Designed to be the basis for a science course intended to fulfill a general education science requirement in a variety of different programs...
The content of this publication is presented in a format ideal for active classroom instruction. This publication also provides convenience and value to remote instruction by implementing all the key instructional content while presenting minimal requirements for students’ computer data transmission and display.
CHAPTER 1. What is Science?
CHAPTER 2. The Scientific Method
Chapter 3. The History of Early Science
Chapter 4. Paradigm Shifts Begin
Chapter 5. How We Know
Chapter 6. Ethics in Science
Chapter 7. What is Nonscience?
Chapter 8. Antiscience and Pseudoscience
Chapter 9. Science and Religion
CARL EWIG
Carl Ewig has had many years of experience in both scientific research and scientific education. He holds a B.S. degree from the University of Rochester with a major in chemistry and minor in physics. He also holds a Ph.D. in chemical physics from the University of California in Santa Barbara. For eighteen years he was a member of the Chemistry faculty at Vanderbilt University, doing basic research in theoretical chemistry and quantum theory, as well as teaching several undergraduate and graduate chemistry courses. He has more recently served in industry as senior manager for leading companies in San Diego developing computational software for pharmaceutical research, and subsequently was also Senior Scientific Consultant for IBM corporation. Now he is doing what he enjoys most beyond doing basic scientific research, which is teaching undergraduate students about science. He is currently an instructor at Grossmont College in San Diego, California, where he teaches the course entitled Introduction to Scientific Thought.
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