Mother Nature's Two Laws: Ringmasters For Circus Earth - Lesson On Entropy, Energy, Critical Thinking, And The Practice Of Science
Lessons on Entropy, Energy, Critical Thinking, and the Practice of Science
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Mother Nature's Two Laws: Ringmasters For Circus Earth - Lesson On Entropy, Energy, Critical Thinking, And The Practice Of Science
Lessons on Entropy, Energy, Critical Thinking, and the Practice of Science
About This Book
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.
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Table of contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Contents
- List of Tables and Figures
- Part 1 Mother Nature’s Two Laws
- 1. Mother Nature’s Two Laws: What Are They and Why Must We Heed Them?
- 2. The Faces of Energy
- 3. The Faces of Entropy
- PART 2 CIRCUS EARTH
- 1. The Scientific Protocol and Critical Thinking
- 2. E4: Energy, Entropy, Economics, Environment
- 3. Global Warming?
- 4. Circus Earth Follies, Critical Thinking, and the Scientific Protocol
- Index