The scientific truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth
"There is a limited understanding amongst scientists, students and the public about realizing trust in scientific findings. This should be a paramount objective, or is it only about career ambition? What is the role of the individual? Scientists and the public need to know more about the link b...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Boca Raton, FL :
CRC Press
2024.
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| Edición: | First edition |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009825844506719 |
| Sumario: | "There is a limited understanding amongst scientists, students and the public about realizing trust in scientific findings. This should be a paramount objective, or is it only about career ambition? What is the role of the individual? Scientists and the public need to know more about the link between the philosophy of science and the science research methods. There is a limited understanding of why accuracy is important and that it is not the same as precision. Also, there is often the need to measure an approximation of a real system and the classic case is reductionism in biology versus whole organism biology. The author brings these topics together in terms of trusting in science"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xv, 90 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| ISBN: | 9781040003831 |
