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The volume is based on papers presented at the international conference on Model-Based Reasoning in Science and Medicine held in China in 2006. The presentations explore how scientific thinking uses models and explanatory reasoning to produce creative changes in theories and concepts. The contributions to the book are written by researchers active in the area of creative reasoning in science and technology. They include the subject area’s most recent results and achievements.

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Not what I expected.
The workbook was merely copies of the questions found at the end of each Chapter in the textbook.

Holt Science and Technology textbook
Thanks! i always find what I need at Amazon...no matter how obscure!! I wanted to have a textbook at home to keep up with my son's science class and to have the book when he forgets it!!!! It has helped tremendously already AND THE SUPER THING IS I DID NOT HAVE TO PAY A HUGE PRICE FOR THE BOOK!
As Arnold S. says, "I'll be back!" ... Read more

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The overwhelming economic success of the newly industrializing countries (NICs) of East Asia is a prime example of the central role science and technology policy can play in economic devlopment strategies. The difficulty lies in recognizing what makes for workable policies and in applying the lessons of East Asia to other developing countries. This study attempts to define "good" policy by answering the following questions: what domestic capabilities are necessary for successful technology transfer and adaptation? What is the best means of obtaining foreign technology? What is the causal link between science, technology, and development? What is the proper balance between expenditures on basic science and on technology? What role is there for gevernment intervention and government-sponsored research in both agriculture and industry? The discussions draw on developments in technology choice, technological change, institutions, and human resources.Looking at examples of East Asian development and pointing out the commonalities behind differing policies, goals, and cultural and economic systems, the contributors provide insight into one of the most important issues in development today. ... Read more

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How do scientific principles work in the real world? Discovery, Innovation, and Risk presents brief descriptions of selected scientific principles in the context of interesting technological examples to illustrate the complex interplay among science, engineering, and society. An understanding of scientific principles is developed through the technology rather than in isolation from it. Drawn from significant contributions to modern culture that arose during the Second Industrial Revolution, examples depict events in each of the major divisions of engineering, touch on key principles in physics, chemistry, and biology, and introduce the important concept of risk.Case studies in the first section emphasize technological developments growing directly from scientific discoveries. These cases include telegraphy and the origin of telecommunications as an application of discoveries in electromagnetism, hydroelectric power as an outgrowth of Faraday's work in electromagnetic induction, and the airplane as a product of the Wright brothers' scientific approach to an engineering problem. Case studies in the second section show that technological innovation can proceed without a full understanding of the underlying science, as in the development of steam power for use in electric power plants, the production of gasoline from crude oil, and the development of prestressed concrete for use in building bridges. The fact that new technological developments often bring risks is amply illustrated in the third section by case studies on vaccines, the greenhouse effect, and atomic power.Newton H. Copp is Associate Professor of Biology and Andrew W. Zanella is Professor of Chemistry, both in the joint Science Department of Claremont McKenna, Pitzer, and Scripps Colleges of The Claremont Colleges, Claremont, California. ... Read more

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Beautifully Written
This is a wonderful book.It is a must read if you are interested in science, technology, or history.

The most interesting Sciene book I have ever read.
Copp and Zanella have written a marvelous text that conbines science, history, and technology in a master manner.They are just two of the marvelous professors at the Claremont Colleges. ... Read more

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Mapsinterconnections between science, technology, and society in order to understand both benefits and costs. ... Read more

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A survey of the strengths and weaknesses of satellite communication, rival technologies, the allocation of space resources and the role of domestic and international policymaking in evaluating the prospects for satellite communication. ... Read more