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Science and society : understanding scientific methodology, energy, climate, and sustainability

By: Swanson, Eric S
Publisher: New York : Springer, c2016.Description: xxix, 276 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9783319368559Subject(s): Science -- Popular works | Science -- Social aspectsDDC classification: 500 SW SC Online resources: Location Map
Summary:
"This undergraduate textbook educates non-science majors - our future policy makers - on how science works, the rules that underpin our existence, our impact on nature, and nature's impact on us. The book provides a concise, historically based, non-mathematical treatment of modern physics relevant to societal issues. It challenges readers to examine the problems we face (and their own beliefs) in light of the scientific method. With a narrative structure, 'Science and Society' explains the scientific process and the power it brings to dealing with the natural world. the reder will gain a deeeper understnding of scientific results reported by the media, and thus the tools to develop a rational, fact-based assessment of energy and resource policy."
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REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai
Main Collection 		500 SW SC (Browse shelf) Available October2018 T0058894
Total holds: 0

Preliminaries --
1. What is science? --
2. Doing science --
3. Pseudoscience --
4. Energy and entropy --
5. Electricity, magnetism, and light --
6. Atom and light --
7. Climate --
8. Nuclear energy and radiation --
9. A finite planet --
10. Outlook --
Problem solutions.

"This undergraduate textbook educates non-science majors - our future policy makers - on how science works, the rules that underpin our existence, our impact on nature, and nature's impact on us. The book provides a concise, historically based, non-mathematical treatment of modern physics relevant to societal issues. It challenges readers to examine the problems we face (and their own beliefs) in light of the scientific method. With a narrative structure, 'Science and Society' explains the scientific process and the power it brings to dealing with the natural world. the reder will gain a deeeper understnding of scientific results reported by the media, and thus the tools to develop a rational, fact-based assessment of energy and resource policy."

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