.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Singapore ; River Edge, NJ : World Scientific, ©2000.
Subjects:
Thermodynamics.
Entropy.
Critical thinking.
Technology.
Global warming.
Thermodynamique.
Entropie.
Pensée critique.
Technologie.
Réchauffement de la Terre.
thermodynamics.
entropy.
global warming.
SCIENCE > Mechanics > Thermodynamics.
Critical thinking
Entropy
Global warming
Technology
Thermodynamics
Thermodynamica.
Leermiddelen (vorm)
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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