The nature of science [[electronic resource] ] : integrating historical, philosophical, and sociological perspectives / / Fernando Espinoza |
Autore | Espinoza Fernando |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | xiii, 171 p. : ill |
Disciplina | 507.1 |
Soggetto topico |
Science - Study and teaching - Philosophy
Science - Social aspects |
ISBN |
1-283-24624-4
9786613246240 1-4422-0953-4 |
Classificazione | EDU046000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The need for scientific literacy -- The origins of accomplishing tasks : from individual to organized efforts -- The earliest comprehensive and rationalistic syntheses -- 4- knowing, doing and the inevitability of curiosity and exploration -- From the transcendent to the temporal-a transformative experience -- From qualities to quantities : the mathematization of nature -- Internalizing naturalistic explanations, benefit or threat? -- Dispensing with philosophy and entertaining limits to human knowledge -- Scientifically speaking, we know a lot, or do we? -- The need for a context -- The rightful place of science in society -- Concluding reflections. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781792203321 |
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The nature of science [[electronic resource] ] : integrating historical, philosophical, and sociological perspectives / / Fernando Espinoza |
Autore | Espinoza Fernando |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | xiii, 171 p. : ill |
Disciplina | 507.1 |
Soggetto topico |
Science - Study and teaching - Philosophy
Science - Social aspects |
ISBN |
1-283-24624-4
9786613246240 1-4422-0953-4 |
Classificazione | EDU046000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The need for scientific literacy -- The origins of accomplishing tasks : from individual to organized efforts -- The earliest comprehensive and rationalistic syntheses -- 4- knowing, doing and the inevitability of curiosity and exploration -- From the transcendent to the temporal-a transformative experience -- From qualities to quantities : the mathematization of nature -- Internalizing naturalistic explanations, benefit or threat? -- Dispensing with philosophy and entertaining limits to human knowledge -- Scientifically speaking, we know a lot, or do we? -- The need for a context -- The rightful place of science in society -- Concluding reflections. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825628303321 |
Espinoza Fernando
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Lanham, : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2012 | ||
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Wave Motion as Inquiry [[electronic resource] ] : The Physics and Applications of Light and Sound / / by Fernando Espinoza |
Autore | Espinoza Fernando |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XI, 232 p. 201 illus., 176 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 531.1133 |
Soggetto topico |
Acoustics
Optics Electrodynamics Classical Electrodynamics |
ISBN | 3-319-45758-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction to wave phenomena -- General characteristics of waves -- Reflection. p- Refraction -- Interference and standing waves -- Diffraction -- Polarization -- Changes in Properties of Waves. - Wave propagation and intensity variations -- Waves and sensory perception -- Forensic Applications. - Technological applications. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910254603703321 |
Espinoza Fernando
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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