SCIENCE FOR LIVING- 5 SCIENCE TOPICS OF COMMON INTEREST TO RELIGION AND SOCIETY

SCIENCE FOR LIVING- 5 SCIENCE TOPICS OF COMMON INTEREST TO RELIGION AND SOCIETY

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CONTENTS

PREFACE

Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION

A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF SCIENCE

THE BIRTH OF MODERN SCIENCE

MODERN SCIENCE AND ITS IMPACT

NATURE OF MODERN SCIENCE AND ITS METHODOLOGY

PUBLIC PERCEPTION VERSUS INFORMED OPINION ON SCIENCE

COMPARISON WITH PUBLIC RESPONSE TO RELIGION

REFERENCES

Chapter 2: EVOLUTION: HOW LIFE AND WE CAME ABOUT

EARLY EVOLUTIONARY CONCEPTS

CHARLES DARWIN, THEORY OF NATURAL SELECTION AND EVOLUTION

ALFRED RUSSELL WALLACE AND THEORY OF NATURAL SELECTION

THEORY OF NATURAL SELECTION

CELLS, CHROMOSOME AND DNA

MENDEL AND GENETICS

CELL DIVISION AND GENETIC INHERITANCE

MECHANISM OF NATURAL SELECTION

ADVANCES IN THE SCIENTIFIC THEORY OF EVOLUTION

SUMMARY OF THEORY OF EVOLUTION

THEORY OF EVOLUTION, SOCIETY AND RELIGION

REFERENCES

Chapter 3: MEDICINE AND HEALING: OUR HEALTH, ILLNESSES AND TREATMENTS

BEFORE MODERN MEDICINE

DAWN OF MODERN MEDICINE AND DUSK OF GALENIC MEDICINE

THE GERM THEORY

IMMUNITY, DRUGS AND ANTIBIOTICS

ANAESTHESIA - ANOTHER GIFT FROM SCIENCE

ADVANCES IN BIOLOGY AND MEDICAL SCIENCE

DISEASES THAT ARE NOT CAUSED DIRECTLY BY INFECTIONS

PLACEBO AND EXPECTATION EFFECTS

LEPROSY

MENTAL DISEASES

MODERN MEDICINE AND MENTAL ILLNESS

MEDICINE, SOCIETY AND RELIGION

REFERENCES

Chapter 4: ORDER, DISORDER AND CHAOS: COMPLEX PHENOMENA AROUND US

SENSITIVITY TO INITIAL CONDITIONS AND BUTTERFLY EFFECT

BIFURCATIONS

FRACTALS

CRITICALITY, PHASE TRANSITIONS AND INSTABILITIES

LINEAR AND NON-LINEAR SYSTEMS, TIME CONSTANTS AND FEEDBACK

CHAOS, BIOLOGY, QUANTUM PHYSICS AND TYCHISM

HUMAN EXPERIENCES IN ORDER, DISORDER AND CHAOS

REFERENCES

Chapter 5: MOTION, SPACE AND TIME: WHERE AND WHEN WE ARE

FORCE IN GALILEAN AND NEWTONIAN MECHANICS

HISTORY OF THE SPECIAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY

STR POSTULATES AND TRANSFORMATION EQUATIONS

MASS OF AN OBJECT AS MEASURED BY DIFFERENT OBSERVERS

EQUIVALENCE OF MASS AND ENERGY

4 VECTORS, WORLD LINE AND PROPER TIME

AN ASSESSMENT OF THE MECHANICAL THEORIES

SOCIETY’S RESPONSE TO THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY

IMPACT OF STR ON RELIGION AND CORRESPONDENCE WITH RELIGIOUS BELIEFS

REFERENCES

Chapter 6: COSMOLOGY: HOW DID OUR UNIVERSE COME ABOUT

THE COSMOLOGICAL PRINCIPLE

EXPANSION

BIG BANG

HORIZONS

INFLATION

PHYSICS OF THE EXPANDING UNIVERSE AFTER BIG BANG

INFLUENCE OF MATTER, RADIATION AND VACUUM ON THE EXPANSION

THE COSMOLOGICAL CONSTANT

THE INFLATON, THE SCALAR FIELD OF THE EARLY UNIVERSE

COSMOLOGY AND SOCIETY

RELIGION’S RESPONSE TO MODERN COSMOLOGY

REFERENCES

Chapter 7: RELIGION, SCIENCE AND SCIENTISTS

RELIGION’S VIEW OF SCIENCE

CHRISTIANITY AND SCIENCE

HINDUISM AND SCIENCE

ISLAM AND SCIENCE

THE SCIENTIFIC AND RELIGIOUS METHODS

PUBLIC, SCIENCE AND SCIENTISTS

AUTHOR’S VIEWS ON SCIENCE AND RELIGION

REFERENCES

Chapter 8: SCIENCE FOR LIFE

SEEING SCIENCES AS A WHOLE DISCIPLINE

SCIENTIFIC CURIOSITY AND AWARENESS AND RECOGNITION OF NON-SCIENCE

DISCRIMINATING BETWEEN SCIENCE, PSEUDOSCIENCE AND NON- SCIENCE

DEVELOPING A SCIENTIFIC ATTITUDE

SKEPTICISM, FAITH AND CULTURAL TRADITIONS

REFERENCES

APPENDIX: PRIMER FOR MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL CONCEPTS

INDEX