Many people are admirers of science and are eager to know more about it but are woefully unaware of why that knowledge is so powerful. That lack of understanding can be exploited by those with harmful agendas to sow doubt about the validity of the consensus conclusions arrived at by scientists about issues of major importance. This book's explanation of why the theories of science work so well without being true may not only surprise them, it would also enable them to counter harmful anti-science agendas and provide practical benefits by enabling them to make much better judgments about issues in their everyday lives.…mehr
Many people are admirers of science and are eager to know more about it but are woefully unaware of why that knowledge is so powerful. That lack of understanding can be exploited by those with harmful agendas to sow doubt about the validity of the consensus conclusions arrived at by scientists about issues of major importance. This book's explanation of why the theories of science work so well without being true may not only surprise them, it would also enable them to counter harmful anti-science agendas and provide practical benefits by enabling them to make much better judgments about issues in their everyday lives.
Mano Singham is retired Director of the University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education (UCITE ), Adjunct Associate Professor of Physics at Case Western Reserve University and a Fellow of the American Physical Society. He has written God vs. Darwin: The War Between Evolution and Creationism in the Classroom, The Achievement Gap in US Education: Canaries in the Mine, and Quest for Truth: Scientific Progress and Religious Beliefs. Singham is a Fellow of the American Physical Society.
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Introduction PART ONE: Why understanding the nature of science is important 1. Did dinosaurs have tea parties? 2. The traps of scientific history 3. Misconceptions about the methodology and epistemology of science 4. What is the goal of science? 5. The power of scientific theories and the problem of induction PART TWO: Case study of the age of the Earth 6. What the age of the Earth reveals about how science progresses 7. What we learn about science from the study of the age of the Earth PART THREE: Science and true knowledge 8. A brief history on the search for true knowledge 9. The role of doubt and faith in science 10. The basic features of science PART FOUR: The nature of scientific logic 13. Truth in mathematics and science 14. The burden of proof in scientific and legal systems 15. Proof by logical contradiction 16. The role of negative evidence in establishing universal claims 17. Dark matter, dark energy, string theory, and the multiverse PART FIVE: Resolving the Great Paradox 18. How scientists choose between competing theories 19. Why some scientific controversies never die 20. How science evolves and the Great Paradox of science 21. The three trees of scientific knowledge 22. Resolving the Great Paradox Supplementary Material Acknowledgments References
Introduction PART ONE: Why understanding the nature of science is important 1. Did dinosaurs have tea parties? 2. The traps of scientific history 3. Misconceptions about the methodology and epistemology of science 4. What is the goal of science? 5. The power of scientific theories and the problem of induction PART TWO: Case study of the age of the Earth 6. What the age of the Earth reveals about how science progresses 7. What we learn about science from the study of the age of the Earth PART THREE: Science and true knowledge 8. A brief history on the search for true knowledge 9. The role of doubt and faith in science 10. The basic features of science PART FOUR: The nature of scientific logic 13. Truth in mathematics and science 14. The burden of proof in scientific and legal systems 15. Proof by logical contradiction 16. The role of negative evidence in establishing universal claims 17. Dark matter, dark energy, string theory, and the multiverse PART FIVE: Resolving the Great Paradox 18. How scientists choose between competing theories 19. Why some scientific controversies never die 20. How science evolves and the Great Paradox of science 21. The three trees of scientific knowledge 22. Resolving the Great Paradox Supplementary Material Acknowledgments References
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