Toward a Metric of Science
Author: Yehuda Elkana
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 1978
Total Pages: 376
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Yehuda Elkana
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 1978
Total Pages: 376
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Fred Y. Ye
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2017-10-13
Total Pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9811059365
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book presents scientific metrics and its applications for approaching scientific findings in the field of Physics, Economics and Scientometrics. Based on a collection of the author’s publications in these fields, the book reveals the profound links between the measures and the findings in the natural laws, from micro-particles to macro-cosmos, in the economic rules of human society, and in the core knowledge among mass information. With this book the readers can gain insights or ideas on addressing the questions of how to measure the physical world, economics process and human knowledge, from the perspective of scientific metrics. The book is also useful to scientists, particularly to specialists in physics, economics and scientometrics, for promoting and stimulating their creative ideas based on scientific metrics.
Author: United States Government Printing Office
Publisher:
Published: 2002-01
Total Pages: 12
ISBN-13: 9780160509360
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: John Krige
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-11-19
Total Pages: 986
ISBN-13: 1134406932
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →With over forty chapters, written by leading scholars, this comprehensive volume represents the best work in America, Europe, and Asia. Geographical diversity of the authors is reflected in the different perspectives devoted to the subject, and all major disciplinary developments are covered. There are also sections concerning the countries that have made the most significant contributions, the relationship between science and industry, the importance of instrumentation, and the cultural influence of scientific modes of thought. Students and professionals will come to appreciate how, and why, science has developed - as with any other human activity, it is subject to the dynamics of society and politics.
Author: B. Alan Wallace
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2004-02-12
Total Pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9780198038603
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book takes a bold new look at ways of exploring the nature, origins, and potentials of consciousness within the context of science and religion. Alan Wallace draws careful distinctions between four elements of the scientific tradition: science itself, scientific realism, scientific materialism, and scientism. Arguing that the metaphysical doctrine of scientific materialism has taken on the role of ersatz-religion for its adherents, he traces its development from its Greek and Judeo-Christian origins, focusing on the interrelation between the Protestant Reformation and the Scientific Revolution. He looks at scientists' long term resistance to the firsthand study of consciousness and details the ways in which subjectivity has been deemed taboo within the scientific community. In conclusion, Wallace draws on William James's idea for a "science of religion" that would study the nature of religious and, in particular, contemplative experience. In exploring the nature of consciousness, this groundbreaking study will help to bridge the chasm between religious belief and scientific knowledge. It is essential reading for philosophers and historians of science, scholars of religion, and anyone interested in the relationship between science and religion.
Author: John Krige
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-11-05
Total Pages: 979
ISBN-13: 1136483322
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →With over forty chapters, written by leading scholars, this comprehensive volume represents the best work in America, Europe and Asia. Geographical diversity of the authors is reflected in the different perspectives devoted to the subject, and all major disciplinary developments are covered. There are also sections concerning the countries that have made the most significant contributions, the relationship between science and industry, the importance of instrumentation, and the cultural influence of scientific modes of thought. Students and professionals will come to appreciate how, and why, science has developed - as with any other human activity, it is subject to the dynamics of society and politics.
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2005-09-15
Total Pages: 162
ISBN-13: 0309181399
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) and its predecessor U.S. Global Change Research Program have sponsored climate research and observations for nearly 15 years, yet the overall progress of the program has not been measured systematically. Metricsâ€"a system of measurement that includes the item being measured, the unit of measurement, and the value of the unitâ€"offer a tool for measuring such progress; improving program performance; and demonstrating program successes to Congress, the Office of Management and Budget, and the public. This report lays out a framework for creating and implementing metrics for the CCSP. A general set of metrics provides a starting point for identifying the most important measures, and the principles provide guidance for refining the metrics and avoiding unintended consequences.
Author: United States. National Bureau of Standards
Publisher:
Published: 1971
Total Pages: 328
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