Physical Chemistry: Multidisciplinary Applications in Society - Hardcover

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Kenneth S. Schmitz earned BAs in 1966 for Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics from Greenville College in Greenville, Illinois. He earned his PhD in 1972 for Physical Chemistry and Biophysics from the University of Washington in Seattle. From 1972 to 1973, Dr. Schmitz was a National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Associate in the Departments of Chemistry at the University of Washington and then Stanford University. Dr. Schmitz started his teaching career as Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida from 1973-1975. He then moved to the University of Missouri in Kansas City in 1975 where he was Assistant Professor of Chemistry until 1979, Associate Professor of Chemistry until 1986, and Professor of Chemistry until 2014. He is now Emeritus Professor of Physical Chemistry and Environmental Studies. Dr. Schmitz has won several awards/traineeships in his career including the National Science Foundation Summer Trainee, Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle in 1968 and 1969; Fellowship in the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science in 1997; and Fellowship in the Kyoto University Foundation in 1998. He organized the Gordon Research Conference in 1984, which continues to meet every other year under the name "Colloid, Macromolecular, and Polyelectrolyte Solutions." Dr. Schmitz has authored over 90 scientific publications in refereed journals, three books, an invited review article, and edited two more books. His areas of specialization include dynamic light scattering, statistical mechanics, computer simulations, and biophysics.

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Physical Chemistry: Multidisciplinary Applications in Society

our scientific knowledge is taking us into the future. Throughout history, the evolution of society has been a continuing struggle between the "head thinking" based on logic and reason and the "gut thinking" based on unsubstantiated intuition and superstition.

is suitable for students of science, philosophy, and the humanities, as well as scientists, politicians, environmentalists, and anyone interested in learning how science and society are intertwined in the determination of their future development.

Key features:

• Provides a historical review of the evolution of science and the accompanying changes in the philosophy of how science views the nature of the Universe
• The ordering of the chapters reflects the natural flow of events in understanding an evolving Universe and a society: Philosophy of Science; Cosmology; Geoscience; Life Science; Ecology; and Information Content
• Includes detailed analysis of how humans have and continue to influence the dynamics of events on Earth
• Presents underlying science of current political issues that can affect the future of humankind

Dr. Kenneth Schmitz is an emeritus professor of Physical Chemistry and Environmental Studies at the University of Missouri. He has won several awards and traineeships in his career including fellowship in the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science and fellowship in the Kyoto University Foundation. Dr. Schmitz has authored over 90 scientific publications in refereed journals and three books among other editorial contributions.