Just a Theory Exploring the Nature of Science

Name: Just a Theory Exploring the Nature of Science
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ISBN: 9781591022855

ISBN-10: 1591022851

ISBN-13: 9781591022855

Edition: 2003

Authors: Moti Ben-Ari

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Some people claim that evolution is "just a theory." Do you know what a scientific theory really is? Just a Theory is an overview of the modern concepts of science. A clear understanding of the nature of science will enable you to distinguish science from pseudoscience (which illegitimately wraps itself in the mantle of science), and real social issues in science from the caricatures portrayed in postmodernist critiques. Prof. Ben-Ari's style is light (even humorous) and easy to read, bringing the latest concepts of science to the general reader. Of particular interest is his analysis of the terminology of science (fact, law, proof, theory) in relation to the colloquial meaning of these…

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List price: $21.99
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Prometheus Books, Publishers
Publication date: 4/8/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 237
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.770
Language: English



Preface



Naive Induction: What People Think Scientists Do


The Nature of Scientists: The Biographical Vignettes



Just a Theory: What Scientists Do


Isaac Newton: From Ascetic Genius to Acerbic Manager



Words Scientists Don't Use: At Least Not the Way You Do


Charles Darwin: Hypochondriac Revolutionary



Falsificationism: If It Might Be Wrong, It's Science


Albert Einstein: Paradigm of a Genius



Pseudoscience: What Some People Do Isn't Science


Louis Pasteur: Serial Scientist



The Sociology of Science: Scientists Do It as a Group


Emmy Noether: Against the Current of Discrimination



Postmodernist Critiques of Science: Is Science Universal?


Judah Folkman: Persistent Outsider



Science and Religion: Scientists Just Do Science


Edsger Dijkstra: Bringing Mathematics to Computing



Reductionism: The Whole Is the Sum of Its Parts


Linus Pauling: Linking Physics, Chemistry, and Biology



Statistics: As Reliable as a Casino's Profit


John Snow: Savior of London



Logic and Mathematics: Scientists Like It Clear and Precise


Andrew Wiles: Never Say Unsolvable



Geology: Modern Science on the Rocks


Alfred Wegener: Steadfast in Science and on the Ice



The Future of Science: Surprises or Revolutions


Edward Witten: The Einstein of Today


Notes


Recommended Reading


Bibliography


Index