The Scientific Method: Reflections from a Practitioner
Author:   Massimiliano Di Ventra (Professor of Physics, Professor of Physics, University of California, San Diego, USA)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780198825623


Pages:   130
Publication Date:   02 August 2018
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Massimiliano Di Ventra (Professor of Physics, Professor of Physics, University of California, San Diego, USA)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.00cm , Height: 0.70cm , Length: 19.70cm
Weight:   0.156kg
ISBN:  

9780198825623


ISBN 10:   0198825625
Pages:   130
Publication Date:   02 August 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
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Table of Contents

1: Science without Philosophy? 2: Material World and Objective Reality 3: First Principles and Logic 4: Natural Phenomena and the Primacy of Experiment 5: Observation and Experimentation 6: The Role of Human Faith in Science 7: Approximate and Limited Description of Natural Phenomena 8: Hypothesis 9: Theory 10: Competing Theories 11: Can One Theory be Derived from Another? 12: Verifying or Falsifying? And What? 13: Don't be a Masochist! 14: Consensus in Science? What is That? 15: Flow Chart of the Scientific Method 16: The What and Why Questions 17: Scientism : Abusing the Scientific Method 18: Final Thoughts Further Readings About the Author Index

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This is a timely book in an era of fake news and pseudoscience. * Nature Astronomy *


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Massimiliano Di Ventra is Professor of Physics at the University of California, San Diego. His research interests are in the theory of electronic and transport properties of nanoscale systems, non-equilibrium statistical mechanics, DNA sequencing/polymer dynamics in nanopores, and memory effects in nanostructures for applications in unconventional computing and biophysics. He has been invited to deliver more than 270 talks worldwide on these topics.

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