Solving everyday problems with the scientific method : thinking like a scientist /
This book describes how one can use The Scientific Method to solve everyday problems including medical ailments, health issues, money management, traveling, shopping, cooking, household chores, etc. It illustrates how to exploit the information collected from our five senses, how to solve problems w...
| Основен автор: | Mak, Don K. |
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| Автор-организации: | World Scientific (Firm) |
| Други автори: | Mak, Angela T., Mak, Anthony B. |
| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Singapore ; Hackensack, N.J. :
World Scientific Pub. Co.,
℗♭2009.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=305236 |
Съдържание:
- 1. Prelude
- 2. The scientific method. 2.1. Edwin Smith papyrus. 2.2. Greek philosophy (4th century BC). 2.3. Islamic philosophy (8th century AD-15th century AD). 2.4. European science (12th century AD-16th century AD). 2.5. Scientific Revolution (1543 AD-18th century AD). 2.6. Humanism and empiricism. 2.7. The scientific method. 2.8. Application of the scientific method to everyday problem
- 3. Observation. 3.1. External information. 3.2. Internal information
- 4. Hypothesis. 4.1. Abduction. 4.2. Wild conjectures. 4.3. Albert Einstein
- 5. Experiment. 5.1. Experiment versus hypothesis. 5.2. Platonic, Aristotelian, Baconian, and Galilean methodology
- 6. Recognition. 6.1. John Nash
- 7. Problem situation and problem definition. 7.1. Perspectives on different levels. 7.2. Perspectives on the same level
- 8. Induction and deduction. 8.1. Induction. 8.2. Deduction
- 9. Alternative solutions. 9.1. Lotion bottle with a pump dispenser
- 10. Relation. 10.1. Creativity. 10.2. Scientific research and scientific method. 10.3. Can we be more creative?
- 11. Mathematics
- 12. Probable value
- 13. Epilogue.