Overview
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Martin Goldstein
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Yeshiva University, New York, USA
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Inge Goldstein
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Columbia University, New York, USA
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Front Matter
Pages i-xxiv
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- Martin Goldstein, Inge Goldstein
Pages 1-6
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- Martin Goldstein, Inge Goldstein
Pages 7-19
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- Martin Goldstein, Inge Goldstein
Pages 21-28
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- Martin Goldstein, Inge Goldstein
Pages 29-71
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- Martin Goldstein, Inge Goldstein
Pages 73-91
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- Martin Goldstein, Inge Goldstein
Pages 93-145
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- Martin Goldstein, Inge Goldstein
Pages 147-181
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- Martin Goldstein, Inge Goldstein
Pages 183-262
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- Martin Goldstein, Inge Goldstein
Pages 263-278
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- Martin Goldstein, Inge Goldstein
Pages 279-285
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- Martin Goldstein, Inge Goldstein
Pages 287-292
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- Martin Goldstein, Inge Goldstein
Pages 293-316
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- Martin Goldstein, Inge Goldstein
Pages 317-325
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- Martin Goldstein, Inge Goldstein
Pages 327-341
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- Martin Goldstein, Inge Goldstein
Pages 343-359
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- Martin Goldstein, Inge Goldstein
Pages 361-370
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- Martin Goldstein, Inge Goldstein
Pages 371-376
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- Martin Goldstein, Inge Goldstein
Pages 377-390
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Back Matter
Pages 391-400
About this book
Our earlier book, How We Know: An Exploration of the Scientific Process, was written to give some conception of what the scientific approach is like, how to recognize it, how to distinguish it from other approaches to understanding the world, and to give some feeling for the intellectual excitement and aesthetic satisfactions of science. These goals represented our concept of the term "scientific literacy." Though the book was written for the general reader, to our surprise and gratification it was also used as a text in about forty colleges, and some high schools, for courses in science for the non-scientist, in methodology of science for social and behavioral sciences, and in the philosophy of science. As a result we were encouraged to write a textbook with essentially the same purpose and basic approach, but at a level appropriate to college students. We have drawn up problems for those chapters that would benefit from them, described laboratory experiments that illustrate important points discussed in the text, and made suggestions for additional readings, term papers, and other projects. Throughout the book we have introduced a number of chapters and appendices that provide examples of the uses of quantitative thinking in the sciences: logic, math ematics, probability, statistics, and graphical representation.
Authors and Affiliations
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Yeshiva University, New York, USA
Martin Goldstein
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Columbia University, New York, USA
Inge Goldstein
