Good Science

Author : Cook's Illustrated
Publisher : America's Test Kitchen
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2012-10-01
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9781936493463

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The Science of Good Cooking by Cook's Illustrated Pdf

Master 50 simple concepts to ensure success in the kitchen. Unlock a lifetime of successful cooking with this groundbreaking new volume from the editors of Cook's Illustrated, the magazine that put food science on the map. Organized around 50 core principles our test cooks use to develop foolproof recipes, The Science of Good Cooking is a radical new approach to teaching the fundamentals of the kitchen. Fifty unique experiments from the test kitchen bring the science to life, and more than 400 landmark Cook's Illustrated recipes (such as Old-Fashioned Burgers, Classic Mashed Potatoes, andPerfect Chocolate Chip Cookies) illustrate each of the basic principles at work. These experiments range from simple to playful to innovative - showing you why you should fold (versus stir) batter for chewy brownies, why you whip egg whites with sugar, and why the simple addition of salt can make meat juicy. A lifetime of experience isn't the prerequisite for becoming a good cook; knowledge is. Think of this as an owner's manual for your kitchen.

Author : Dacher Keltner
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2009-10-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780393073355

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Born to Be Good: The Science of a Meaningful Life by Dacher Keltner Pdf

“A landmark book in the science of emotions and its implications for ethics and human universals.”—Library Journal, starred review In this startling study of human emotion, Dacher Keltner investigates an unanswered question of human evolution: If humans are hardwired to lead lives that are “nasty, brutish, and short,” why have we evolved with positive emotions like gratitude, amusement, awe, and compassion that promote ethical action and cooperative societies? Illustrated with more than fifty photographs of human emotions, Born to Be Good takes us on a journey through scientific discovery, personal narrative, and Eastern philosophy. Positive emotions, Keltner finds, lie at the core of human nature and shape our everyday behavior—and they just may be the key to understanding how we can live our lives better. Some images in this ebook are not displayed owing to permissions issues.

Author : Joshua W. Clegg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2022-01-20
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781316519752

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Good Science by Joshua W. Clegg Pdf

This is a refreshing account of psychological science that focuses on moral responsibility, collective commitment, and justice.

Author : James Davison Hunter,Paul Nedelisky
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2018-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780300196283

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Science and the Good by James Davison Hunter,Paul Nedelisky Pdf

Why efforts to create a scientific basis of morality are neither scientific nor moral In this illuminating book, James Davison Hunter and Paul Nedelisky trace the origins and development of the centuries-long, passionate, but ultimately failed quest to discover a scientific foundation for morality. The "new moral science" led by such figures as E. O. Wilson, Patricia Churchland, Sam Harris, Jonathan Haidt, and Joshua Greene is only the newest manifestation of that quest. Though claims for its accomplishments are often wildly exaggerated, this new iteration has been no more successful than its predecessors. But rather than giving up in the face of this failure, the new moral science has taken a surprising turn. Whereas earlier efforts sought to demonstrate what is right and wrong, the new moral scientists have concluded, ironically, that right and wrong don't actually exist. Their (perhaps unwitting) moral nihilism turns the science of morality into a social engineering project. If there is nothing moral for science to discover, the science of morality becomes, at best, a feeble program to achieve arbitrary societal goals. Concise and rigorously argued, Science and the Good is a definitive critique of a would-be science that has gained extraordinary influence in public discourse today and an exposé of that project's darker turn.

Author : DK
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2018-06-05
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781465479709

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How to Be Good at Science, Technology, and Engineering by DK Pdf

With a visual approach to the STEM subjects, this book makes science easy to understand and shows kids how things work. From molecules and magnetism to rockets and radio waves, How to Be Good at Science, Technology, and Engineering makes complex scientific concepts simple to grasp. Dynamic, visual explanations break down even the trickiest of topics into small steps. Find out how a hot-air balloon rises, how erosion flattens mountains, how light waves zip through space, and how the human eye sees colors. Cool illustrations show the application of science in the real world: see how microchips, tractors, and suspension bridges work. "Try it out" boxes suggest ways children can see the science for themselves. Hands-on projects feature fun experiments to try at home or school: polish up old coins in vinegar, make an erupting volcano with baking soda, learn about different types of solutions, and more. With STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) subjects ever more important in today's technological world, here is the perfect book to inspire and educate kids and prepare them for the future. All core curriculum areas of science are covered, including physics, biology, chemistry, earth science, and space science.

Author : Good Housekeeping
Publisher : Hearst Home & Hearst Home Kids
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2021-08-24
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781950785483

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Good Housekeeping Amazing Science by Good Housekeeping Pdf

Awesome S.T.E.A.M.-based science experiments you can do right at home with easy-to-find materials designed for maximum enjoyment, learning, and discovery for kids ages 8 to 12 Join the experts at the Good Housekeeping Institute Labs and explore the science you interact with every day. Using the scientific method, you’ll tap into your own super-powers of logic and deduction to go on a science adventure. The engaging experiments exemplify core concepts and range from quick and simple to the more complex. Each one includes clear step-by-step instructions and color photos that demonstrate the process and end result. Plus, secondary experiments encourage young readers to build on what they’ve discovered. A “Mystery Solved!” explanation of the science at work helps your budding scientist understand the outcomes of each experiment. These super-fun, hands-on experiments include: Building a solar oven and making s’mores Creating an active rain cloud in a jar Using static electricity created with a balloon to power a light bulb Growing your own vegetables—from scraps! Investigating the forces that make an object sink or float And so much more! Bursting with more than 200 color photos and incredible facts, this sturdy hard cover is the perfect classroom resource or gift for any aspiring biologist, chemist, physicist, engineer, and mathematician!

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1420246143

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Good Science Stage 4 NSW Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum Student Book + Digital by Anonim Pdf

Author : Peter Daempfle
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781442217263

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Good Science, Bad Science, Pseudoscience, and Just Plain Bunk by Peter Daempfle Pdf

We are constantly bombarded with breaking scientific news in the media, but we are almost never provided with enough information to assess the truth of these claims. Does drinking coffee really cause cancer? Does bisphenol-A in our tin can linings really cause reproductive damage? Good Science, Bad Science, Pseudoscience, and Just Plain Bunk teaches readers how to think like a scientist to question claims like these more critically. Peter A. Daempfle introduces readers to the basics of scientific inquiry, defining what science is and how it can be misused. Through provocative real-world examples, the book helps readers acquire the tools needed to distinguish scientific truth from myth. The book celebrates science and its role in society while building scientific literacy.

Author : Tara Parker-Pope
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2010-05-06
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781101404294

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For Better by Tara Parker-Pope Pdf

One of the New York Times' most popular journalists presents groundbreaking scientific news about marriage. And, surprise: It's good news. We've all heard the statistic: Fifty percent of marriages end in divorce. It's enough to make many couples give up when the going gets rough, thinking that's what everybody else does. But what if it weren't true? What if, in fact, it's not only possible but often easier than you think to save a seemingly troubled relationship? These are the questions Tara Parker-Pope asked herself after her own divorce. An investigative journalist on the health and wellness beat, she turned to some of the top biologists, neuroscientists, psychologists, and other scientists for the facts about marriage and divorce. Those facts were more positive and provocative than she'd ever expected, and For Better offers page after page of astonishing, eye-opening good news. Parker-Pope presents the science behind why some marriages work and others don't; the biology behind why some spouses cheat and others remain faithful; the best diagnostic tools created by the most cutting-edge psychologists to assess the probability of success in getting married, staying married, or remarrying. There are questionnaires to uncover potentially damaging hidden attitudes toward spouses. There are tools to show the impact of routine, fresh activity and how small adjustments can make a huge difference. Tara Parker- Pope's genius is for exploring the science behind the big issues that affect our lives every day and translating that science into advice that we can use-every day. For Better is the definitive guide to the most profound relationship of our lives.

Author : Terry Nettle
Publisher : Booktango
Page : 59 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2015-04-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781468958256

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Serving Up Good Science by Terry Nettle Pdf

This is the story of the Scientific Service in Singapore. A Scientific Service that is committed and dedicated to use its full range of scientific expertise to serve the people of Singapore in advancing all science-related issues of health, safety, and justice. It is about serving up good science that meets the precise and stringent criteria for reliable and admissible scientific evidence. It is about serving up good science that is vital for good decision-making. And it is about serving up good science for the good cause of public health, public safety, and justice for all.

Author : Olaf Jorgenson,Rick Vanosdall,Vicki Massey,Jackie Cleveland
Publisher : NSTA Press
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781938946639

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Doing Good Science in Middle School, Expanded 2nd Edition by Olaf Jorgenson,Rick Vanosdall,Vicki Massey,Jackie Cleveland Pdf

“We are among those who have come to enjoy the blossoming intellects, often comical behaviors, and insatiable curiosity of middle schoolers—and choose to work with them! With more than 130 years of combined experience in the profession, we’ve gathered a lot of ideas to share. We know from our interactions with educators around the country that precious few quality resources exist to assist science teachers ‘in the middle,’ and this was a central impetus for updating Doing Good Science in Middle School.” —From the preface This lively book contains the kind of guidance that could only come from veterans of the middle school science trenches. The authors know you’re crazy-busy, so they made the book easy to use, whether you want to read it cover to cover or pick out sections to help you with lesson planning and classroom management. They also know you face new challenges, so they thoroughly revised this second edition to meet the needs of today’s students. The book contains: • big-picture concepts, such as how to understand middle school learners and explore the nature of science with them; • a comprehensive overview of science and engineering practices, STEM, and inquiry-based middle school science instruction, aligned with A Framework for K–12 Science Education and the Next Generation Science Standards; • 10 new and updated teacher-tested activities that integrate STEM with literacy skill-building; • information on best instructional practices and professional-development resources; and • connections to the Common Core State Standards in English language arts and mathematics. If you’re a new teacher, you’ll gain a solid foundation in how to teach science and engineering practices while better understanding your often-enigmatic middle-grade students. If you’re a veteran teacher, you’ll benefit from a fresh view of what your colleagues are doing in new times. Either way, Doing Good Science in Middle School is a rich opportunity to reaffirm that what you do is “good science.”

Author : Georgina Marjorie Stewart
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789460913679

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Good Science? The Growing Gap between Power and Education by Georgina Marjorie Stewart Pdf

This work uses narrative research, including accounts of personal experiences, to explore the margins of science and ethics. Boundaries between science and other cultural and disciplinary forms of knowledge are illuminated through studying the inter-relationships between identity, knowledge and power, using narratives both in and as a form of philosophical reflection on educational practice.

Author : David M. Findlay
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2020-04-02
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781527549081

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Good Science, Strong Bones, and the Case for Supporting Discovery by David M. Findlay Pdf

This book opens the door to the frequently obscure world of scientific discovery, not just to document discoveries, but also to explain how these discoveries come about. As an example, it tells, in an accessible way, the exciting story of the important discovery of a protein called RANKL, which led to the development of a drug therapy that is used worldwide to treat osteoporosis, cancer and other diseases. The story will be of interest to informed laypersons, students, and people with osteoporosis.

Author : Alex Berezow,Hank Campbell
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2012-09-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781610391658

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Science Left Behind by Alex Berezow,Hank Campbell Pdf

To listen to most pundits and political writers, evolution, stem cells, and climate change are the only scientific issues worth mentioning -- and the only people who are anti-science are conservatives. Yet those on the left have numerous fallacies of their own. Aversion to clean energy programs, basic biological research, and even life-saving vaccines come naturally to many progressives. These are positions supported by little more than junk-science and paranoid thinking. Now for the first time, science writers Dr. Alex B. Berezow and Hank Campbell have drawn open the curtain on the left's fear of science. As Science Left Behind reveals, vague inclinations about the wholesomeness of all things natural, the unhealthiness of the unnatural, and many other seductive fallacies have led to an epidemic of misinformation. The results: public health crises, damaging and misguided policies, and worst of all, a new culture war over basic scientific facts -- in which the left is just as culpable as the right.

Author : Daniel T. Willingham
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2012-06-20
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781118233276

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When Can You Trust the Experts? by Daniel T. Willingham Pdf

Clear, easy principles to spot what's nonsense and what's reliable Each year, teachers, administrators, and parents face a barrage of new education software, games, workbooks, and professional development programs purporting to be "based on the latest research." While some of these products are rooted in solid science, the research behind many others is grossly exaggerated. This new book, written by a top thought leader, helps everyday teachers, administrators, and family members—who don't have years of statistics courses under their belts—separate the wheat from the chaff and determine which new educational approaches are scientifically supported and worth adopting. Author's first book, Why Don't Students Like School?, catapulted him to superstar status in the field of education Willingham's work has been hailed as "brilliant analysis" by The Wall Street Journal and "a triumph" by The Washington Post Author blogs for The Washington Post and Brittanica.com, and writes a column for American Educator In this insightful book, thought leader and bestselling author Dan Willingham offers an easy, reliable way to discern which programs are scientifically supported and which are the equivalent of "educational snake oil."