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North Atlantic Books,U.S. Dark Matter, Missing Planets and New Comets:
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North Atlantic Books,U.S. Crystals, Fabrics, and Fields: Metaphors That
Book SynopsisAcclaimed theorist and social scientist Donna Jeanne Haraway uses the work of pioneering developmental biologists Ross G. Harrison, Joseph Needham, and Paul Weiss as a springboard for a discussion about a shift in developmental biology from a vitalism-mechanism framework to organicism. The book deftly interweaves Thomas Kuhn''s concept of paradigm change into this wide-ranging analysis, emphasizing the role of model, analogy, and metaphor in the paradigm and arguing that any truly useful theoretical system in biology must have a central metaphor.
£15.19
A Cappella Books Absinthe and Flamethrowers
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£14.20
Zephyr Press Mini Weapons of Mass Destruction 2
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£15.15
Orbis Books (USA) Christianity and Science: Toward a Theology of
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£22.79
Centre for the Study of Language & Information Holographic Reduced Representation: Distributed
Book SynopsisWhile neuroscientists garner success in identifying brain regions and in analyzing individual neurons, ground is still being broken at the intermediate scale of understanding how neurons combine to encode information. This book proposes a method of representing information in a computer that would be suited for modelling the brain's methods of processing information. Holographic reduced representations (HRRs) are introduced here to model how the brain distributes each piece of information among thousands of neurons. It has been previously thought that the grammatical structure of a language cannot be encoded practically in a distributed representation, but HRRs can overcome the problems of earlier proposals. Thus this work has implications for psychology, neuroscience, linguistics, computer science and engineering.
£28.96
Mark Twain Media Science Experiments, Grades 5 - 12: Earth Science
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The New York Review of Books, Inc Memoirs of Hecate County
Book SynopsisHecate is the Greek goddess of sorcery, and Edmund Wilson''s Hecate County is the bewitched center of the American Dream, a sleepy bedroom community where drinks flow endlessly and sexual fantasies fill the air. Memoirs of Hecate County, Wilson''s favorite among his many books, is a set of interlinked stories combining the supernatural and the satirical, astute social observation and unusual personal detail. But the heart of the book, 'The Princess with the Golden Hair,' is a starkly realistic novella about New York City, its dance halls and speakeasies and slums. So sexually frank that for years Wilson''s book was suppressed, this story is one of the great lost works of twentieth-century American literature: an astringent, comic, ultimately devastating exploration of lust and love, how they do and do not overlap.
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The Library of America Loren Eiseley: Collected Essays on Evolution,
Book SynopsisAn eminent paleontologist with the soul and skill of a poet, Loren Eiseley (1907–1977) was among the twentieth century’s greatest inheritors of the literary tradition of Henry David Thoreau, Charles Darwin, and John Muir, and a precursor to such later writers as Stephen Jay Gould, Richard Dawkins, and Carl Sagan. After decades of fieldwork and discovery as a “bone-hunter” and professor, Eiseley turned late in life to the personal essay, and beginning with the surprise million-copy seller The Immense Journey (1957) he produced an astonishing succession of books that won acclaim both as science and as art. Now for the first time, the Library of America presents his landmark essay collections in a definitive two-volume set.This second volume begins with The Invisible Pyramid (1970), a book of meditations on the origins and possible futures of humankind set against the backdrop of the Apollo 11 landings. As Western civilization attains new heights of scientific awareness and technological skill, is it also blind to its own limits, doomed to destroy itself like the lost civilizations of the ancients or other “spore-bearers” in our evolutionary past? Eiseley makes an urgent, environmentalist plea in these essays: we must protect the planet from which we emerged against our unchecked power to overpopulate and pollute and consume it. The essays in The Night Country (1971) look not to the stars but backward and inward: to the haunted spaces of Eiseley’s lonely Nebraska childhood and to those moments, often dark and unexpected, when chance observations disturb our ordinary understandings of the universe. The naturalist here seeks neither “salvation in facts” nor solace in wild places: encountering an old bone, or a nest of wasps, he recognizes what he calls “the ghostliness of myself,” his own mortality, and the paradoxes of the evolution of consciousness. Shortly before his death, Eiseley made plans for what would be his last book, published posthumously as The Star Thrower (1978). Here are late essays on the life and legacy of Henry David Thoreau, the writer to whom he turned more often than any other; thoughts on the “two cultures” he sought to bring together throughout his career; and on the relations between hard science and “awe before the universe.” Of particular interest are two early stories discovered among his papers, “The Dance of the Frogs” and “The Fifth Planet.” A companion volume gathers The Immense Journey (1957), The Firmament of Time (1960), The Unexpected Universe (1969), and a selection of Eiseley’s uncollected prose.LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation’s literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America’s best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.Trade Review“Loren Eiseley’s work changed my life.” —Ray Bradbury“As captivating as today’s best-known science writers might be, no one has ever managed to make the pursuit of knowledge feel more soulful or more immediate than Loren Eiseley did in the essays and books he published in the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s.” —Ben Cosgrove, The Daily Beast
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Templeton Foundation Press,U.S. Divine Action: Examining God's Role in an Open
Book SynopsisDivine Action, written by philosopher, theologian, and scholar Keith Ward was briefly available in 1990 before a publishing consolidation took it out of circulation. In this edition, the author has added a new preface reflecting the argument in light of the recent resurgence of naturalism in philosophy. In an intellectual counterpoint to antispirituality arguments, Ward explores what is involved in the idea of creation and particular divine actions in a world of scientific law and intelligibility. He presents his argument for the presence of divine action in the natural world and offers a rationale for divine operation as a continuous spiritual-natural conversation. Dr.Ward defends the Christian doctrine of Incarnation but is also more concerned with discussing the “big questions” in science and religion—those concerning existence, purpose, and inner process. His study embraces an analysis of freedom and necessity, the origins of suffering, constraints of creation, prayer as participation in divine action, miracles as epiphanies of the spirit, divine nature and human nature, and redemption. For scholars in philosophy, theology, and fields that engage in the dialogue of science and religion, this book presents rigorous scientific research and scholarship that significantly contribute to the ongoing debates over the divine operation and divine providence. Table of ContentsPreface to the 2007 Edition / vii 1. The Abyss of Reason / 1 2. Divine Freedom and Necessity / 18 3. The Origins of Suffering / 38 4. The Integral Web / 57 5. The Death of the Closed Universe / 74 6. The Enfolding Spirit / 103 7. The Constraints of Creation / 119 8. The Particularity of Providence / 134 9. Prayer as Participation in Divine Action / 154 10. Miracles as Epiphanies of the Spirit / 170 11. Pictures of the Divine / 190 12. Divine Nature and Human Nature / 211 13. The Witness of the Past / 231 14. The Redemption of Time / 253 Reference Bibliography / 271 Further Reading / 275 Index / 279
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Templeton Foundation Press,U.S. Envisioning Nature, Science, and Religion
Book Synopsis Contemporary scholarship has given rise to several modes of understanding biophysical and human nature, each entangled with related notions of science and religion. Envisioning Nature, Science, and Religion represents the culmination of three years of collaboration by an international group of fourteen natural scientists, social scientists, humanists, and theologians. The result is an intellectually stimulating volume that explores how the ideas of nature pertain to science and religion. Editor James D. Proctor has gathered sixteen in-depth essays, each examining and comparing five central metaphors or "visions" of biophysical and human nature. These visions are evolutionary nature, emergent nature, malleable nature, nature as sacred, and nature as culture. The book's diverse contributors offer a wide variety of unique perspectives on these five visions, spanning the intellectual spectrum and proposing important and often startling implications for religion and science alike. Throughout the essays, the authors do a great deal of cross-referencing and engaging each other's ideas, creating a cohesive dialogue on the visions of nature.Envisioning Nature, Science, and Religion offers a blend of scholarly rigor and readable prose that will be appreciated by anyone engaged in the fields of religion, philosophy, and the natural sciences. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments / vii Introduction: Visions of Nature, Science, and Religion / 3 James D. Proctor 1. The Nature of Visions of Nature: Packages to Be Unpacked / 36 Willem B. Drees 2. Visions of Nature through Mathematical Lenses / 59 Douglas E. Norton 3. Between Apes and Angels: At the Borders of Human Nature / 83 Johannes M.M.H. Thijssen 4. Locating New Visions / 103 David N. Livingstone 5. Enduring Metaphysical Impatience? / 131 Robert E. Ulanowicz 6. God from Nature: Evolution or Emergence? / 149 Barbara J. King 7. Who Needs Emergence? / 166 Gregory Peterson 8. Creativity through Emergence: A Vision of Nature and God / 180 Antje Jackelén 9. Rereading a Landscape of Atonement on an Aegean Island / 205 Martha L. Henderson 10. The Vision of Malleable Nature: A Complex Conversation / 227 Andrew Lustig 11. Visions of a Source of Wonder / 245 Fred D. Ledley 12. Nature as Culture: The Example of Animal / Behavior and Human Morality / 271 Nicolaas A. Rupke 13. Environment after Nature: Time for a / New Vision / 293 James D. Proctor 14. Should the Word Nature Be Eliminated? / 312 John Hedley Brooke Afterword: Visualizing Visions and Visioners / 337 James D. Proctor Contributors / 353 Index / 357
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Shambhala Publications Inc Raising Wild: Dispatches from a Home in the
Book SynopsisFinalist - Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award Finalist - Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment Creative Book Award Finalist - Evans Biography and Handcart Award An ode the extreme landscape of Nevada''s Great Basin Desert—its terrain, its wildlife, and how an intrepid father and two little girls have made the wilderness their homeCombining natural history, humor, and personal narrative, Raising Wild is an intimate exploration of Nevada’s Great Basin Desert, the wild and extreme land of high desert caliche and juniper, of pronghorn antelope and mountain lions, where wildfires and snowstorms threaten in equal measure. Michael Branch “earned his whiskers” in the Great Basin Desert of northwestern Nevada, in the wild and extreme landscape where he lives off the grid with his wife and two curious little girls. Shifting between pastoral passages on the beauty found in the desert and humorous tales of the humility of being a father, Raising Wild offers an intimate portrait of a landscape where mountain lions and ground squirrels can threaten in equal measure. With Branch’s distinct lyricism and wit, this exceedingly barren landscape becomes a place resonant with the rattle of snakes, the plod of pronghorn antelope, and the rustle of juniper trees, a place that is teeming with energy, surprise, and an endless web of connections. Part memoir, part homage to an environment all-to-often brushed aside as inhospitable, Raising Wild offers an intergenerational approach to nature, family, and the forgotten language of wildness.
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Shambhala Publications Inc The Natural Laws of Children: Why Children Thrive
Book SynopsisA powerful, neuroscience-based approach to revolutionize early childhood learning through natural creativity, strong human connections, spontaneous free play, and more.All children are born wired to learn and to love. As young children explore the world and interact with others, their brains can naturally develop in incredible ways. And yet, despite our best intentions, early education often fails to fully encourage this natural learning and empathy. The Natural Laws of Children draws on current research in childhood development to share powerful insights on how to enhance learning for all kids, regardless of income or access to resources. This book tells the story of Céline Alvarez’s pioneering work in early childhood education. Over three years in a low-income school, Alvarez’s students achieved exceptional results in math and reading, as well as outstanding social and emotional skills. The Natural Laws of Children shares, in a clear and accessible way, the main scientific principles that underpin human learning to revolutionize early childhood education by supporting strong human connections, spontaneous free play, and more.
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Chicago Review Press Ready the Cannons!
Book SynopsisGarage warriors will get a bang out of this new handbook from the author of Backyard Ballistics that shows how to build cannons and other fun things that shoot, from Wiffle ball launchers and beverage bottle bazookas to superpowered water guns and model culverins. In Ready the Cannons!, engineer William Gurstelle breaks down how to safely construct a dozen awesome artillery devices in your basic home workshops using easy-to-find household or hardware store materials. Clear instructions, diagrams, and photographs illustrate how to build projects ranging from the simple—a supersonic Ping-Pong ball shooter—to the more complex—a replica of the Napoleon Cannon.With a strong emphasis on safety, the book also gives tips on troubleshooting, tells the history of how and when the artillery devices were used, and explains the physics behind the projects. This book will be indispensable for the legions of backyard watergunners, model-rocket launchers, and fireworks fanatics who wish every day were the Fourth of July.
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Chicago Review Press Mini Weapons of Mass Destruction 3: Build Siege
Book SynopsisUtilizing easy-to-find and inexpensive materials, this handy resource teaches desktop warriors how to build a multitude of medieval siege weapons for the modern era. Novice combatants will learn to build 35 defense weapons, including a marshmallow catapult, a chopstick bow, a bottle cap crossbow, and a clothespin ballista. In addition to beefing up their Dark Age arsenal, would-be warriors are provided with a number of targets on which to practice their shooting skills. Clear diagrams, instructions, and safety tips for each project are included, making construction of each of these weapons simple, safe, and fun.Trade ReviewLoad up on marshmallows, cut up old CDs and ask your mum for her clothes pegs its war! All these objects should have you on your way to building some of the most terrifying instruments of war from history. With easy step-by-step instructions simple household items can be transformed. With just a set of chopsticks and some string you can practise the ancient Japanese art of archery called Kyudo. A steady hand is probably needed and nearly every item requires quite a bit of gluing or taping together. But lets face it, when exam time comes how are you going to protect your answers from the cheat sitting next to you? - Flipside Magazine (teenage magazine extolling the joys of reading) May 2014
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Experiment We Are All Stardust: Scientists Who Shaped Our
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Experiment Nothing: Surprising Insights Everywhere from Zero
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£15.49
Experiment Know It All: 132 Head-Scratching Questions about
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£11.39
Experiment The Aliens Are Coming!: The Extraordinary Science
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£12.34
Experiment How to Speak Science: Gravity, Relativity, and
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Experiment What the Future Looks Like: Scientists Predict
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North Atlantic Books,U.S. Radical Joy for Hard Times: Finding Meaning and
Book SynopsisIn a time of uncertainty and devastation--from pandemics to environmental catastrophe--a call to action for finding beauty, creating art, and healing in community. When a beloved place is decimated by physical damage, many may hit the donate button or call their congressperson. But award-winning author Trebbe Johnson argues that we need new methods for coping with these losses and invites readers to reconsider what constitutes “worthwhile action.” She discusses real wounded places ranging from weapons-testing grounds at Eglin Air Force Base, to Appalachian mountain tops destroyed by mining. These stories, along with tools for community engagement—ceremony, vigil, apology, and the creation of art with on-site materials—show us how we can find beauty in these places and discover new sources of meaning and community.
£14.39
North Atlantic Books,U.S. Healing Earth: An Ecologist's Journey of
Book SynopsisA true pioneer and respected elder in ecological recovery and sustainability shares effective solutions he has designed and implemented.A stand-out from the sea of despairing messages about climate change, well-known sustainability elder John Todd, who has taught, mentored, and inspired such well-known names in the field as Janine Benyus, Bill McKibben, and Paul Hawken, chronicles the different ecological interventions he has created over the course of his career. Each chapter offers a workable engineering solution to an existing environmental problem: healing the aftermath of mountain-top removal and valley-fill coal mining in Appalachia, using windmills and injections of bacteria to restore the health of a polluted New England pond, working with community members in a South African village to protect an important river. A mix of both success stories and concrete suggestions for solutions to tackle as yet unresolved issues, Todd''s narrative provides an important addition to the conversation about specific ways we can address the planetary crisis. Eighty-five color photos and images illustrate Todd''s concepts. This is a refreshingly hopeful, proactive book and also a personal story that covers a known practitioner''s groundbreaking career.
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Pitchstone Publishing Sharing Reality: How to Bring Secularism and
Book SynopsisReligions are a natural outgrowth of the intuitive ways of knowing that evolved with human culture. Though many people continue to find value in religious identity and community, intuitive knowledge has been eclipsed by a more effective way of knowing—the scientific way. A better way of relating religion to politics called secularism is gradually replacing theocracy. Once you understand and accept the scientific way of knowing and this preferred relationship of church and state, you become agnostic and secular—even if you continue to identify with and participate in religion.As Jeff T. Haley and Dale McGowan argue in this volume, this isn’t some abstract dream—it’s happening right now. Religions are in a continuous state of evolution, changing beliefs, values, and practices over time. All religions, including Christianity and Islam, can evolve to accept the scientific way of knowing and secularism, becoming agnostic and even atheistic without losing their essential value. Haley and McGowan explain how you can help this natural process, sharing reality with your friends and family in a way that encourages religions to embrace the best of humanity's knowledge and values.Trade Review"Should atheists and scientistsespecially scientists who are atheistsjust be disdainful of religious people, however thoughtful the believers may be? In Sharing Reality , Jeff T. Haley and Dale McGowan not only insist that disdain is not the waythey lay out in rich detail a better way. With wit and a compelling command of the facts, the authors are persuasive that their answer is correctand vitally important." Ed Buckner, Former President, American Atheists"This is a clear, candid, and iconoclastic contribution to the contemporary God debates. Haley and McGowan challenge believers and atheists alike with their radical vision of religion's future." Russell Blackford, Laureate, International Academy of Humanism, editor-in-chief, the Journal of Evolution and Technology , author, Freedom of Religion and the Secular State and The Mystery of Moral Authority"This is the best case yet made for a different approach toward secularizing the world by working with religious populations to liberalize their faith. Anyone who would balk at such an approach simply has to contend with the arguments in this book. There is a place for the diplomatic approach, and this book makes a case for it. It deserves to be heard and considered." Richard Carrier, author, Sense and Goodness without God and On the Historicity of Jesus" Sharing Reality is an important and very readable work for the secular movement in world politics, which is becoming increasingly infected with the excesses that traditional religion invites. In Sharing Reality , the authors make a heroically diplomatic plea for secularism that would unite people of all stripes." Shadia Drury, author, Terror and Civilization: Christianity, Politics, and the Western Psyche"We have long been in need of this book. In our often-stonewalled conversation with religious believers, Haley and McGowan bring a vital contribution for the dialogue of both coffee tables and conference halls. Packed full of insights, Sharing Reality turns our focus toward the critical component of science acceptance and exposes how the language we often use hinders real progress." Drew Bekius, Communications Director, The Clergy Project and author, The Rise and Fall of Faith
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Pitchstone Publishing It's a Miracle!?: What Modern Science Tells Us
Book SynopsisFundamentalist Christians often use the Bible as a guide to the natural world, which inevitably leads them to reject much of what modern science says about the universe. But what if we were to use modern science as a guide to the Bible? What might a scientific reading of the Bible tell us not only about religion’s claims, but also about nature and our place in it? If God really did part the Red Sea, how might he have engineered such a feat? If Jesus really did raise Lazarus from the dead, under what circumstances might it have happened? In this witty and informative book, science writer Clay Farris Naff brings the miracles of the Bible into sharp focus through the lens of modern science. Whether you’re a religious skeptic or a true believer, you’ll find what comes into view is mind-bending, thought-provoking, and even amusing—and you’ll likely be left even more amazed and entranced by the universe we live in.Trade Review"You'll learn a lot about science and a lot about scripture from this light-hearted yet serious-minded look at the Bible." Steven Pinker, Johnstone Professor, Harvard University, and author of Enlightenment Now"Most people conceive of God as a supernatural being outside of nature. If so, then how can we ever know anything about him through natural means? We can't. That's why miracles are so important to believers. A miracle is when a supernatural God reaches into the natural world to effect some change, such as curing cancer or averting a storm in response to a petitionary prayer. But are miracle stories true, in some scientific sense? Clay Farris Naff attempts to answer this question for the most famous miracle stories in the most entertaining book I've read on the subject. Michael Shermer, Publisher Skeptic magazine, columnist Scientific American , Presidential Fellow Chapman University, author of Why People Believe Weird Things, The Believing Brain, The Moral Arc, and Heavens on Earth"In It's a Miracle!? , Clay Naff does a masterful job of discussing religious miracles from the perspective of modern science and reason. He explores what meant by science and reason, and how this can be applied to stories from the Bible. Naff's wit also makes it entertaining to read and explore these ancient tales. This would be a good read for everyone from a college professor to a retired coal miner." Ted W. Reid, PhD, professor, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center"Clay Farris Naff's elegant writing style provides an excellent analysis of whether science can be reconciled with biblical miracles... [A] must read for the skeptic and believer alike!" Brad Ericson, PhD, biologist
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Pitchstone Publishing Weirdness!: What Fake Science and the Paranormal
Book SynopsisIn a world where science faces challenges from creationists and climate change deniers, and where social media is awash with wild conspiracy theories, it is no longer enough for scientists, pundits, and activists to simply ask the public to trust science. Rather, all must better understand how science works, and why science is essential. By exploring many of the odd beliefs embraced by large sections of the public that are rejected by the scientific mainstream, Weirdness! makes a case for science that goes beyond popular slogans. It takes seriously claims that paranormal phenomena, such as psychic abilities and mythical creatures, might be real, but demonstrates how such phenomena would extend beyond the laws of nature. It rejects a sharp boundary between science and religion, while explaining how to negotiate their real differences. Denials of science cause no end of trouble, but so too does placing blind trust in science. As Weirdness! reminds readers, science should not be seen as a mechanism that takes in data and spits out truth—indeed, what we get wrong about how the world works is often as interesting as what we get right.Trade Review"You can teach science by hammering in the results: the heart is a pump, E=mc² and genes are made up from DNA. Or you can avoid dullness, discuss weird and dubious claims, and ask the right questions: Is this scientific? How to think about this? Can we do an experiment? This turns science into what it really is: an exhilarating and insightful way to explore the wonders of reality. Taner Edis is the science teacher we all need and deserve. The next best alternative is this book." -- Johan Braeckman, Professor of Philosophy, Ghent University"With erudite detail physicist Taner Edis shares insights on best practices gained from many years of teaching critical thinking to undergraduates, and ... takes the reader on an intellectual journey wherein the probing of weirdness shines a bright philosophical light on the foundations, and importance of, science." -- Raymond Hall, PhD, Professor of Physics, California State University, Fresno"This timely book is filled with illuminating examples drawn from Edis's 'Weird Science' class and his observations of current cultural trends. Highly recommended!" -- Stuart Vyse, PhD, author, Believing in Magic: The Psychology of Superstition"There's much to agree with, and much to disagree with in this book. But that's what makes it worth reading." -- Eugenie C Scott, Ph.D., Founding Executive Director, National Center for Science Education, Inc.
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Counterpoint Science and Spiritual Practices: Transformative
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Black Rabbit Books Disgusting Science Jobs
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University of Nevada Press Chasing Giants
Book SynopsisTells the remarkable and troubling stories of the world’s megafish, and the complex cultures and places that depend on them. It’s a story that stretches across the globe, from the most remote locations on Earth into our own backyards, chronicling a race against the clock to find and protect these ancient leviathans before they disappear forever.
£25.88
Capstone Wile E. Coyotes Physical Science for Super
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Overcup Press Ground Truth: A Geological Survey of a Life
Book SynopsisFINALIST for the 2021 Oregon Book Award. Rooted in the Pacific Northwest, the essays in Ruby McConnell’s Ground Truth: A Geological Survey of a Life cover the vast terrain of this region – from volcanoes to city parks, the eroding shorelines along the Oregon coast, badlands, lush forests, and city parks. Combining her background as a registered geologist, McConnell’s essays also weave in personal landscapes composed of grief, loss, and optimism for the future of our environment. "The Pacific Northwest that you see today is the result of forty years of radical changes in the culture and economics of what was once a resource-extraction and agriculture-driven region. They are changes so fundamental in nature and scope...that, for those of us from this place, will always be marked by the cataclysmic eruptions of Mt. St. Helens on May 18, 1980." --Ruby McConnell In this collection of 17 essays, geologist Ruby McConnell opens her part natural history, part memoir-in-essays about the Pacific Northwest with the cataclysmic eruption of Mt. St. Helens in May of 1980. She was two years old. "Everything that I have stood direct witness to since, everything I know about this place, happened after we watched the mountain crumble... I was born to a region digging out." In poignant and wide-ranging essays that include the wondrous annual return of salmon, "the lifeblood of the Pacific Northwest people," to working at an elementary school evaluating soil and wondering how many kids have cancer, Ground Truth is an extended eulogy to a rapidly changing land, population and society awakening to the realities of logging, climate change, land-use and pollution. The book illuminates the central role of landscapes in our ideas of home and self despite the growing disconnect between modern lifestyle and the environment. McConnell's timely and significant work reveals how the landscapes we inhabit can also help us better understand ourselves.
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Arcler Education Inc Quantum Dot Photovoltaics
Book SynopsisQuantum Dot Photovoltaics examines various aspects of next-gen photovoltaics to have a deeper understanding of colloidal quantum confined semi-conductor nanostructures. It includes the meaning of quantum dot photovoltaics and fabrication protocols required for such solar cells. Provide the reader with the insights into the development of solar energy conversion and the current status of colloidal quantum dots in prototype solar cells, so as to understand the scientific challenges faced during the conversion of solar energy.
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Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S. Essential Biology: An Applied Approach
Book SynopsisEssential Biology: An Applied Approach is a textbook intended for introductory college biology courses. It uses a society-based approach to guide readers to appreciate biology as it applies to current and historic cultural issues. Essential Biology serves the traditional undergraduate biology curriculum, with a sequence and depth of content valuable for the introductory student. Its unique story- and society-based approach brings forth collaborative discussion and improves student motivation to read and study further into the material.Essential Biology: An Applied Approach: shows the reader how to think like a scientist - provocative examples guide the reader to consider facts more critically. seeks a new way of approaching biology by incorporating stories, social themes, and integrating non-science areas to augment student interest. presents an applied approach to how each field of biology is developed and fits within larger areas of study. contains unique characteristics including Mnemonics and Learning Strategies, biology case studies, ""Check In"" sections, special textboxes, and more! can be used in traditional, online-only, and hybrid courses. includes extensive instructor resources: PowerPoint slides, test bank, discussion questions, and more!
£178.20
Conservation International,U.S. A Rapid Marine Biodiversity Assessment of Milne
Book SynopsisBased on Conservation International's successful terrestrial biological survey approach, the Marine Rapid Assessment Program's goal is to rapidly generate and disseminate information on coastal and near-shore shallow-water marine biodiversity. Its surveys yield appropriate and realistic recommendations for conservation—and have, at times, resulted in the finding of new species.This marine assessment surveys the coral reefs of Papua New Guinea's Milne Bay Province, which plays an integral role in sustaining coastal communities and represents an important component of the nation's rich natural heritage. Until recently, this environment was under minimal stress, threatened only by a small human population. Now, however, there are increasing signs of habitat degradation due to land-based activities and over-harvesting of sedentary marine resources. Milne Bay Province contains some of the best examples of undisturbed coral reefs in the entire Coral Triangle region, making it vitally important for both government agencies and communities to respond to these threats.
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Conservation International,U.S. A Biological Assessment of the Aquatic Ecosystems
Book SynopsisFor three weeks, in November and December of 2000, Conservation International's Rapid Assessment Program collaborated with a group of fourteen scientists—from Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil, and the United States—to survey the aquatic ecosystem of the Caura River in Venezeula. The area, part of the Guayana Shield, represents one of the most pristine watersheds in South America, due in large part to the excellent stewardship of its principle indigenous group, the Ye'kwana. It nonetheless faces a number of threats, ranging from a major hydroelectric dam and increased fishing pressure to rises in both tourism and agriculture. This assessment documents the Caura River Basin's aquatic biodiversity, with pleasing results, including the tripling of the number of fish species known by science in the upper Caura and the identification of almost 400 species of plants, 87 species of aquatic insects, and four species of crab. As always, the report includes several recommendations for conserving this ecologically significant area.
£23.77
Conservation International,U.S. Évaluation rapide de la biodiversité marine des
Book SynopsisThis French-language volume presents the results of a marine expedition to the coral reefs in the Mont Panie region of New Caledonia. Alongside an account of the region's rich marine flora and fauna, the study analyzes the results of surveys conducted among local Kanak tribes that examined their use of marine resources and sought their input into conservation recommendations for the region.
£22.37
Templeton Foundation Press,U.S. Is Progress Speeding Up: Multiplying Multitudes
Book Synopsis This book is a thought-provoking view of the progress of humankind in the last century. In spite of the pessimism that prevails in the media, people are better fed, better clothed, better housed, and better educated than at any previous time. The facts within the book provide documentation for a positive outlook toward our nutrition and health, living standards and working conditions, political and economic freedoms, educational facilities, ability to communicate, ease of movement, increasing leisure, and, most important, our ability to get along with one another and with our Creator. The statistics, charts, and photographs that illustrate this book enhance the reassuring and uplifting view of the state of the world and where it is going. “His analysis gives us a refreshing balance to the negative, sometimes cynical, views in the media that tend to portray the worst rather than the best in human civilization.” —Jimmy Carter “After reading Sir John Templeton's latest book, I believe more than ever that we are living in the most exciting time in history. Despite the challenges we face, his demonstration of mankind's progress gives all of us great hopes and high expectations for our next century and the new millennium.” —Jack Kemp, former HUD secretary, director of Empower America Table of Contents Introduction / 1 1. A Short History of Saving and Investment / 10 2. American Political Realignment and the Origins of Welfare / 35 3. Wall Street and the Second Economic Revolution / 54 4. Depression and the New Deal / 86 5. The Great Social Security Debate / 110 6. The New Health-Care Imperative / 142 7. Houses, Highways, and Physical Capital 8. Education, Training, and Human Capital / 217 9. The Savings Strategy for Shrinking the Welfare State / 258 Conclusion / 277 Notes / 285 Index / 303
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Phanes Press,U.S. Star Myths of the Greeks and Romans: A Sourcebook
Book SynopsisThe nightly appearence of the stars has been a source of endless wonder and speculation. This handbook looking at the 48 classical constellations includes the only surviving works on the constellation myths - Erathosthenes's "The Constellations" and Hyginus's "The Poetic Astronomy".
£17.09
Urbanomic Media Ltd X-Risk
Book SynopsisHow humanity came to contemplate its possible extinction.From forecasts of disastrous climate change to prophecies of evil AI superintelligences and the impending perils of genome editing, our species is increasingly concerned with the prospects of its own extinction. With humanity''s future on this planet seeming more insecure by the day, in the twenty-first century, existential risk has become the object of a growing field of serious scientific inquiry. But, as Thomas Moynihan shows in X-Risk, this preoccupation is not exclusive to the post-atomic age of global warming and synthetic biology. Our growing concern with human extinction itself has a history.Tracing this untold story, Moynihan revisits the pioneers who first contemplated the possibility of human extinction and stages the historical drama of this momentous discovery. He shows how, far from being a secular reprise of religious prophecies of apocalypse, existential risk is a thoroughly modern idea, made possible by the burgeoning sciences and philosophical tumult of the Enlightenment era. In recollecting how we first came to care for our extinction, Moynihan reveals how today''s attempts to measure and mitigate existential threats are the continuation of a project initiated over two centuries ago, which concerns the very vocation of the human as a rational, responsible, and future-oriented being.
£18.90
ATF Press Science and Religion in a Postcolonial World:
Book SynopsisThis book explores several issues in the emerging field of science and religion which are of common interest to different religions. The main idea underlying this book is that modern science poses challenges shared by religions. As such, discussing them in an interfaith setting is expected to offer new perspectives to those issues. The first of four parts of the book addresses issues which often have not been discussed in the science and religion discourse - issues around what may be termed 'customisation of sciences'. A form o of such customisation is known as the ideas of the Vedic science, and Islamic science. The secnd part discusses science and the sacred from Islamic and Christian perspectives. Similarly, the third part takes up those perspectives in discussing religious resonse to new theories in cosmology and biology. The book ends with an article about the care of the earth, and the creation of sustainble global community, which is proabbly today's biggest challenge for both religion and science.
£14.44
ATF Press The A to Z of People of Faith and Science: Short
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ATF Press The A to Z of People of Faith and Science: Short
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£38.03
Corvus Publishing Group Follies of Science: 20th Century Visions of Our
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£16.10
Pitchstone Publishing Discovering Our World: Humanity's Epic Journey
Book SynopsisWhere did everything come from? Why are humans so biologically similar, and why do we let small differences divide us? What shall determine our destiny? Paul Singh and John R. Shook draw on the latest findings from the physical and biological sciences, astronomy and cosmology, geology and genetics, and prehistory and archeology in search of answers. As they lucidly and engagingly demonstrate, the answers science gives about ourselves and the universe in which we live are incomparably more surprising and interesting than any mythical tale about some clash of titans or calculating creator. Indeed, science’s proud journey of exploration and discovery is humanity’s finest narrative yet, about how we trusted our intelligence to find out what we really are and who we can be—intrepidly going wherever the evidence led. Even though science reveals that humanity may have no special place in the universe, humanity is truly special because of our ability to comprehend our universe. Thus, this inspiring story of exploration and discovery is a celebration not only of science—of science’s knowledge of the world, and of science’s own journeys to gain that knowledge—but also of ourselves.Trade Review"A clear and engaging look at the greatest story of allhow we came to (finally) understand who we are and what our place is in the universe. The millennia of false starts and missed guesses are treated as a lack not of intelligence but of a reliable way to interrogate reality. The book captures the questing curiosity of earlier humanity, then conveys the astonishing feeling of sudden acceleration as science filled the slack sails, revealing at last who and what we really are. This is a marvelous, accessible contribution to the literature." Dale McGowan, PhD, executive director, Foundation Beyond Belief, and coauthor, Raising Freethinkers"Paul Singh and John Shook show that the truth about the origin and nature of our world is much more enchanting than myth. Their message is clear: the significance of human existence lies not in seeing ourselves as uniquely privileged beneficiaries of a universe created especially for us, but rather as fortunate participants in a rich, naturaland truenarrative of a remarkably beautiful cosmos. And just as they are candid about the shortcomings of religion without being dismissive of it, they rightly applaud the successes of modern science without being uncritically worshipful of it." Barbara Forrest, professor of philosophy, Southeastern Louisiana University
£999.99
KPT Publishing An American Farmer: A Glimpse into America's
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Pebble Books Is It Living or Nonliving?
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£23.49
Pebble Books Is It Living or Nonliving?
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