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- catalog abstract ""Every day brings a fresh barrage of bewildering claims about science and technology changing society. How can nonscientists 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 generally are not emphasized in undergraduate science courses for nonscientists, and exposure to the first and second laws usually is reserved for physical science and engineering majors. This book introduces nonscientists to these topics and applies them to a variety of topical issues."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11990775.
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description ""Every day brings a fresh barrage of bewildering claims about science and technology changing society. How can nonscientists 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 generally are not emphasized in undergraduate science courses for nonscientists, and exposure to the first and second laws usually is reserved for physical science and engineering majors. This book introduces nonscientists to these topics and applies them to a variety of topical issues."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes biblographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "xxv, 173 p. :".
- catalog identifier "9810243146 :".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Singapore : World Scientific ,".
- catalog subject "Critical thinking.".
- catalog subject "Entropy.".
- catalog subject "Global warming.".
- catalog subject "QC311 .K57 2000".
- catalog subject "Technology.".
- catalog subject "Thermodynamics.".
- catalog title "Mother nature's two laws : ringmasters for circus earth : lessons on entropy, energy, critical thinking, and the practice of science / A.D. Kirwan, Jr.".
- catalog type "text".