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Place of Science in a World of Values and Facts Book

Place of Science in a World of Values and Facts
Place of Science in a World of Values and Facts, This volume is unique and comprehensive in its description of science and the scientist, the role of science in our lives, and the nature of the most important achievements in science. It is the only book of its kind to thoroughly deconstruct so many aspe, Place of Science in a World of Values and Facts has a rating of 3 stars
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  • Place of Science in a World of Values and Facts
  • Written by author Loucas G. Christophorou
  • Published by Springer-Verlag New York, LLC, January 1998
  • This volume is unique and comprehensive in its description of science and the scientist, the role of science in our lives, and the nature of the most important achievements in science. It is the only book of its kind to thoroughly deconstruct so many aspe
  • For students, teachers, and workers in science, and for non-scientists who worry about science and technology, Christophorou (National Institute of Standards and Technology, Maryland) relates broad social and philosophical issues to science in order to co
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Ch. 1The World of Values and Facts1
Us and the Cosmos1
A Few Thoughts on Human History6
The Micro (Multi) Cultures of the World9
The Timeless11
Ch. 2Modern People and the State of Their Societies17
Change and the Rate of Change that Changed the World17
A Violent World Without Peace23
Man's Natural Environment29
Earth's Resources35
The Power of the Greek Myth47
Ch. 3The Way Science Works and Evolves55
The Science of Greek Antiquity57
From Greek Astronomy to the Classical Physics of the Macrocosmos64
The Scientific and the Industrial Revolutions67
The Foundations of Modern Science69
A New Frame81
The Modern Era92
The Changing Character of Science110
The Invaluable Value of Science's Hereditary Past116
Ch. 4Science: The Penetrator of the Physical Universe127
The Minuscule and the Gigantic Microscopes of Modern Science127
The Dimensions of Modern Science's Diversity133
The Richness of Nature: Light144
The Laws of Nature150
Fundamental Generalizations and Questions152
Ch. 5Distinct Characteristics and Principles of Science155
Distinct Characteristics of Science156
General Principles of Science164
The Scientific Method172
Ch. 6The Scientist and the Science Worker175
The Scientist176
The Science Worker185
Their New Environs and Changing Functions186
Ch. 7From Basic Research to Application (Science and Technology)201
Scientific Research and Technology202
The Technological Value of Basic Research213
A Final Thought219
Ch. 8The Cultural and Educational Value of Science221
The Cultural Value of Science221
The Educational Value of Science230
The University233
Ch. 9Where Science Meets Religion241
The Complementarity of Science and Religion241
The Contact of Science and Religion246
Together for a Humanized Earth249
Ch. 10Limits of and to Science253
Limits of Science253
Limits to Science260
Trans-Science270
Ch. 11The Future of and in Science275
Science Ahead276
Science, Society, and the Scientist: The New Fair278
Appendices281
Index295


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