The Scientific Attitude

ISBN-13: 9780367311162 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 141 str.

Frederick Grinnell

Opis

This book provides introduction to all the aspects of science studies from the point of view of the scientist, using many examples drawn primarily from the biomedical sciences and from everyday life. It considers broader questions of science as attitude, process, institution, and social force.

Spis treści

Preface -- Introduction -- Making Observations -- Experimental Design and Interpretation -- Scientific Collectives: Transmission of the Thought Style -- Scientific Collectives: Maintaining the Thought Style -- Science and the world -- Concluding Comments

O autorze

Frederick Grinnell is professor of cell biology and anatomy at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas.