عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
Q175 .D2685 2003
Q175
.
D2685
2003
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
0292716176
(Number (ISBN
0292716184
(Number (ISBN
9780292716179
(Number (ISBN
9780292716186
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
b749273
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
Understanding the language of science /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
Steven Darian.
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
1st ed.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Austin :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
University of Texas Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2003.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xi, 248 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations ;
Dimensions
23 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-246) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Chapter 1: The development of scientific thinking -- Chapter 2: The language of definitions -- Chapter 3: The language of classifying -- Chapter 4: The role of figurative language -- Chapter 5: Cause and effect -- Chapter 6: The language of hypotheses -- Chapter 7: The language of experiments -- Chapter 8: More than meets the eye: the role of visuals -- Chapter 9: The language of quantifying -- Chapter 10: The language of comparison.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
"To my knowledge, there has never [before] been a volume that analyzes, in one place, the actual language of science--those elements of thinking that are acknowledged to be the basis of scientific thought. . . . [Thus] this is a very important book, contributing to several fields: science, education, rhetoric, medicine, and perhaps even philosophy. . . . Darian's erudition is truly astonishing." --Celest A. Martin, Associate Professor, College Writing Program, University of Rhode Island From astronomy to zoology, the practice of science proceeds from scientific ways of thinking. These patterns of thought, such as defining and classifying, hypothesizing and experimenting, form the building blocks of all scientific endeavor. Understanding how they work is therefore an essential foundation for everyone involved in scientific study or teaching, from elementary school students to classroom teachers and professional scientists. In this book, Steven Darian examines the language of science in order to analyze the patterns of thinking that underlie scientific endeavor. He draws examples from university science textbooks in a variety of disciplines, since these offer a common, even canonical, language for scientific expression. Darian identifies and focuses in depth on nine patterns--defining, classifying, using figurative language, determining cause and effect, hypothesizing, experimenting, visualizing, quantifying, and comparing--and shows how they interact in practice. He also traces how these thought modes developed historically from Pythagoras through Newton.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Understanding the language of science.
Title
Understanding the language of science.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Science-- Language.
Science-- Philosophy.
Sciences-- Langage.
Sciences-- Philosophie.
Science-- Language.
Science-- Philosophy.
Taal.
Wetenschappen.
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
501/
.
4
Edition
21
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
Q175
Book number
.
D2685
2003
OTHER CLASS NUMBERS
Class number
08
.
35
System Code
bcl
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Darian, Steven G.
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20201204091355.0
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Electronic name
مطالعه متن کتاب [Book]
Y
