What science is and how it works:
"Science involves a particular way of thinking about the world, and Derry shows the reader that a scientific viewpoint can benefit most personal philosophies and fields of study. With an eye to both the power and limits of science, he explores the relationships between science and topics such a...
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| Summary: | "Science involves a particular way of thinking about the world, and Derry shows the reader that a scientific viewpoint can benefit most personal philosophies and fields of study. With an eye to both the power and limits of science, he explores the relationships between science and topics such as religion, ethics, and philosophy. By tackling the subject of science from all angles, including the nuts and bolts of the trade as well as its place in the overall scheme of life, the book provides a perfect place to start thinking like a scientist."--BOOK JACKET. |
| Physical Description: | XI, 311 S. |
| ISBN: | 0691058776 |
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| adam_text | WHAT SCIENCE IS AND HOW IT WORKS GREGORY N. DERRY PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
PRESS PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY CONTENTS PREFACE IX PROLOGUE WHAT IS
SCIENCE? 3 PARTI. EXPLORING THE FRONTIERS OF SCIENCE: HOW NEW
DISCOVERIES ARE MADE IN THE SCIENCES 9 CHAPTER 1 A BIRD S EYE VIEW: THE
MANY ROUTES TO SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY 11 CHAPTER 2 NATURE S JIGSAW:
LOOKING FOR PATTERNS AS A KEY TO DISCOVERY 26 CHAPTER 3 NEW VISTAS:
EXPANDING OUR WORLD WITH INSTRUMENTATION 35 CHAPTER 4 CLOSE, BUT NO
CIGAR: DISCREPANCIES AS A TRIGGER TO DISCOVERY 42 CHAPTER 5 INGREDIENTS
FOR A REVOLUTION: THEMATIC IMAGINATION, PRECISE MEASUREMENTS, AND THE
MOTIONS OF THE PLANETS 52 PART II. MENTAL TACTICS: SOME DISTINCTIVELY
SCIENTIFIC APPROACHES TO THE WORLD 67 CHAPTER 6 A UNIVERSE IN A BOTTLE:
MODELS, MODELING, AND SUCCESSIVE APPROXIMATION 69 CHAPTER 7 THINKING
STRAIGHT: EVIDENCE, REASON, AND CRITICAL EVALUATION 89 CHAPTER 8 THE
NUMBERS GAME: USES OF QUANTITATIVE REASONING 107 PART III. LARGER
QUESTIONS: THE CONTEXT OF SCIENCE 123 CHAPTER 9 ULTIMATE QUESTIONS:
SCIENCE AND RELIGION 125 VLLL CONTENTS CHAPTER 10 MORE PRACTICAL
QUESTIONS: SCIENCE AND SOCIETY 133 CHAPTER 11 DIFFICULT AND IMPORTANT
QUESTIONS: SCIENCE, VALUES, AND ETHICS 145 CHAPTER 12 QUESTIONS OF
AUTHENTICITY: SCIENCE, PSEUDOSCIENCE, AND HOW TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE 158
CHAPTER 13 CONTENTIOUS QUESTIONS: THE SHADOWY BORDERLANDS OF SCIENCE 174
CHAPTER 14 VERY ABSTRACT QUESTIONS: THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE 189
CHAPTER 15 QUESTIONS OF LEGITIMACY: THE POSTMODERN CRITIQUE OF SCIENCE
207 PART IV. COMMON GROUND: SOME UNIFYING CONCEPTS IN THE SCIENCES 215
CHAPTER 16 FLEAS AND GIANTS: SOME FASCINATING INSIGHTS ABOUT AREA,
VOLUME, AND SIZE 217 CHAPTER 17 THE EDGE OF THE ABYSS: ORDER AND
DISORDER IN THE UNIVERSE 230 CHAPTER 18 RIDING BLAKE S TIGER: SYMMETRY
IN SCIENCE, ART, AND MATHEMATICS 252 CHAPTER 19 THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW:
LINEAR DEPENDENCE IN THE SCIENCES 274 CHAPTER 20 THE LIMITS OF THE
POSSIBLE: EXPONENTIAL GROWTH AND DECAY 285 CHAPTER 21 IN THE LOOP:
FEEDBACK, HOMEOSTASIS, AND CYBERNETICS 295 EPILOGUE SO, WHAT IS SCIENCE?
303 INDEX 305
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