Mother nature's two laws: ringmasters for circus earth : lessons on entropy, energy, critical thinking, and the practice of science
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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.
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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.
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Entropie
Entropy
Global warming
Leermiddelen (vorm)
Pensée critique
Réchauffement de la Terre
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Technologie
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entropy
global warming
thermodynamics
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Entropy
Global warming
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Pensée critique
Réchauffement de la Terre
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Technologie
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Thermodynamique
entropy
global warming
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Mother nature's two laws : ringmasters for circus earth : lessons on entropy, energy, critical thinking, and the practice of science
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Mother nature's two laws
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ringmasters for circus earth : lessons on entropy, energy, critical thinking, and the practice of science
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Entropie
Entropy
Global warming
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Pensée critique
Réchauffement de la Terre
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Technology
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Thermodynamics
Thermodynamique
entropy
global warming
thermodynamics
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Entropy
Global warming
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