Mother Nature's Two Laws: Ringmasters For Circus Earth - Lesson On Entropy, Energy, Critical Thinking, And The Practice Of Science
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2000
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd (Verlag)
978-981-02-4314-2 (ISBN)
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd (Verlag)
978-981-02-4314-2 (ISBN)
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A guide for non-scientists to telling the difference between hyperbole and scientific developments that are important. It shows how to make the distinction by using a modest amount of critical thinking, an understanding of how science is practised, and two principles in 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 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 usually reserved for physical science and engineering majors. This book introduces non-scientists to these topics and provides detailed applications to a variety of topics.
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 usually reserved for physical science and engineering majors. This book introduces non-scientists to these topics and provides detailed applications to a variety of topics.
Mother Nature's two laws - what are they and why must we heed them?; the faces of energy; the faces of entropy; the scientific protocol and critical thinking; E4 - energy, entropy, economics, environment; global warming?; circus Earth follies, critical thinking, and the scientific protocol.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 5.9.2000 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Singapore |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie | |
| ISBN-10 | 981-02-4314-6 / 9810243146 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-981-02-4314-2 / 9789810243142 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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