Very Good Read - Get the Wheels Turning in Your Head

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	• The Scientific Endeavor: A Primer on Scientific Principles and Practice Jeffrey A. Lee Benjamin Cummings, 1999 - 186 pages average customer review:based on 4 reviews view larger image
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Good and Helpful!

This book by Dr. Lee is very well written, and is easy to understand. I have not read all of it, but a near majority of it. This book makes several different aspects of science interesting. I have him as a professor, and he is a really good educator. Maybe he will read this and give me an A. But if he doesnt, thats fine too...Ill work on the A myself. But honestly, this is a very well written book. It is very interesting and helpful to grasp some deep scientific knowledge.

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Great stuff, but WAY overpriced

I teach a university-level senior seminar course in biology, and I was strongly considering using this interesting little book, but it has it's downside. First though, the plusses...

The book is well-written, and the author covers interesting and timely topics including:
- an introduction to the practice of science
- what and how one goes about doing research
- what is means to be part of the community of science
- scientific ethics
...and other topics.
It is also short enough to be easily digestible while covering an interesting range of topics.

Now for the minuses (well, one BIG minus). When I had nearly decided to adopt this book for my course I checked the per copy price and found a $43 price tag!!! I was expecting something in the $10-20 range. Sticker shock was more than enough to put me off, and I will not require my students to pay that much for this short book.

The book is only 186pp, it's paperbound, and is only about 1/4" thick.

I hope that the author and his publisher will take note of this feedback. They would have made an institutional sale if they hadn't set the price so high.

I give the book 5 stars for content, presentation, and applicability, but loss of a star (and a sale) for the excessive price tag on this book.

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Very Good Read - Get the Wheels Turning in Your Head

This is a great book for those pursuing scientific study, but it is also a great piece of writing on critical thinking - something which is largely lacking in today's society. Lee's writing is easy to follow and understand, and he makes very sound arguments without them coming off as attacks (e.g. in the pseudoscience chapter). Topics include philosophy of science, scientific misconduct, critical thinking, pseudoscience, research, and the scientific method. This book was the course "text" for the honours thesis course at my undergraduate university. I never read it then, but I'm glad I did now as I pursue a graduate degree.

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Ideal as a stand--alone supplement in any science course, The Scientific Endeavor creates a framework for students' future coursework in the sciences by discussing what science is and how it is done. Presenting all of the major topics and basic underpinnings of science in a clear, simplified manner, the book provides a generic view that isn't tied to any specific discipline. Students develop "scientific literacy" that will help them better understand and appreciate their mainstream science courses.