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

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Don K Mak
Other Authors: Angela T Mak; Anthony B Mak
Format: Printed Book
Published: Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ World Scientific 2009
Subjects:
Science > Methodology. Problem solving > Methodology.
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300 |a  xiii, 220 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm 
505 |a  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. 
520 |a 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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