Is there a universal set of rules for discovering and testing scientific hypotheses? Since the birth of modern science, philosophers, scientists, and other thinkers have wrestled with this fundamental question of scientific practice. Efforts to devise rigorous methods for obtaining scientific knowledge include the twenty-one rules Descartes ......
This concise introduction offers students and researchers an overview of the discipline that connects genetics and evolution. Addressing the theories behind population genetics and relevant empirical evidence, John Gillespie discusses genetic drift, natural selection, nonrandom mating, quantitative genetics, and the evolutionary advantage of sex. ......
This concise introduction offers students and researchers an overview of the discipline that connects genetics and evolution. Addressing the theories behind population genetics and relevant empirical evidence, John H Gillespie discusses genetic drift, natural selection, nonrandom mating, quantitative genetics and the evolutionary advantage of sex. ......
From quarks to quasars, this survey of the main branches of science provides readers with a scientific understanding of our fascinating universe. It explains the major facts, principles, and theories of physics, chemistry, biology, geology, and astronomy.
Magnetic Healing, Psychic Phenomena, and Other Heterodoxies
Although science attempts to draw a clear line separating its endeavors from those of ''pseudoscience,'' Henry Bauer reveals that the distinction is both equivocal and misleading. Setting aside science's snowy mantle of truth, Bauer presents pseudoscience--or anomalistics--not as the opposite of science but as something that develops parallel to ......
Presents two essays by the famous 19th-century champion of Darwin's theory of evolution that tackle a subject that is still a major focus of ethical debates: the relation of science as a whole, and specifically evolutionary ideas, to ethics and morality.
Reviews trends toward harmonising religion and science. From intelligent design theories to arguments proving the compatibility of biblical stories with scientific data and 'Bible codes' containing secret messages, this work shows that all such approaches are little more than tailoring evidence to fit the desired theory.
This resource helps school administrators, educators, and specialists answer complex questions about scientifically-based reading research and make informed choices about teaching practices. It covers brain research and neuroimaging and its influence on reading.
How evolutionary Psychology Is Reshaping the Nature Versus Nurture Debate
There is no question more fundamental to human existence than that posed by the nature-versus-nurture debate. For much of the past century, it was widely believed that there was no essential human nature and that people could be educated or socialized to thrive in almost any imaginable culture. Today, that orthodoxy is being directly and ......
