Home Shopping Cart Contact Us CALL US: 1-208-232-5548   Search: Advanced search   Printable version  Categories CD/DVD/Video ENGRAVINGS & Prints BOOKS - Antiquarian BOOKS - Recent Help Contact us Privacy statement Terms & Conditions CRICKET SCIENCE :: BOOKS - Recent :: SCIENTIFIC PROCESSES: Origin of Knowledge SCIENTIFIC PROCESSES: Origin of Knowledge       This 102-page guide and workbook covers basic requirements for achieving scientific literacy. Scientific processes are presented in 15 chapters, each of which includes self-test exercises designed to pique curiosity, reveal the depths of insights and knowledge about scientific processes, enhance receptiveness to the information presented in the chapters, and assure success in helping the user learn and understand what science is and how it works! The author's definition of science as the "asking and answering of verifiable questions about nature" provides a pragmatic, simple and unique model for teaching and learning science at any level. Science is explained within contexts of "truths" (religious, legal, and scientific), and these comparisons provide a focus on both what science is and, and what it is not. Considerable coverage is given to attributes and qualities of (1) pseudoscience, and (2) the relative roles of induction and deduction in the development of myths, on the one hand, and powerful scientific ideas on the other. The roles of accident, chance, and serendipity in scientific discoveries is treated with clarity. Also explained are the common but innappropriate and misleading use of such concepts that science is about answering "why" questions, and "proving" (rather than disproving) ideas. Captivating quotes are scattered through the guidebook. EXAMPLE:"Knowledge no more comes from encyclopedias and libraries than milk comes from grocery-stores. Milk comes from cows, and knowledge comes from scientific processes." A variety of optical illusions are included to demonstrate that informationa dn knowledge are derived from context and relative position, and to emphasize how the human mind can be fooled into believing something ths is not true or does not exist. They are entertaining as well as instructional.   0% Details   SKU SKU25 Price: $24.95 Options   Quantity 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 If you see this message, your web browser doesn't support JavaScript or JavaScript is disabled. Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings so the online store can function correctly.   Send to friend     Your name: * Your e-mail: * Recipient's e-mail: *   Recommended products list     Customers who bought this product also bought the following products: 1839. A FLY-FISHERS ENTOMOLOGY by Alfred Ronalds, Second Edition 1737 RARE PRE-LINNAEAN M.De Reaumur HISTORY OF INSECTS Vol. 3 1740 RARE PRE-LINNAEAN M.De Reaumur HISTORY OF INSECTS Vol. 5 1866. BRITISH BEETLES: An Introduction to the Study of Our Indigenous Coleoptera by E.C. RYE 1834. BOOK of BUTTERFLIES by Captain Thomas Brown. London. Second Ed. 1910. HARMSWORTH NATURAL HISTORY by Richard Lyddeker, 3 Volumes 1738 RARE PRE-LINNAEAN M.De Reaumur HISTORY OF INSECTS Vol. 4 1833 British Entmology - Volume 10 by JOHN CURTIS - 48 HAND-COLORED Plates! 1893. Lydekker's THE ROYAL NATURAL HISTORY, 6 Vols Myths and Science of Cricket Chirps AUDIOCASSETTE Program   Customer feedback     Product rating Product rating   Voting Select your rating... Excellent! Very good Good Fair Poor Customer Reviews There have been no reviews for this product. Add your review here Your name: * Your message: * Maximum review length is 2000 characters Type the characters you see in the picture. (If you do not see any picture here, please enable images in your web browser options and refresh this page):     Your cart Cart is empty   View cart Checkout Wish list Orders history Authentication Username Password Register  Recover password If Javascript is enabled in your browser click here

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