Massimiliano Di Ventra (University of Califor Professor of Physics

The Scientific Method

Reflections from a Practitioner

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Produktbeschreibung

This book discusses and explains in a clear, concise, and colloquial style the foundational concepts that determine how Science proceeds in investigating the natural world, and the knowledge it is able to provide. It uses simple facts to explain difficult concepts such as material reality, hypotheses, theory, and the logical foundations of Science.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 130
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 195mm x 126mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 158g
• ISBN-13: 9780198825623
• ISBN-10: 0198825625
• Artikelnr.: 52633050

Autorenporträt

Massimiliano Di Ventra is Professor of Physics at the University of California, San Diego. His research interests are in the theory of electronic and transport properties of nanoscale systems, non-equilibrium statistical mechanics, DNA sequencing/polymer dynamics in nanopores, and memory effects in nanostructures for applications in unconventional computing and biophysics. He has been invited to deliver more than 270 talks worldwide on these topics.

Inhaltsangabe

1: Science without Philosophy?
2: Material World and Objective Reality
3: First Principles and Logic
4: Natural Phenomena and the Primacy of Experiment
5: Observation and Experimentation
6: The Role of Human Faith in Science
7: Approximate and Limited Description of Natural Phenomena
8: Hypothesis
9: Theory
10: Competing Theories
11: Can One Theory be "Derived" from Another?
12: Verifying or Falsifying? And What?
13: Don't be a Masochist!
14: "Consensus" in Science? What is That?
15: Flow Chart of the Scientific Method
16: The "What" and "Why" Questions
17: "Scientism": Abusing the Scientific Method
18: Final Thoughts
Further Readings
About the Author
Index