What Is Science?: A Guide for Those Who Love It, Hate It, or Fear It
- Length: 150 pages
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
- Publisher: World Scientific Publishing
- Publication Date: 2021-04-05
- ISBN-10: 981122871X
- ISBN-13: 9789811228711
- Sales Rank: #5853202 (See Top 100 Books)
What is Science? A Guide for Those Who Love It, Hate It, or Fear It, provides the reader with ways science has been done through discovery, exploration, experimentation and other reason-based approaches. It discusses the basic and applied sciences, the reasons why some people hate science, especially its rejection of the supernatural, and others who fear it for human applications leading to environmental degradation, climate change, nuclear war, and other outcomes of sciences applied to society. The author uses anecdotes from interviews and associations with many scientists he has encountered in his career to illustrate these features of science and their personalities and habits of thinking or work. He also explores the culture wars of science and the humanities, values involved in doing science and applying science, the need for preventing unexpected outcomes of applied science, and the ways our world view changes through the insights of science. This book will provide teachers lots of material for discussion about science and its significance in our lives. It will also be helpful for those starting out their interest in science to know the worst and best features of science as they develop their careers.
Cover Halftitle Title Copyright Dedication Preface Contents 1 Science as Exploration 2 Science as Discovery 3 Science as Invention 4 Science as Scholarship 5 Science as Experimentation 6 Science as Theory 7 Science as Technology 8 Science and Values 9 Science and Fraud 10 Science and Reality 11 Science and Industry 12 Science and Personality 13 Science and Politics 14 Science and the Arts and Humanities 15 Science and the Social Disciplines 16 Science and the Supernatural 17 The Pleasure of Science 18 The Curiosity of Science 19 The Vulnerability of Science 20 The Complexity of Science 21 What is Science? 22 How to Live in a Science Saturated World References to Works Cited About the Author Index
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