登入
選單
返回
Google圖書搜尋
Mother Nature's Two Laws
A. D. Kirwan
其他書名
Ringmasters for Circus Earth : Lessons on Entropy, Energy, Critical Thinking, and the Practice of Science
出版
World Scientific
, 2000
主題
Science / Mechanics / Thermodynamics
ISBN
9812384863
9789812384867
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=XGGu0wIlpbAC&hl=&source=gbs_api
EBook
SAMPLE
註釋
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.