Author : J. Faye
Publisher : Springer
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 14,53 MB
Release : 2016-10-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 1137389834
Scientific thinking must be understood as an activity. The acts of interpretation, representation, and explanation are the cognitive processes by which scientific thinking leads to understanding. The book explores the nature of these processes and describes how scientific thinking can only be grasped from a pragmatic perspective.
Author : David Cayley
Publisher :
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 42,43 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Science
ISBN :
Interviews broadcast on the How to think about science segment of the CBC radio show Ideas.
Author : David Dobbs
Publisher : Pantheon
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 30,19 MB
Release : 2009-02-25
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0307490076
Explores the century-long controversy over the orgins of coral reefs, a debate that split the world of nineteenth-century science, looking at the diverse roles of Louis Agassiz, his son Alexander, and Charles Darwin and reflecting on how the search for the truth shed new light on the formation of Earth and its natural wonders.
Author : Carter Victor Good
Publisher :
Page : 19 pages
File Size : 31,26 MB
Release : 1936*
Category : Science
ISBN :
Author : J. Faye
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 31,90 MB
Release : 2014
Category :
ISBN : 9781349551699
Author : Richard Paul
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 71 pages
File Size : 13,40 MB
Release : 2019-06-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 1538133849
The Thinker’s Guide to Scientific Thinking focuses on developing the intellectual skills inherent in the well-cultivated practice of every area of scientific research and study. It helps students and practicing scientists come to reason within the logic of science and to see the field as a cohesive whole. From astronomers to zoologists and physicists to chemists, skilled scientists use careful analysis to question data, test theories, draw logical conclusions, and propose feasible solutions. Students in science courses, and scientists themselves will find their analytical abilities enhanced by the engaging framework of inquiry set forth by Richard Paul and Linda Elder in this guide. As part of the Thinker’s Guide Library, this book advances the mission of the Foundation for Critical Thinking to promote fairminded critical societies through cultivating essential intellectual abilities and virtues across every field of study across world.
Author : Georges E. Guibord
Publisher : Author House
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 32,56 MB
Release : 2007-05-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 1434355330
This book covers a wide variety of subjects, ranging from a New World Calendar to Einstein's Theories of Relativity. It describes interesting aspects of Astronomy, History, Philosophy and Life, using simple terms that do no require prior knowledge of these matters. Several natural phenomena are examined and many scientific aspects of our environment and of life in general, are presented. The book is full of fascinating information that effectively makes it a short course in basic science and astronomy and an imaginative study of many aspects of human nature. A short section on humour provides a relaxing variation from the seriousness of the technical subjects and the controversial natureof the human aspects.
Author : Robert M. Martin
Publisher : Broadview Press
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 32,89 MB
Release : 1997-03-31
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1770482296
Scientific Thinking is a practical guide to inductive reasoning—the sort of reasoning that is commonly used in scientific activity, whether such activity is performed by a scientist, a reporter, a political pollster, or any one of us in day-to-day life. The book provides comprehensive coverage of such topics as confirmation, sampling, correlations, causality, hypotheses, and experimental methods. Martin’s writing confounds those who would think that such topics must be dry-as-dust, presenting ideas in a lively and engaging tone and incorporating amusing examples throughout. This book underlines the importance of acquiring good habits of scientific thinking, and helps to instill those habits in the reader. Stimulating questions and exercises are included in each chapter.
Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 16,2 MB
Release : 2019-10-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 0309486165
One of the pathways by which the scientific community confirms the validity of a new scientific discovery is by repeating the research that produced it. When a scientific effort fails to independently confirm the computations or results of a previous study, some fear that it may be a symptom of a lack of rigor in science, while others argue that such an observed inconsistency can be an important precursor to new discovery. Concerns about reproducibility and replicability have been expressed in both scientific and popular media. As these concerns came to light, Congress requested that the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine conduct a study to assess the extent of issues related to reproducibility and replicability and to offer recommendations for improving rigor and transparency in scientific research. Reproducibility and Replicability in Science defines reproducibility and replicability and examines the factors that may lead to non-reproducibility and non-replicability in research. Unlike the typical expectation of reproducibility between two computations, expectations about replicability are more nuanced, and in some cases a lack of replicability can aid the process of scientific discovery. This report provides recommendations to researchers, academic institutions, journals, and funders on steps they can take to improve reproducibility and replicability in science.
Author : NA NA
Publisher : Springer
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 20,36 MB
Release : 2016-04-04
Category : Education
ISBN : 1349815926
