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An account that analyzes the dynamic reasoning processes implicated in a fundamental problem of creativity in science: how does genuine novelty emerge from existing representations

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Through a series of essays, this work examines the concept of environmental engagement in the context of religious convictions. It explores how to relate environmental engagement in the context of religious convictions.

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Through a series of essays, this work examines the concept of environmental engagement in the context of religious convictions. It explores how to relate environmental engagement in the context of religious convictions.

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A provocative history of the people behind the greatest discoveries in chemistry

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This Critical Theory and Contemporary Society volume re-examines critical theory in light of the challenges raised by today's digital revolution.

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Reporting from the frontiers of research, an award-winning science writer brings readers the story of the people hunting for the genetic key to cancer, and the dramatic recent breakthroughs that offer hope for an eventual cure.

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No longer reviled, curiosity is now celebrated.

By examining the rise of curiosity from the dawn of modern science to today, we can examine how it functions in science, how it is spun, packaged and sold, and how the changing shape of science influences the kinds of questions it may ask.

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Provides historical background to DST, recent theoretical findings on the mechanisms of heredity, applications of the DST framework to behavioral development, implications of DST for the philosophy of biology, and critical reactions to DST.

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Examines the reasons people develop viral diseases, surveys current viral research, and discusses its implications for the AIDS epidemic and future viral diseases.

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"A thoughtful account of the rise, fall, and subsequent rise again of thalidomide's fortunes."-Richard Horton, editor of The Lancet, in The New York Review of Books

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How Charles Darwin developed his ideas of evolution from his own garden and how it is still being debated today.

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Offers an introduction to the theory of evolution: its beginning with Darwin, its key concepts, and how it may affect us in the future. This book explains how evolutionary biology has been used to support both valuable applied research, particularly in agriculture, and frightening objectives, such as Nazi eugenics.

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Robert John Ackermann deals decisively with the problem of relativism that has plagued post-empiricist philosophy of science. Recognizing that theory and data are mediated by data domains (bordered data sets produced by scientific instruments), he argues that the use of instruments breaks the dependency of observation on theory and thus creates a r

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Dawn of Modern Science explores the beginnings of science from the cosmology of ancient Greece to the cataclysmic conflict between the Medieval understanding of nature through spiritual contemplation

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Specter eloquently shows how, in a world where protesters march against childhood vaccines and Africans starve to death rather than import genetically modified grains, we must reconnect with the rational thinking that has underpinned the advance of civilization since the 18th century.

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A towering figure in Western philosophy and mathematics, Descartes had a mysterious and mystical side, as well. Almost certainly a member of the occult brotherhood of the Rosicrucians, he kept a secret, coded notebook. What does the notebook reveal

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Designing Engineers describes the evolution of three disparate projects: an x-ray inspection system for airports, a photoprint machine, and a residential photovoltaic energy system.

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Durbin, history and philosophy of science scholar and writer, has created a volume that includes about 100 terms from the natural and social sciences.

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Beginning with the Internet, then taking into account television, cinema, computer games, music, and radio, this title analyzes the emergence and implications of these diverse media, coloring our cultural landscape with different ideas on texts and how they work.

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Explores how "digital formations" emerge from the ever-changing intersection of computer-centered technologies and the broad range of social contexts that underlie much of what happens in cyberspace. This book emphasizes the importance of recognizing the specific technical capacities of digital technologies.