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Galileo in Pittsburgh

2010-03-15 Education
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Release : 2010-03-15
Genre : Education
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Book Synopsis Galileo in Pittsburgh by : Clark Glymour

Download or read book Galileo in Pittsburgh written by Clark Glymour. This book was released on 2010-03-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What did the trial of Galileo share with the trial for fraud of the foremost investigator of the effects of lead exposure on children’s intelligence? In the title essay of this rollicking collection on science and education, Clark Glymour argues that fundamentally both were disputes over what methods are legitimate and authoritative. From testing the expertise of NASA scientists to discovering where software goes to die to turning educational research upside down, Glymour’s reports from the front lines of science and education read like a blend of Rachel Carson and Hunter S. Thompson. Contrarian and original, he criticizes the statistical arguments against Teach for America, argues for teaching the fallacies of Intelligent Design in high school science, places contemporary psychological research in a Platonic cave dug by Freud, and gives (and rejects) a fair argument for a self-interested, nationalist response to climate change. One of the creators of influential new statistical methods, Glymour has been involved in scientific investigations on such diverse topics as wildfire prediction, planetary science, genomics, climate studies, psychology, and educational research. Now he provides personal reports of the funny, the absurd, and the appalling in contemporary science and education. More bemused than indignant, Galileo in Pittsburgh is an ever-engaging call to rethink how we do science and how we teach it.

Science Secrets

2011-05-29 Social Science
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Release : 2011-05-29
Genre : Social Science
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Book Synopsis Science Secrets by : Alberto A. Martinez

Download or read book Science Secrets written by Alberto A. Martinez. This book was released on 2011-05-29. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Accessibly written in an engaging style, this book examines classic popular stories in the history of science. Some of the myths discussed include Franklin's Kite, Newton's Apple, and Thomson's plum pudding model of the atom. Martn̕ez successfully holds readers' attention by relying on rich documentation from primary sources to debunk speculations that have become reified over time. He argues that although scientists have disagreed with one another, the disagreements have been productive. Features includes extensive primary source documentation and detailed explanations of how to compare contradictory sources in order to determine which accounts are truly valid"-- Provided by publisher.

Galileo

2012-07-26 Biography & Autobiography
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Release : 2012-07-26
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Synopsis Galileo by : J. L. Heilbron

Download or read book Galileo written by J. L. Heilbron. This book was released on 2012-07-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heilbron takes in the landscape of culture, learning, religion, science, theology, and politics of late Renaissance Italy to produce a richer and more rounded view of Galileo, his scientific thinking, and the company he kept.

The Cambridge Companion to Galileo

1998-08-13 Biography & Autobiography
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Release : 1998-08-13
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to Galileo by : Peter Machamer

Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Galileo written by Peter Machamer. This book was released on 1998-08-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not only a hero of the scientific revolution, but after his conflict with the church, a hero of science, Galileo is today rivalled in the popular imagination only by Newton and Einstein. But what did Galileo actually do, and what are the sources of the popular image we have of him? This 1998 collection of specially-commissioned essays is unparalleled in the depth of its coverage of all facets of Galileo's work. A particular feature of the volume is the treatment of Galileo's relationship with the church. It will be of interest to philosophers, historians of science, cultural historians and those in religious studies.

New Perspectives on Galileo

2012-12-06 Science
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Release : 2012-12-06
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Book Synopsis New Perspectives on Galileo by : Robert E. Butts

Download or read book New Perspectives on Galileo written by Robert E. Butts. This book was released on 2012-12-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays in this volume (except for the contribution of Dr. Le Grand) are extremely revised versions of papers originally delivered at a workshop on Galileo held in Blacksburg, Virginia in October, 1975. The meeting was organized by Professor Joseph Pitt and sponsored by the Department of Philosophy and Religion, The College of Arts and Sciences, and the Division of Research of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. The papers that follow deal with problems OIf Galileo's philosophy of science, specific and general problems connected with his methodology, and with historical and conceptual questions concerning the relationship of his work to that of contemporaries and both earlier and later scientists. New perspectives take many forms. In this book the 'newness' has, for the most part, two forms. First, in the papers by Wisan, Shea, Le Grand and Wallace (the concerns will also appear in some of the other contributions), greatly enriched historical discoveries of how Galileo's science and its method ology developed are provided. It should be stressed that these papers are attempts to recapture a deep sense of the kind of science Galileo was creating. Other papers in the volume, for example, those by McMullin, Machamer, Butts and Pitt, underscore the importance of this historical venture by discussing various aspects of the philosophical background of Galileo's thought. The historical and philosophical evaluations and analyses compliment one another.

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