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Modern concepts of natural science / Mark D. Goldfein and Alexei V. Ivanov.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Goldfein, Mark D.
- Series:
- Science, evolution and creationism
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science.
- Physical sciences.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (261 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Hauppauge, New York : Nova Publishers, c2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book explores both general and specific ideas of the formation and development of modern natural sciences. Some basic problems characteristic of natural science development are discussed. Integrative-general scientific trends are considered where natural-scientific knowledge is of highest value, in particular, solving global universal problems and the world community's transition to sustainable development. The book contents includes the universal laws of preservation in nature, the concept of continuous-discrete properties of matter, the foundations of the special and general theory of relativity, the laws of thermodynamics, the problem of relation of the reactivity of substances with their structure and properties, the concepts of molecular and genetic biology, the idea of the origin, structure and evolution of the Universe and Earth, the concepts of general and applied ecology, and features of self-organization processes in both inanimate and animate nature.
- Contents:
- Knowledge and science
- Mathematics and natural sciences
- Basic stages of the world's physical picture development
- Thermodynamics as a basis of inanimate and animate nature
- Development of natural science concepts in chemistry
- Concepts of natural science in biology
- Scientific problems of cosmology
- Basic concepts in the earth sciences
- Modern concepts of general and applied ecology
- Concepts of global studies
- Synergetics as a new interdisciplinary lead.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record; title from PDF title page, viewed (07/23/2020).
- ISBN:
- 1-62417-612-7
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