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Science and Technology

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  1. Dimitris N. Chorafas

    1. Entlebuch, Switzerland

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  • Provides practical examples and case studies to document the correlations between science and technology

  • Presents holistic approach which enhances the ability to deliver practical results

  • Elucidates content with practical applications ranging from real life situations to energy production

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Science

    • Dimitris N. Chorafas
    Pages 1-19

  3. Philosophy, Science and Ethics

    • Dimitris N. Chorafas
    Pages 21-43

  4. The Physicist’s Method

    • Dimitris N. Chorafas
    Pages 45-65

  5. Models and Simulation

    • Dimitris N. Chorafas
    Pages 67-85

  6. Education for Science and Technology

    • Dimitris N. Chorafas
    Pages 87-107

  7. Technology

    • Dimitris N. Chorafas
    Pages 109-128

  8. Technology and the Political Challenge of Energy Supply

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    Pages 129-150

  9. Sources of Energy

    • Dimitris N. Chorafas
    Pages 151-179

  10. Challenges of Nuclear Power Production

    • Dimitris N. Chorafas
    Pages 181-207
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About this book

The aim of this book is to explore science and technology from the viewpoint of creating new knowledge, as opposed to the reinterpretation of existing knowledge in ever greater but uncertain detail. Scientists and technologists make progress by distinguishing between what they regard as meaningful and what they consider as secondary or unimportant. The meaningful is dynamic; typically, the less important is static. Science and technology have made a major contribution to the culture and to the standard of living of our society. From antiquity to the present day, the most distinguished scientists and technologists have been thinkers, experimenters and persons willing and able to challenge “the obvious”. Technology develops products and processes based on the breakthroughs of science. If technologists fail to steadily upgrade their skills, tools and methods, they will only be as good as their last design, risking obsolescence. Using practical examples and case studies, this book documents the correlations existing between science and technology, and elucidates these correlations with practical applications ranging from real-life situations, from R&D to energy production. As it is a salient problem, and a most challenging one to our society, power production has been chosen as a major case study. The holistic approach to science and technology followed by this text enhances the ability to deliver practical results. This book is intended for students and researchers of science, technology and mathematical analysis, while also providing a valuable reference book for professionals. Its subject is one of the most debated problems of mankind.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Entlebuch, Switzerland

    Dimitris N. Chorafas

About the author

A Fulbright Scholar, Dr. Chorafas received his doctorate in mathematics and logic at the Sorbonne in Paris. He is a graduate electrical and mechanical engineer of the National Technical University of Athens, has a Master of Science degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, and has done postgraduate studies in banking and finance, computers and communications, and operations research at UCLA, the University of Denver and George Washington University.
Dr. Chorafas has been in the faculty of the Catholic University of America, Washington D.C. (1956-1958). From 1962 to 1968 he chaired the Information Systems department, Centre d'Etudes Industrielles of the University of Geneva. He has lectured as Visiting Professor at Ecole Polytechnique Fédéral de Lausanne (EPFL), Washington State University, Georgia Institute of Technology, George Washington University, University of Florida, University of Vermont, University of Alberta (Canada), Technical University of Karlsruhe (Germany), Polish Academy of Sciences, and the Russian Academy of Sciences.
He is the author of 153 books published in 16 countries by McGraw-Hill, Prentice Hall, John Wiley, Irwin, Van Nostrand Reinhold, Academic Press, New York Institute of Finance, Institutional Investor, CRC-Auerbach, Macmillan/Palgrave, VRL, Lafferty, Euromoney, Butterworth-Heinemann, Elsevier and other publishers in the US, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Brazil, Japan, China. Dr. Chorafas is listed in "Who's Who in the World", "Who's Who in Europe", "Dictionary of International Biography", "The Writer's Directory", "Livre d'Or des Valeurs Humains", and "Men of Achievement".

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Science and Technology

  • Authors: Dimitris N. Chorafas

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09189-1

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Energy, Energy (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-09188-4Published: 25 September 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-36285-4Published: 22 September 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-09189-1Published: 12 September 2014

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 207

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Energy Policy, Economics and Management, Science Education, Energy Policy, Economics and Management

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