Eric J . Chaisson

Thirteenth Labor (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book is emerged from an insightful essay by the American Nobel chemist Dudley Herschbach, speculating about how the mythological Hercules might have tackled a hypothetical, monumental task, or "thirteenth labor," such as weighing the Earth's atmosphere.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juli 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000124798
• Artikelnr.: 59850661

Autorenporträt

Eric J. Chaisson

Inhaltsangabe

1. Toward a Scienceless Society? 2. Transdisciplinarity in Science
Education and in Science Communication 3. The Neglected, but Not
Negligible, Responsibility of Science to Society and to Future Generations
4. Toward an Empathic Science: The Hidden Subtext for Fundamental
Educational Change 5. Cosmological Education for Future Generations 6.
Tolstoy, Napoleon and Gompers 7. The Thirteenth Labor of Hercules 8.
Science Education and the Crisis of Gullibility 9. False Experts, Valid
Expertise 10. Confronting Complexity: A New Meaning to World Literacy 11.
Sciences and the Future of Human Culture 12. The Guidance System of Higher
Mind: Implications for Science and Science Education 13. A Question of
Will, Not Knowledge 14. Some Remarks about Education 15. Science Literacy
for the 21st Century: The Role of Science Centers 16. Networking,
Interdisciplinarity, and Scientific/Technical Literacy: Perspectives from
the Space Program 17. Why Don't Physics Students Understand Physics?
Building a Consensus, Fostering Change 18. Toward a Science-Friendly
Society