The Matter of Facts - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Matter of Facts write by Gareth Leng. This book was released on 2020-03-18. The Matter of Facts available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. How biases, the desire for a good narrative, reliance on citation metrics, and other problems undermine confidence in modern science. Modern science is built on experimental evidence, yet scientists are often very selective in deciding what evidence to use and tend to disagree about how to interpret it. In The Matter of Facts, Gareth and Rhodri Leng explore how scientists produce and use evidence. They do so to contextualize an array of problems confronting modern science that have raised concerns about its reliability: the widespread use of inappropriate statistical tests, a shortage of replication studies, and a bias in both publishing and citing “positive” results. Before these problems can be addressed meaningfully, the authors argue, we must understand what makes science work and what leads it astray. The myth of science is that scientists constantly challenge their own thinking. But in reality, all scientists are in the business of persuading other scientists of the importance of their own ideas, and they do so by combining reason with rhetoric. Often, they look for evidence that will support their ideas, not for evidence that might contradict them; often, they present evidence in a way that makes it appear to be supportive; and often, they ignore inconvenient evidence. In a series of essays focusing on controversies, disputes, and discoveries, the authors vividly portray science as a human activity, driven by passion as well as by reason. By analyzing the fluidity of scientific concepts and the dynamic and unpredictable development of scientific fields, the authors paint a picture of modern science and the pressures it faces.
The Matter of History
The Matter of History - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Matter of History write by Timothy J. LeCain. This book was released on 2017-09-11. The Matter of History available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Matter of History links the history of people with the history of things through a bold new materialist theory of the past.
A Matter of Interpretation
A Matter of Interpretation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Matter of Interpretation write by Elizabeth Mac Donald. This book was released on 2021-06. A Matter of Interpretation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. It's 13th-century Europe and a young monk, Michael Scot, has been asked by the Holy Roman Emperor to translate the works of Aristotle and recover his "lost" knowledge. The Scot sets to his task, traveling from the Emperor's Italian court to the translation schools of Toledo and from there to the Moorish library of Córdoba. But when the Pope deems the translations heretical, the Scot refuses to desist. So begins a battle for power between Church and State--one that has shaped how we view the world today.
A Matter of Degrees
A Matter of Degrees - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Matter of Degrees write by Gino Segre. This book was released on 2003-07-01. A Matter of Degrees available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In a wonderful synthesis of science, history, and imagination, Gino Segrè, an internationally renowned theoretical physicist, embarks on a wide-ranging exploration of how the fundamental scientific concept of temperature is bound up with the very essence of both life and matter. Why is the internal temperature of most mammals fixed near 98.6°? How do geologists use temperature to track the history of our planet? Why is the quest for absolute zero and its quantum mechanical significance the key to understanding superconductivity? And what can we learn from neutrinos, the subatomic "messages from the sun" that may hold the key to understanding the birth-and death-of our solar system? In answering these and hundreds of other temperature-sensitive questions, Segrè presents an uncanny view of the world around us.
A Matter of Law
A Matter of Law - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Matter of Law write by Robert L. Carter. This book was released on 2012-01-19. A Matter of Law available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
