Understanding the language of science
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Understanding the language of science
University of Texas Press, 2003
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-246) and index
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ISBN 9780292716179
内容説明
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.
目次
- Introduction1. The Development of Scientific Thinking2. The Language of Definitions3. The Language of Classifying4. The Role of Figurative Language5. Cause and Effect6. The Language of Hypotheses7. The Language of Experiments8. More than Meets the Eye: The Role of Visuals9. The Language of Quantifying10. The Language of ComparisonBibliography
- Index
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: pbk ISBN 9780292716186
内容説明
2004 - A Choice Outstanding Academic Book
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.
目次
Introduction
1. The Development of Scientific Thinking
2. The Language of Definitions
3. The Language of Classifying
4. The Role of Figurative Language
5. Cause and Effect
6. The Language of Hypotheses
7. The Language of Experiments
8. More than Meets the Eye: The Role of Visuals
9. The Language of Quantifying
10. The Language of Comparison
Bibliography
Index
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