LEADER 03952nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910457129803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-44235-X 010 $a9786612442353 010 $a981-283-594-6 035 $a(CKB)2550000000000584 035 $a(EBL)477117 035 $a(OCoLC)586163212 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000342671 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11286391 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000342671 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10286844 035 $a(PQKB)10132433 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC477117 035 $a(WSP)00007066 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL477117 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10361670 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL244235 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000000584 100 $a20081020d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aScience matters$b[electronic resource] $ehumanities as complex systems /$fMaria Burguete, Lui Lam, editors 210 $aSingapore ;$aHackensack, NJ $cWorld Scientific Pub. Co.$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (288 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a981-283-593-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreface; Contents; 1 Science Matters: A Unified Perspective Lui Lam; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 What Is Science?; 1.3 The Origin and Nature of the Two Cultures; 1.4 Demarcation According to Human and Nonhuman Systems; 1.5 Simple and Complex Systems; 1.6 Science Matters; 1.7 Implications of Science Matters; 1.8 Discussion and Conclusion; References; PART I ART AND CULTURE; 2 Culture THROUGH Science: A New World of Images and Stories Paul Caro; 3 Physiognomy in Science and Art: Properties of a Natural Body Inferred from Its Appearance Brigitte Hoppe 327 $a4 Has Neuroscience Any Theological Consequence? Alfredo Dinis5 SciComm, PopSci and The Real World Lui Lam; PART II PHILOSOPHY AND HISTORY OF SCIENCE; 6 The Tripod of Science: Communication, Philosophy and Education Nigel Sanitt; 7 History and Philosophy of Science: Towards a New Epistemology Maria Burguete; 8 Philosophy of Science and Chinese Sciences: The Multicultural View of Science and a Unified Ontological Perspective Bing Liu; 9 Evolution of the Concept of Science Communication in China Da-Guang Li; 10 History of Science in Globalizing Time Dun Liu; PART III RAISING SCIENTIFIC LEVEL 327 $a11 Why Markets Are Moral Michael Shermer12 Towards the Understanding of Human Dynamics Tao Zhou, Xiao-Pu Han and Bing-Hong Wang; 13 Human History: A Science Matter Lui Lam; References; Contributors; Index 330 $aAll earnest and honest human quests for knowledge are efforts to understand Nature, which includes both human and nonhuman systems, the objects of study in science. Thus, broadly speaking, all these quests are in the science domain. The methods and tools used may be different; for example, the literary people use mainly their bodily sensors and their brain as the information processor, while natural scientists may use, in addition, measuring instruments and computers. Yet, all these activities could be viewed in a unified perspective - they are scientific developments at varying stages of matu 606 $aScience and the humanities 606 $aHumanities 606 $aInterdisciplinary approach to knowledge 606 $aSystem theory 606 $aSocial systems 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aScience and the humanities. 615 0$aHumanities. 615 0$aInterdisciplinary approach to knowledge. 615 0$aSystem theory. 615 0$aSocial systems. 676 $a001.3 701 $aBurguete$b Maria$0884933 701 $aLam$b Lui$021348 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457129803321 996 $aScience matters$91975879 997 $aUNINA