The Whats of a Scientific Life (Paperback)

ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgementsAbout the AuthorPart I Introduction1 What Is the Scientific Life?2 What Is Physics?3 What Is Chemistry?4 What Is Biology?Part II Scientific Career Choices: What to Do When Faced With …5 Junctions6 Crossroads7 Roundabouts8 Traffic Lights9 Obstacles10 MountainsPart III Examples of What Science Delivers or Will Deliver in the Future11 With Physics We Can See Atoms12 Acceleration of Chemical Reactions by Catalysts: A Wonder of the Natural World 13 Understanding Colour: Paintings, Camouflage, Clothes and Cosmetics14 The Universe Exists and the Big Bang ‘Start’ of the Universe: The ‘Red Shift’ and the Expansion of the Universe15 Is There Life Elsewhere in the Universe? The Role of the Square Kilometre Array Radio Astronomy Project16 Predicting Climate Change on EarthPart IV Science and Mathematics: Across the Disciplines and Side by Side With Engineering17 Science and Mathematics: Newtonian Dynamics and Molecular Dynamics18 Science across the Disciplines: Curiosity Respects No Science Subject Boundaries19 Science Side by Side with EngineeringPart V Science Is a Process20 Successes Involve Striving to Avoid Failures in SciencePart VI A Trend: The Coming Together of the Sciences and the Social Sciences21 The International Council for Science: A Very Important EventAppendices My Reviews of Books Regarding the Whats of a Scientific LifeAppendix A1: The Social Function of Science, by J. D. BernalAppendix A2: The Effective Scientist: A Handy Guide to a Successful Scientific Career, by Corey J. A. BradshawAppendix A3: Scientific Leadership, by J. W. (Hans) Niemantsverdriet and Jan-Karel Felderhof Appendix A4: Managing Science: Developing Your Research, Leadership and Management Skills, by K. PeachAppendix A5: Writing Chemistry Patents and Intellectual Property: a Practical Guide, by Francis J. WallerAppendix A6: The Scientific Method: Reflections from a Practitioner, by M. di Ventra