Science and technology. ([2014])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Dimitris N. Chorafas.
• Authors: Chorafas, Dimitris N
• Contents: Foreword; Preface; Contents; 1 Science; 1.1 Natural Philosophy; 1.2 Evolution of Scientific Thought; 1.3 Basic and Applied Research; 1.4 From the Very Small to the Very Big; 1.5 Lasers. An Example; 1.6 Critical Examination: The Socratic Method; 1.7 Headwinds to Research and Science; 2 Philosophy, Science and Ethics; 2.1 Philosophy: Know Yourself; 2.2 Philosophy and Science: Thales; 2.3 Protagoras; 2.4 Philosophy and Beliefs: Pythagoras; 2.5 Life and Death; 2.6 Science and Ethics; 2.7 Research on Improving the Quality of Life; 2.8 Why Science Is Amoral; 3 The Physicist's Method. 3.1 Scientific Experiments3.2 The Heart of the Matter; 3.3 Cause and Effect; 3.4 Laws in Physics: A Case Study with Entropy; 3.5 Entropy, Noise, and Errors; 3.6 Rocket Science and Financial Analysis; 3.7 Case Study with Moore's Law; 4 Models and Simulation; 4.1 Simulation: Back to Fundamentals; 4.2 Simulated Environments; 4.3 Simpler and More Complex Models; 4.4 Fractals and Chaos Theory; 4.5 The Downside of Flawed Models; 4.6 Testing Models, Hypotheses, and Forecasts; 5 Education for Science and Technology; 5.1 Learning How to Learn; 5.2 A Giant Step in Education: The Invention of Writing. 5.3 The Use of Knowledge5.4 Opening the Human Mind: Asymmetries and Nonlinearities; 5.5 Technical Analysis of Tools and Models; 5.6 Being Proactive; 6 Technology; 6.1 Technology and Society; 6.2 A Brief History of Technology; 6.3 Biomedical Engineering. A Case Study; 6.4 Meta-Analysis and the Fermi Principle; 6.5 Technology's Impact; 6.6 The Risk of Human Errors; 6.7 Technology and Promotion; 7 Technology and the Political Challenge of℗ Energy Supply; 7.1 Power Production and Consumption; 7.2 Is It Possible to Ease Energy Dependency?; 7.3 Energy Efficiency. 7.4 Bubbles in Power Economics. The LEDs7.5 Shortage of Energy and Inefficient "Solutions"; 7.6 Cars, Car Users, and the Environment; 8 Sources of Energy; 8.1 Is Clean Energy a Chimera?; 8.2 Coal; 8.3 Hydroelectric Power: A Case Study with the Aswan Dam; 8.4 Oil; 8.5 Gas and Biofuels; 8.6 Shale Gas and Oil; 8.7 Fracking's Downside; 8.8 Solar; 8.9 Wind Power; 9 Challenges of Nuclear Power Production; 9.1 An Introduction to Nuclear Power; 9.2 Nuclear Power Production in France; 9.3 Germany Abandons Nuclear Power; 9.4 Japan's Nuclear Power Catastrophe; 9.5 We Should Learn from Past Accidents.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2014
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv, 207 pages), illustration
• Subjects: 501; Energy; Science -- Philosophy; Technology -- Philosophy; Science -- Study and teaching; SCIENCE -- Philosophy & Social Aspects; Science -- Philosophy; Science -- Study and teaching; Technology -- Philosophy; Business & Economics; Industries; Science -- Study & Teaching; Business & Economics -- Industries -- Energy Industries; Teaching of a specific subject; Energy technology & engineering; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319091891; 3319091891; 3319091883; 9783319091884
• Related ISBNs: 9783319091884
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 22, 2014).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.