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Thought experiments : history and applications for education
- Title
- Thought experiments : history and applications for education / Chris Edwards.
- Author
- Edwards, Chris, 1977-
- Publication
- Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2021]
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 21-7455 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xi, 114 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Thought experiments do not require a laboratory and need no funding, yet they are responsible for several major intellectual revolutions throughout history. Given their importance, and the way that they immediately engage students, it is surprising that thought experiments are not used more frequently as teaching tools in the academic disciplines. Thought Experiments: History and Applications for Education explains how thought experiments developed and shows how thought experiments can be applied to subjects as varied as theoretical physics, mathematics, politics, personal identity, and ethics. Teachers at all levels and in all disciplines will discover how to use thought experiments effectively in their own classrooms"--
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Famous thought experiments -- Time travel -- Mathematics, infinity, and the big bang -- Politics -- Risk, odds, bravery, and ethics -- Identity -- Ethics -- Meta-mathematics and meta-language -- Conclusion.
- Call Number
- JFE 21-7455
- ISBN
- 9781475860740
- 1475860749
- 9781475860757
- 1475860757
- LCCN
- 2020053445
- 40030469838
- OCLC
- 1203957801
- Author
- Edwards, Chris, 1977- author.
- Title
- Thought experiments : history and applications for education / Chris Edwards.
- Publisher
- Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2021]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Edwards, Chris, 1977- Thought experiments Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, 2021. 9781475860764 (DLC) 2020053446
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40030469838
- Research Call Number
- JFE 21-7455