Into the Sciences

Into the Sciences

To laymen ‘science’ and ‘research’ seem amorphous things, mysterious activities by lab-coated acolytes that somehow yield knowledge of our world. This book breaks them down into a clear model of the activities involved, then uses that model to explain why science is separated into disciplines, how those disciplines are shaped by their different subject matter, and finally how researchers choose what they do. Frederick J. Ross received a classical education from his parents while growing up in the wilds of Virginia, then worked in physics, mathematics, microbiology, and statistics in the US and Europe before leaving academia. He has played violin for twenty some years, written some fiction, and apparently annoyed a lot of people. Now he lives on an island in the Salish Sea with his wife and children. You can find out about other books, or read essays and commentary by Frederick J. Ross at http: //madhadron.com.