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Description for Experiment!
Paperback. An intuitive understanding of the experimental method usually evolves through years of trial and error. This book speeds up the journey for the reader to becoming a proficient experimenter. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: PBT; PN; TDCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 189 x 15. Weight in Grams: 496.
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Experiments are the most effective way to learn about the world. By cleverly interfering with something to see how it reacts we are able to find out how it works. In contrast to passive observation, experimenting provides us with data relevant to our research and thus less time and effort is spent separating relevant from irrelevant information.
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Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780470688250
SKU
V9780470688250
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Ref
99-1
About Oivind Andersson
Dr Öivind Andersson is Assistant Professor in the Department of Energy Sciences at Lund Universitytransparent engines and works with optical measurements in transparent engines. His responsibilities include supervision of several Ph.D. students thus providing opportunities to reflect on how to develop their abilities as experimenters and he has developed and taught a faculty-common Ph.D. course on experimental methodology that partly...
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"This description of the history of the scientific method and the struggle to establish a stable experimental method and framework firmly sets the foundations for the beginning of the book – Understanding the world – and is so rich in content that it could easily form a great book all by itself." (Chemistry World, 1 June 2013) “Provides an excellent...
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