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  title info:
    title: Scientific method in brief
  name:
    name part: Gauch, Hugh G.
    name part: Jr
    name part: 1942-
    role:
      role term: creator
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nyu
    date issued: 2012
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xvii, 288 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
  abstract: "The general principles of the scientific method, which are applicable across all of the sciences, are essential for perspective, productivity, and innovation. These principles include deductive and inductive logic, probability, parsimony, and hypothesis testing, as well as science's presuppositions, limitations, ethics, and bold claims of rationality and truth. The implicit contrast is with specialized techniques confined to a given discipline, such as DNA sequencing in biology. Neither general principles nor specialized techniques can substitute for one another, but rather the winning combination for scientists is mastery of both. The purposes of this book are to enhance perspective on science by drawing insights from the humanities, and to increase productivity by fostering a deep understanding of the general principles of scientific method. The examples and case studies span the physical, biological, and social sciences; include applications in agriculture, engineering, and medicine; and also explore science's interrelationships with disciplines in the humanities such as philosophy and law. This book engages a great diversity of viewpoints on science, both historical and contemporary, and responds by affirming science's rationality. Informed by position papers on science from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, National Academy of Sciences, and National Science Foundation, this book aligns with a distinctively mainstream vision of science. It is an ideal resource for anyone undertaking a systematic study of scientific method for the first time, from undergraduates to professionals in both the sciences and the humanities"--
  table of contents: Foreword by James R. Miller -- Preface -- Introduction -- Four bold claims -- A brief history of truth -- Science's contested rationality -- Science presuppositions -- Science's powers and limits -- Deductive logic -- Probability -- Inductive logic and statistics -- Parsimony and efficiency -- Case studies -- Ethics and responsibilities -- Science education -- Conclusions -- References -- Index.
  note: Hugh G. Gauch, Jr.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    topic: Science
    topic: Methodology
  subject:
    topic: SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects
  classification: Q175 .G3368 2012
  classification: 001.4/2
  identifier: 1107666724 (pbk.)
  identifier: 9781107666726 (pbk.)
  identifier: 2012016520
  record info:
    record content source: DLC
    record creation date: 120605
    record change date: 20151202172405.0
    record identifier: in00002799791
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng