Thinking Like A Scientist: Solving Everyday Problems wtih the Scientific Method

By:

Don K Mak

Contributor(s):

Angela T Mak; Anthony B Mak

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ World Scientific 2009Description: xiii, 220 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:

9789812835093

Subject(s):

Science -- Methodology. Problem solving -- Methodology

DDC classification:

501 MAK-S

Contents:

1. Prelude -- 2. The Scientific Method -- 3. Observation -- 4. Hypothesis -- 5. Experiment -- 6. Recognition -- 7. Problem Situation and Problem Definition -- 8. Induction and Deduction -- 9. Alternative Solutions -- 10. Relation -- 11. Mathematics -- 12. Probable Value -- 13. Epilogue.

Summary: Describes how one can use the scientific method to solve everyday problems. This book illustrates how to exploit the information collected from our 5 senses, how to solve problems when no information is available for the present problem situation, and how to extrapolate our capabilities by seeing a relationship among heretofore unrelated concepts.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Home library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Processing Center	Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics	501 MAK-S (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		DCB1375

Describes how one can use the scientific method to solve everyday problems. This book illustrates how to exploit the information collected from our 5 senses, how to solve problems when no information is available for the present problem situation, and how to extrapolate our capabilities by seeing a relationship among heretofore unrelated concepts.

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