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OverviewFrom 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 endeavour. 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 volume, Steven Darian examines the language of science in order to analyze the patterns of thinking that underlie scientific endeavour. 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Steven DarianPublisher: University of Texas Press Imprint: University of Texas Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9780292716186ISBN 10: 0292716184 Pages: 262 Publication Date: 01 August 2003 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction1. 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 ComparisonBibliographyIndexReviewsTo 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 Author InformationSteven Darian is Professor Emeritus of Linguistics and Education at Rutgers University. He has also been a Fulbright Visiting Professor in India (1992), Uzbekistan (1997), and Ukraine (2001). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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