An Examination of How Scientists Ask and Answer Questions Using the Story of Evolution as a Paradigm
Buch, Englisch, 440 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1046 g
ISBN: 978-1-4020-6098-4
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
This book reveals that scientific logic is an extension of common, everyday logic and that it can and should be understood by everyone. Written by a practicing and successful scientist, it explores why questions arise in science and looks at how questions are tackled, what constitutes a valid answer, and why. The author does not bog the reader down in technical details or lists of facts to memorize. Instead, he places the questions in their historical and cultural context, ranging from the earliest intimations that the earth had a long history to current controversies, even describing the origins, challenges, and promises of modern molecular biology. He uses accessible examples, illustrations, and descriptions to address issues as complex as radiocarbon dating and how we know that DNA is a double helix. The book should prove enlightening to anyone who has been perplexed by the meaning, relevance, and moral or political implications of science.
Zielgruppe
Graduate
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Molekularbiologie
- Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Evolutionsbiologie
- Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Populärwissenschaftliche Werke
- Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften
- Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Vorklinische Medizin: Grundlagenfächer Humangenetik
- Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Biomedizin, Medizinische Forschung, Klinische Studien
- Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biochemische Immunologie
Weitere Infos & Material
Chapter 1: The Origin of the Earth and of Species of Animals and Plants as Seen Before the Enlightenment.- Chapter 2: The Seashells on the Mountaintop.- Chapter 3: Aristotle’s and Linnaeus’ Classifications of Living Creatures.- Chapter 4: Natural Selection: the Second Half of Darwin’s Hypothesis.- Chapter 5: Darwin’s Hypothesis.- Chapter 6: The stuff of Inheritance: DNA, RNA, and Mutations.- Chapter 7: The Story of our Planet.- Chapter 8: Competition Among Species.- Chapter 9:The Importance of Disease.- Chapter 10: The Evolution of Humans
