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Item Information   Holdings       More by this author     Di Ventra, Massimiliano, author.     Subjects     Science -- Methodology     Science -- Philosophy     Science -- Methodology     Science -- Philosophy     Methode.     Wissenschaft.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Di Ventra, Massimiliano, author.       by title:      The Scientific metho...         MARC Display

The Scientific method : reflections from a practitioner / Massimiliano Di Ventra. by Di Ventra, Massimiliano, author. Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018. Description:  xi, 114 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm Edition:  First edition. Contents:  Preface -- 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. Summary:  "This book looks at how science investigates the natural world around us. It is an examination of the scientific method, the foundation of science and basis on which our scientific knowledge is built. ... [It] addresses all concepts pertaining to the scientific method. It includes discussions on objective reality, hypotheses and theory, and the fundamental and unalienable role of experimental evidence in scientific knowledge. ... Di Ventra also examines the limits of science and the errors we make when abusing its method in nonscientific contexts. By reflecting on the general method, the reader can critically sort through other types of scientific claims, and judge their ability to apply it in study and in practice."--Back cover.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Copy Status   Calmar Campus Library Circulation Stacks (Calmar) 501 Di 2018 Checked In Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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