Eureka: Discovering Your Inner Scientist Every human can think like a scientist, and regularly . The idea that scientists are somehow smarter than the rest of us is a common, yet dangerous, misconception, getting us off the hook for not knowingor caringhow the world works. Orzel
| TITLE | : | Eureka: Discovering Your Inner Scientist |
| AUTHOR | : | |
| RATING | : | 4.88 (110 Votes) |
| ASIN | : | 0465074960 |
| FORMAT TYPE | : | Paperback |
| NUMBER of PAGES | : | 368 Pages |
| PUBLISH DATE | : | 2014-12-09 |
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Even in the twenty-first century the popular image of a scientist is a reclusive genius in a lab coat, mixing formulas or working out equations inaccessible to all but the initiated few. The idea that scientists are somehow smarter than the rest of us is a common, yet dangerous, misconception, getting us off the hook for not knowingor caringhow the world works. How did science become so divorced from our everyday experience? Is scientific understanding so far out of reach for the non-scientists among us?
As science popularizer Chad Orzel argues in Eureka, even the people who are most forthright about hating science are doing science, often without even knowing it. Orzel shows that science isn’t something alien and inscrutable beyond the capabilities of ordinary people, it’s central to the human experience. Every human can think like a scientist, and regularly
Editorial : PRAISE FOR EUREKA:
A good reminder that we are all capable of looking at the world scientifically and working things out, and we should all have the confidence to do that a bit more often.”BBC Focus
Chad Orzel entertainingly argues that we are all scientists, with the innate ability to discover and create.”New Scientist
This fun, diverse, and accessible look at how science works will convert even the biggest science phobe.” Publishers Weekly
Similar to Richard Rhodes or Dava Sobel, Orzel makes complicated scientific narratives accessible to lay readers.” Library Journal
In writing that is welcoming but not overly bouncy, persuasive in a careful way but also enticing, Orzel reveals the process of looking at the world, figuring out how things work, test
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