Science and Technology
Dimitris N. Chorafas
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Description for Science and Technology
Paperback. Num Pages: 222 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JNU; THRB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 349.
The aim of this book is to explore science and technology from the viewpoint of creating new knowledge, as opposed to the reinterpretation of existing knowledge in ever greater but uncertain detail. Scientists and technologists make progress by distinguishing between what they regard as meaningful and what they consider as secondary or unimportant. The meaningful is dynamic; typically, the less important is static. Science and technology have made a major contribution to the culture and to the standard of living of our society. From antiquity to the present day, the most distinguished scientists and technologists have been thinkers, experimenters and ... Read more
The aim of this book is to explore science and technology from the viewpoint of creating new knowledge, as opposed to the reinterpretation of existing knowledge in ever greater but uncertain detail. Scientists and technologists make progress by distinguishing between what they regard as meaningful and what they consider as secondary or unimportant. The meaningful is dynamic; typically, the less important is static. Science and technology have made a major contribution to the culture and to the standard of living of our society. From antiquity to the present day, the most distinguished scientists and technologists have been thinkers, experimenters and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
Number of Pages
207
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319362854
SKU
V9783319362854
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99-15
About Dimitris N. Chorafas
A Fulbright Scholar, Dr. Chorafas received his doctorate in mathematics and logic at the Sorbonne in Paris. He is a graduate electrical and mechanical engineer of the National Technical University of Athens, has a Master of Science degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, and has done postgraduate studies in banking and finance, computers and communications, and operations research ... Read more
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