Exploring the Scientific Method: Cases and Questions Contributor(s): Gimbel, Steven (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0226294838 ISBN-13: 9780226294834 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $34.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2011 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Science | Research & Methodology - Science | Philosophy & Social Aspects - Science | History |
Dewey: 507.21 |
LCCN: 2010039374 |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.9" W x 8.8" (1.19 lbs) 424 pages |
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Publisher Description: From their grade school classrooms forward, students of science are encouraged to memorize and adhere to the "scientific method"--a model of inquiry consisting of five to seven neatly laid-out steps, often in the form of a flowchart. But walk into the office of a theoretical physicist or the laboratory of a biochemist and ask "Which step are you on?" and you will likely receive a blank stare. This is not how science works. But science does work, and here award-winning teacher and scholar Steven Gimbel provides students the tools to answer for themselves this question: What actually is the scientific method? |
Contributor Bio(s): Gimbel, Steven: - Steven Gimbel is associate professor of philosophy at Gettysburg College. He is the author of several books, including The Grateful Dead and Philosophy and Defending Einstein, and the 2005 recipient of the Luther W. and Bernice L. Thompson Distinguished Teaching Award. |