Stephen H Jenkins

Tools for Critical Thinking in Biology

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Featuring a new approach to an undergraduate biology text, Tools for Critical Thinking in Biology emphasizes and is organized around methods and different ways of experimentation, rather than around biological topics. The result is a book that teaches new biology students to think critically about a wide range biological questions and subjects.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 366
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. April 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 261mm x 182mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 841g
• ISBN-13: 9780199981045
• ISBN-10: 0199981043
• Artikelnr.: 42786565

Autorenporträt

Stephen H. Jenkins is Emeritus Professor of Biology at the University of Nevada. He is the author of How Science Works: Evaluating Evidence in Biology and Medicine (Oxford University Press, 2004).

Inhaltsangabe

* 1. Discovery and Causation
* 2. Observations as Evidence
* 3. From Observations to Data
* 4. Experiments: The Gold Standard for Research
* 5. Correlations, Comparisons, and Causation
* 6. The Diverse Use of Models in Biology
* 7. Genes, Environments, and the Complexity of Causation
* 8. From Causes to Consequences: Considering the Weight of Evidence
* 9. Science as a Social Process
* 10. Critical Thinking about Climate Change
* Appendix 1. Units of Measurement Used in This Book
* Appendix 2. How Does Evolution Work?
* Appendix 3. Sensory Worlds of Humans and Other Animals
* Appendix 4. Global Climate Change: How Can Amateurs Comprehend
Complex Models?
* Appendix 5. The Mystery of Missing Heritability
* Appendix 6. Mapping Arguments to Aid Critical Thinking About the
Weight of Evidence
* Appendix 7. What are the Benefits of Organic Farming? The Weight of
Evidence
* Appendix 8. Global Climate Change: Evaluating Expert Opinion
* References
* Credits
* Index