Mother Nature's Two Laws: Ringmasters for Circus Earth - Lesson on Entropy, Energy, Critical Thinking, and the Practice of Science

Kirwan, Denny

World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd（2000/09発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 200 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9789810243142
• DDC分類 530.1

Full Description

Every day brings a fresh barrage of bewildering claims about science and technology. How non-scientists tell the difference between the hyperbole and those developments that are important? With a modest amount of critical thinking, an understanding of how science is practiced, and a qualitative understanding of the two most sacred principles in science — the first and second laws of thermodynamics — anyone can make the distinction. Critical thinking and the practice of science are not emphasized in undergraduate science courses for non-scientists, while exposure to the first and second laws is usually reserved for physical science and engineering majors. This book introduces non-scientists to these topics and provides detailed applications to a variety of topics.

Contents

Mother Nature's two laws - what are they and why must we heed them?; the faces of energy; the faces of entropy; the scientific protocol and critical thinking; E4 - energy, entropy, economics, environment; global warming?; circus Earth follies, critical thinking, and the scientific protocol.