附註:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword; Preface; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; 1. Mother Nature s Two Laws: What Are They and Why Must We Heed Them?; 2. The Faces of Energy; 3. The Faces of Entropy; 1. The Scientific Protocol and Critical Thinking; 2. E4: Energy, Entropy, Economics, Environment; 3. Global Warming?; 4. Circus Earth Follies, Critical Thinking, and the Scientific Protocol; Index.
摘要:Every day brings a fresh barrage of bewildering claims about science and technology. How non-scientists tell the difference between the hyperbole and those developments that are important? With a modest amount of critical thinking, an understanding of how science is practiced, and a qualitative understanding of the two most sacred principles in science - the first and second laws of thermodynamics - anyone can make the distinction. Critical thinking and the practice of science are not emphasized in undergraduate science courses for non-scientists, while exposure to the first and second laws is.
