Science and Society
Understanding Scientific Methodology, Energy, Climate, and Sustainability
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 reader will gain a deeper understanding of scientific results reported by the med…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-3-319-21986-8
- EAN: 9783319219868
- Produktnummer: 18388308
- Verlag: Springer-Verlag GmbH
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
- Seitenangabe: 276 S.
- Masse: H24.4 cm x B16.1 cm x D2.0 cm 698 g
- Abbildungen: Book; 45 schwarz-weiße und 48 farbige Abbildungen, Bibliographie
- Gewicht: 698
Über den Autor
Eric Swanson is a professor at the University of Pittsburgh. He has published more than 100 papers on theoretical hadronic physics, condensed matter physics, and biophysics. Swanson is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and is a founder of the APS Topical Group on Hadronic Physics. He has been a visiting scientist at Oxford University, TRIUMF in British Columbia, Jefferson Lab in Virginia, and Los Alamos National Laboratory.
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