How the great scientists reasoned: the scientific method in action
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references |
| Beschreibung: | viii, 148 p. |
| ISBN: | 9780123984982 |
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Acknowledgments ¡x
1
Introduction: Humanity s Urge to Understand
1
2
Elements of Scientific Thinking: Skepticism, Careful Reasoning,
and Exhaustive Evaluation Are AH Vital
5
2.1
Science Is Universal
5
2.2
Maintaining a Critical Attitude
S
2.2.1
Reasonable Skepticism
7
2.2.2
Respect for the Truth
7
2.3
Reasoning
7
2.3.1
Deduction
8
2.3.2
Induction
8
2.3.3
Paradigm Shins
10
2.4
Evaluating Scientific Hypotheses
13
2.4.1
Ockham s Razor
13
2.4.2
Quantitative Evaluation
14
2.4.3
Verification by Others
17
2.4.4
Statistics: Correlation and Causation
18
2.4.5
Statistics: The Indeterminacy of the Small
19
2.4.6
Careful Definition
19
2.5
Science at the Frontier
20
2.5.1
When Good Theories Become Ugly
20
2.5.2
Stuff That Just Does Not Fit
22
References
23
Bibliography
24
3
Christopher Columbus and the Discovery of the Indies :
It Can Be Disastrous to Stubbornly Refuse to Recognize That
You Have Falsified Your Own Hypothesis
25
References
44
Bibliography
44
4
Antoine
Lavoisier and Joseph Priestley Both Test the Befuddling
Phlogiston Theory: Junking a Confusing Hypothesis May Be
Necessary to Clear the Way for New and Productive Science
45
References °^
Bibliography
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viii Contents
5 Michael
Faraday
Discovers Electromagnetic Induction but
Fails to Unify
Electromagnetism
and Gravitation: It Is Usually
Productive to Simplify and Consolidate Your Hypotheses
61
References
77
Bibliography
77
6 Wilhelm Röntgen
Intended to Study Cathode Rays but Ended
Up Discovering
Х
-Rays: Listen Carefully When Mother Nature
Whispers in Your Ear
—
She May Be Leading You to a Nobel Prize
79
References
87
Bibliography
87
7
Max Planck, the First Superhero of Quantum Theory, Saves
the Universe from the Ultraviolet Catastrophe: Assemble Two
Flawed Hypotheses About a Key Phenomenon into a Model
That Fits Experiment Exactly and People Will Listen to You
Even if You Must Revolutionize Physics
89
References
99
Bibliography
99
8
Albert Einstein Attacks the Problem Are Atoms Real?
from Every Angle: Solving a Centuries-Old Riddle in Seven
Different Ways Can Finally Resolve It
101
References
123
Bibliography
124
9
Niels Bohr Models the Hydrogen Atom as a Quantized System
with Compelling Exactness, but His Later Career Proves that
Collaboration and Developing New Talent Can Become More
Significant than the Groundbreaking Research of Any Individual
125
References
140
Bibliography
141
10
Conclusions, Status of Science, and Lessons for Our Time
143
10.1
Conclusions from Our Biographies
143
10.2
What Thought Processes Lead to Innovation?
143
10.3
Is the Scientist an Outsider?
144
10.4
The Status of the Modern Scientific Enterprise
145
10.5
Lessons for Our Time
146
10.6
Can the Scientific Method Be Applied to Public Policy?
146
10.7
Why So Little Interest in Science?
147
10.8
Knowledge Is Never Complete
147
References
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