Finlay MacRitchie (Kansas State University, Manhattan, USA)
Applying the Scientific Method to Learn from Mistakes and Approach Truth
Finlay MacRitchie (Kansas State University, Manhattan, USA)
Applying the Scientific Method to Learn from Mistakes and Approach Truth
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In this timely book the author describes the correct use of the scientific method and how to apply it to current events and scientific topics to obtain honest assessments. The book is approachable enough for the general public and recommended for university and advanced high school science educators and their students.
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In this timely book the author describes the correct use of the scientific method and how to apply it to current events and scientific topics to obtain honest assessments. The book is approachable enough for the general public and recommended for university and advanced high school science educators and their students.
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Produktdetails
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- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Seitenzahl: 138
- Erscheinungstermin: 26. Januar 2022
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 240mm x 163mm x 14mm
- Gewicht: 352g
- ISBN-13: 9781032183367
- ISBN-10: 1032183365
- Artikelnr.: 62571584
- Herstellerkennzeichnung
- Libri GmbH
- Europaallee 1
- 36244 Bad Hersfeld
- 06621 890
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Seitenzahl: 138
- Erscheinungstermin: 26. Januar 2022
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 240mm x 163mm x 14mm
- Gewicht: 352g
- ISBN-13: 9781032183367
- ISBN-10: 1032183365
- Artikelnr.: 62571584
- Herstellerkennzeichnung
- Libri GmbH
- Europaallee 1
- 36244 Bad Hersfeld
- 06621 890
Finlay MacRitchie was a professor in the Department of Grain Science and Industry, Kansas State University from 1997 to 2009. He is presently Professor Emeritus in that department. Prior to this, he was a research scientist in the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) of Australia. He has spent short periods of time as Visiting Professor at the University of Chile and the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and as Senior Research Fellow at the Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands, the University of Paris V, the University of Lund, Sweden, and the University of Tuscia, Italy. Professor MacRitchie has published more than 150 papers in refereed journals and four textbooks - Chemistry at Interfaces (Academic Press, 1990), Concepts in Cereal Chemistry (Taylor & Francis, 2010), Scientific Research as a Career (Taylor & Francis, 2011), and The Need for Critical Thinking and the Scientific Method (Taylor & Francis, 2018). He is listed as an Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) highly cited researcher and is included in a list of the top 2% of researchers in the world by a recent Stanford University survey. He has been a member of the editorial boards of Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, Cereal Chemistry, and Journal of Cereal Science and Editor- in- Chief of Journal of Cereal Science. Professor MacRitchie's awards include the F.B. Guthrie Medal of the Cereal Division of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) and the Thomas Burr Osborne Medal and George W. Scott Blair Memorial Award of the American Association of Cereal Chemists (now Cereals and Grains Association).
Contents
Preface
.................................................................................................................
ix
About the Author
............................................................................................
xiii
Chapter 1 The Importance of Building Resilience
................................... 1
Chapter 2 Scientific Thinking and How It Can Be Applied .................
21
Chapter 3 Our Failing Education System
................................................. 35
Chapter 4 How Political Debate Should Work in a Democracy .......... 47
Chapter 5 Fairness and Equality
................................................................ 61
Chapter 6 Education, Schooling, and the Curriculum
........................... 67
Chapter 7 Where Have We Been Going Wrong in Our Society? .......... 77
Chapter 8 How Do We Fix What Has Been Going Wrong? ................... 97
Chapter 9 Summary and Hopes for the Future
..................................... 111
Chapter 10 What Are Some of the Mistakes and Can They
Be Corrected?
............................................................................
115
Index
.................................................................................................................
121
Preface
.................................................................................................................
ix
About the Author
............................................................................................
xiii
Chapter 1 The Importance of Building Resilience
................................... 1
Chapter 2 Scientific Thinking and How It Can Be Applied .................
21
Chapter 3 Our Failing Education System
................................................. 35
Chapter 4 How Political Debate Should Work in a Democracy .......... 47
Chapter 5 Fairness and Equality
................................................................ 61
Chapter 6 Education, Schooling, and the Curriculum
........................... 67
Chapter 7 Where Have We Been Going Wrong in Our Society? .......... 77
Chapter 8 How Do We Fix What Has Been Going Wrong? ................... 97
Chapter 9 Summary and Hopes for the Future
..................................... 111
Chapter 10 What Are Some of the Mistakes and Can They
Be Corrected?
............................................................................
115
Index
.................................................................................................................
121
Contents
Preface
.................................................................................................................
ix
About the Author
............................................................................................
xiii
Chapter 1 The Importance of Building Resilience
................................... 1
Chapter 2 Scientific Thinking and How It Can Be Applied .................
21
Chapter 3 Our Failing Education System
................................................. 35
Chapter 4 How Political Debate Should Work in a Democracy .......... 47
Chapter 5 Fairness and Equality
................................................................ 61
Chapter 6 Education, Schooling, and the Curriculum
........................... 67
Chapter 7 Where Have We Been Going Wrong in Our Society? .......... 77
Chapter 8 How Do We Fix What Has Been Going Wrong? ................... 97
Chapter 9 Summary and Hopes for the Future
..................................... 111
Chapter 10 What Are Some of the Mistakes and Can They
Be Corrected?
............................................................................
115
Index
.................................................................................................................
121
Preface
.................................................................................................................
ix
About the Author
............................................................................................
xiii
Chapter 1 The Importance of Building Resilience
................................... 1
Chapter 2 Scientific Thinking and How It Can Be Applied .................
21
Chapter 3 Our Failing Education System
................................................. 35
Chapter 4 How Political Debate Should Work in a Democracy .......... 47
Chapter 5 Fairness and Equality
................................................................ 61
Chapter 6 Education, Schooling, and the Curriculum
........................... 67
Chapter 7 Where Have We Been Going Wrong in Our Society? .......... 77
Chapter 8 How Do We Fix What Has Been Going Wrong? ................... 97
Chapter 9 Summary and Hopes for the Future
..................................... 111
Chapter 10 What Are Some of the Mistakes and Can They
Be Corrected?
............................................................................
115
Index
.................................................................................................................
121