Screen LibraryHow the great scientists reasoned：the scientific method in action
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Elsevier,
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| Publisher Address: | London Waltham, MA |
| Publication Dates: | 2013. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Elsevier insights |
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| Carrier Form: | viii, 148 p.: ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780123984982 (hbk.) 012398498X (hbk.) |
| Index Number: | N09 |
| CLC: |
N09 N03 |
| Call Number: | N03/T552 |
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Includes bibliographical references. 1. Introduction : humanity's urge to understand -- 2. Elements of scientific thinking : skepticism, careful reasoning, and exhaustive evaluation are all vital. Science Is universal -- Maintaining a critical attitude. Reasonable skepticism -- Respect for the truth -- Reasoning. Deduction -- Induction -- Paradigm shifts -- Evaluating scientific hypotheses. Ockham's razor -- Quantitative evaluation -- Verification by others -- Statistics : correlation and causation -- Statistics : the indeterminacy of the small -- Careful definition -- Science at the frontier. When good theories become ugly -- |