Not exact matches
At first he didn't realize that «a
more profound
knowledge of the basic principles
of physics is tied up with the most intricate mathematical methods.»
Additionally, many primary school teachers admit to having limited content
knowledge themselves, especially in the fields
of physics and chemistry, which makes curriculum decisions even
more difficult.
Crossdisciplinary: Viewing one discipline from the perspective
of another; for example, the
physics of music and the history
of math (Meeth 1978) Multidisciplinary: The juxtaposition
of several disciplines focused on one problem with no direct attempt to integrate (Piaget 1972, Meeth 1978) Pluridisciplinary: The juxtaposition
of disciplines assumed to be
more or less related; e.g., math and
physics, French and Latin (Piaget 1972) Transdisciplinary: Beyond the scope
of the disciplines; that is, to start with a problem and bring to bear
knowledge from the disciplines (Meeth 1978)
Using our model, anyone with a little
knowledge of math and
physics can determine climate sensitivity relative to CO2 concentration changes not unreliably by using nothing
more complex than a pocket calculator.
Climatology requires
knowledge of, among other things: atmospheric
physics, atmospheric chemistry, solar
physics, planetary
physics, thermodynamics, geology, oceanography, vulcanology, hydrospheric science, biospheric science, vegetation science, statistics, and probably many
more disciplines others can add at will
I spend
more time thinking about, solving problems in, teaching, and yes, continuing to learn and refine my
knowledge of real world
physics in any given week
of your choice than you apparently have lifetime, and I'm missing out.
We know
more about Earth's climate than any other planet, but using this
knowledge to predict weather and climate on other planets is a true test
of how well we actually understand the fundamental
physics.
Furthermore, good climate analysis requires
more than a
knowledge of «atmospheric
physics or climate science.»
[I am ignorant
of a lot
of ocean / heat
physics, so maybe someone with
more knowledge would dismiss these patterns as pure correlation among many possible patterns.]
A high school understanding
of statistics and
physics is probably enough to get you started on the subject, and from there you can build up enough
knowledge of the basics to be able to either understand or at least follow the key points
of the
more complicated parts.
The basic
physics knowledge of the greenhouse effect have been examined since 1824 beginning with Joseph Fourier, the hypothesis that we should warm with continued CO2 emissions has been around for
more than a hundred years, the general confirmations and realization that this will develop into a global problem have been germinating for over 50 years, and in the last three decades the
knowledge that the warming we will experience will affect our climate and agricultural systems is well known.
Aristotle believed that the highest form
of knowledge is politics: the ability to understand people's motivations and how to influence their actions is
more complex than the understanding
of physics, and it has been my observation that lawyers generally have the skill
of politics and ability to navigate the complexities
of societies» rules.