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100 1 Mak, Don K.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/
no2003058432
245 10 Solving everyday problems with the scientific method :
|bthinking like a scientist /|cDon K Mak, Angela T Mak,
Anthony B Mak.
264 1 Singapore ;|aHackensack, N.J. :|bWorld Scientific Pub. Co.,
|c[2009]
264 4 |c©2009
300 1 online resource (xiii, 220 pages) :|billustrations
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504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-218) and
index.
505 0 1. Prelude -- 2. The scientific method. 2.1. Edwin Smith
papyrus. 2.2. Greek philosophy (4th century BC). 2.3.
Islamic philosophy (8th century AD-15th century AD). 2.4.
European science (12th century AD-16th century AD). 2.5.
Scientific Revolution (1543 AD-18th century AD). 2.6.
Humanism and empiricism. 2.7. The scientific method. 2.8.
Application of the scientific method to everyday problem -
- 3. Observation. 3.1. External information. 3.2. Internal
information -- 4. Hypothesis. 4.1. Abduction. 4.2. Wild
conjectures. 4.3. Albert Einstein -- 5. Experiment. 5.1.
Experiment versus hypothesis. 5.2. Platonic, Aristotelian,
Baconian, and Galilean methodology -- 6. Recognition. 6.1.
John Nash -- 7. Problem situation and problem definition.
7.1. Perspectives on different levels. 7.2. Perspectives
on the same level -- 8. Induction and deduction. 8.1.
Induction. 8.2. Deduction -- 9. Alternative solutions.
9.1. Lotion bottle with a pump dispenser -- 10. Relation.
10.1. Creativity. 10.2. Scientific research and scientific
method. 10.3. Can we be more creative? -- 11. Mathematics
-- 12. Probable value -- 13. Epilogue.
520 This book describes how one can use The Scientific Method
to solve everyday problems including medical ailments,
health issues, money management, traveling, shopping,
cooking, household chores, etc. It illustrates how to
exploit the information collected from our five senses,
how to solve problems when no information is available for
the present problem situation, how to increase our chances
of success by redefining a problem, and how to extrapolate
our capabilities by seeing a relationship among heretofore
unrelated concepts. One should formulate a hypothesis as
early as possible in order to have a sense of direction
regarding which path to follow. Occasionally, by making
wild conjectures, creative solutions can transpire.
However, hypotheses need to be well-tested. Through this
way, The Scientific Method can help readers solve problems
in both familiar and unfamiliar situations. Containing
real-life examples of how various problems are solved -
for instance, how some observant patients cure their own
illnesses when medical experts have failed - this book
will train readers to observe what others may have missed
and conceive what others may not have contemplated. With
practice, they will be able to solve more problems than
they could previously imagine.
588 0 Print version record.
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