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" Scientific and technological thinking / "
edited by Michael E. Gorman [and others]
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BL
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701878
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b524067
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| Title & Author
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Scientific and technological thinking /\ edited by Michael E. Gorman [and others]
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| Publication Statement
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Mahwah, N.J. :: L. Erlbaum,, 2005
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ix, 368 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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0805845291
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: 9780805845297
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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1. Editors' introduction / Michael E. Gorman, Ryan D. Tweney, David C. Gooding, and Alexandra P. Kincannon -- 2. Interpreting scientific and engineering practices: integrating the cognitive, social, and cultural dimensions / Nancy J. Nersessian -- 3. Causal thinking in science: how scientists and students interpret the unexpected / Kevin N. Dunbar and Jonathan A. Fugelsang -- 4. A framework for cognitive studies of science and technology / David Klahr -- 5. Puzzles and peculiarities: how scientists attend to and process anomalies during data analysis / Susan Bell Trickett, Christian D. Schunn, and J. Gregory Trafton -- 6. On being and becoming a molecular biologist: notes from the diary of an insane cell mechanic / Jeff Shrager -- 7. Replicating the practices of discovery: Michael Faraday and the interaction of gold and light / Ryan D. Tweney, Ryan P. Mears, and Christiane Spitzmüller -- 8. How to be a successful scientist / Paul Thagard -- 9. Seeing the forest for the trees: visualization, cognition, and scientific inference / David C. Gooding -- 10. Problem representation in Virginia Woolf's invention of a novelistic form / Maria F. Ippolito -- 11. What's so hard about rocket science? Secrets the rocket boys knew / Gary Bradshaw -- 12. A systems-ordered world / Thomas P. Hughes -- 13. Levels of expertise and trading zones: combining cognitive and social approaches to technology studies / Michael E. Gorman -- 14. Technology at the global scale: integrative cognitivism and earth systems engineering and management / Brad Allenby -- 15. The future of cognitive studies of science and technology / Michael E. Gorman, Ryan D. Tweney, David C. Gooding, and Alexandra P. Kincannon
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| Abstract
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"This volume takes the reader out onto the cutting edge of research in scientific and technological thinking. The authors advocate a multiple-method approach; chapters include detailed case studies of contemporary and historical practices, experiments, computational simulations, and innovative theoretical analyses. The editors attempt a provocative synthesis of this work at the end." "In order to achieve true scientific and technological progress, an understanding of the process by which species are transforming the world is needed. This book makes an important step in that direction by leading to breakthroughs in the understanding of discovery and invention."--Jacket
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Creative ability in technology
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Creative thinking
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Cognition
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Learning
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Science
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Technology
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Thinking
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| Dewey Classification
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153.3/5
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| LC Classification
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T49.5.S39 2005
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2007 D-228
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T 49.5S416 2005
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| Added Entry
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Gorman, Michael E.,1952-
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