P/B 101 Science Surprises
Author: Hachette Children's Books
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Published: 1995-02-01
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ISBN-13: 9780750018692
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Author: Hachette Children's Books
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Published: 1995-02-01
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ISBN-13: 9780750018692
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Gaby Waters
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Published: 1990-12-31
Total Pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9781851231133
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe monster gang engage in fun science experiments.
Author: G. Waters
Publisher: Educational Development Corporation
Published: 1986
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13: 9780860209140
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe monster gang engage in fun science experiments.
Author: John Daniel Hartzog
Publisher: Powerkids Press
Published: 2000-08-01
Total Pages: 24
ISBN-13: 9780823970124
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhy is the sky blue? How do see-saws work? What's ooblech? This series provides fun experiments and explanations that answer all sorts of questions and tie into the K-4 science curriculum. The books will surprise your students with the realization that science is not just in the classroom -- it's in the kitchen, in their food, in the gym, in the playground, in the car -- it's even right in their own backyard!
Author: Frans P.B. Osinga
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2007-01-24
Total Pages: 424
ISBN-13: 113419708X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJohn Boyd is often known exclusively for the so-called ‘OODA’ loop model he developed. This model refers to a decision-making process and to the idea that military victory goes to the side that can complete the cycle from observation to action the fastest. This book aims to redress this state of affairs and re-examines John Boyd’s original contribution to strategic theory. By highlighting diverse sources that shaped Boyd’s thinking, and by offering a comprehensive overview of Boyd’s work, this volume demonstrates that the common interpretation of the meaning of Boyd’s OODA loop concept is incomplete. It also shows that Boyd’s work is much more comprehensive, richer and deeper than is generally thought. With his ideas featuring in the literature on Network Centric Warfare, a key element of the US and NATO’s so-called ‘military transformation’ programmes, as well as in the debate on Fourth Generation Warfare, Boyd continues to exert a strong influence on Western military thinking. Dr Osinga demonstrates how Boyd’s work can helps us to understand the new strategic threats in the post- 9/11 world, and establishes why John Boyd should be regarded as one of the most important (post)modern strategic theorists.
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Published: 1988-08
Total Pages: 100
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKPopular Science gives our readers the information and tools to improve their technology and their world. The core belief that Popular Science and our readers share: The future is going to be better, and science and technology are the driving forces that will help make it better.
Author: Reuben R. McDaniel
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2005-03-11
Total Pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9783540237730
DOWNLOAD EBOOKComplexity science has been a source of new insight in physical and social systems and has demonstrated that unpredictability and surprise are fundamental aspects of the world around us. This book is the outcome of a discussion meeting of leading scholars and critical thinkers with expertise in complex systems sciences and leaders from a variety of organizations, sponsored by the Prigogine Center at The University of Texas at Austin and the Plexus Institute, to explore strategies for understanding uncertainty and surprise. Besides contributions to the conference, it includes a key digest by the editors as well as a commentary by the late nobel laureate Ilya Prigogine, "Surprises in half of a century". The book is intended for researchers and scientists in complexity science, as well as for a broad interdisciplinary audience of both practitioners and scholars. It will well serve those interested in the research issues and in the application of complexity science to physical and social systems.
Author: Lee McIntyre
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2019-05-07
Total Pages: 291
ISBN-13: 0262039834
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn argument that what makes science distinctive is its emphasis on evidence and scientists' willingness to change theories on the basis of new evidence. Attacks on science have become commonplace. Claims that climate change isn't settled science, that evolution is “only a theory,” and that scientists are conspiring to keep the truth about vaccines from the public are staples of some politicians' rhetorical repertoire. Defenders of science often point to its discoveries (penicillin! relativity!) without explaining exactly why scientific claims are superior. In this book, Lee McIntyre argues that what distinguishes science from its rivals is what he calls “the scientific attitude”—caring about evidence and being willing to change theories on the basis of new evidence. The history of science is littered with theories that were scientific but turned out to be wrong; the scientific attitude reveals why even a failed theory can help us to understand what is special about science. McIntyre offers examples that illustrate both scientific success (a reduction in childbed fever in the nineteenth century) and failure (the flawed “discovery” of cold fusion in the twentieth century). He describes the transformation of medicine from a practice based largely on hunches into a science based on evidence; considers scientific fraud; examines the positions of ideology-driven denialists, pseudoscientists, and “skeptics” who reject scientific findings; and argues that social science, no less than natural science, should embrace the scientific attitude. McIntyre argues that the scientific attitude—the grounding of science in evidence—offers a uniquely powerful tool in the defense of science.
Author: Bessie Head
Publisher: Heinemann
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780435909819
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBotswana village tales about subjects such as the breakdown of family life and the position of women in this society.
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Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2018-11-26
Total Pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9004391630
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn Stability and Change in Science Education: Meeting Basic Learning Needs, Phyllis Katz and Lucy Avraamidou present authors from five countries who have reflected upon this balance in their science education reform work in schools and other science rich settings.