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The relationship between ignorance and surprise and a conceptual framework for dealing with the unexpected, as seen in ecological design projects.

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A unique resource that synthesizes existing primary and secondary sources to provide a fascinating introduction to the development and dissemination of science within history's great empires, as well as the complex interaction between imperialism and scientific progress over two centuries.

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Barrow looks at what limits there might be to human discovery, and what we might find, ultimately, to be unknowable, undoable, or unthinkable. that any Universe complex enough to contain conscious beings will contain limits on what those beings can know about their Universe; that what we cannot know defines reality as surely as what we can know.

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In this age of global communication, local identities and nation-states reassert themselves when cultural boundaries are dissolved and reconstructed.

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In this age of global communication, local identities and nation-states reassert themselves when cultural boundaries are dissolved and reconstructed.

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How to design a world in which we rely less on stuff, and more on people.

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Narrates how two charismatic, exceptionally talented physicists - J Robert Oppenheimer and Hans A Bethe - came to terms with the nuclear weapons they helped to create. This work tells the story of modern physics, the development of atomic weapons, and the Cold War.

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This book uses a case study to explore the contribution which scientific knowledge made to the growth trajectory of England in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The aim is not to re-tell the story of the Industrial Revolution, but to reconstruct its preliminary stage which is here labelled the Industrial Enlightenment. -- .

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Medics learned quickly to ignore standing operating procedures in order to save lives but tensions within infantry units created a paradoxical culture of isolation and acceptance. This groundbreaking work examines training and combat experiences of soldiers working in Battalion Aid Stations and those who went as aid men to the line companies.

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"Infinite Potential is the first biography of David Bohm--brilliant physicist, explorer of consciousness, student of Oppenheimer, friend to Einstein, and enemy of the House Committee on Un-American Act"

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The internet, television, mobile phones, computer-based devices and other new forms of information technology are changing with influences on social life. Yet, they also pose challenges and have to be managed. This book offers an introduction to both the experience and implications of these technologies in everyday life.

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The internet, television, mobile phones, computer-based devices and other new forms of information technology are changing and influencing social life. Yet, they also pose challenges and have to be managed. This book offers an introduction to both the experience and implications of these technologies in everyday life.

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This title presents explores how emerging nanotechnologies demand a new approach to scientific discovery. It develops a theory of authorship, artifacts and intentionality in relation to public policies and institutions. It concludes that localized manufacturing, distributed design and nanotechnology call into question intellectual property regimes.

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At the macroeconomic level innovation increasingly means the ability of institutions to cope with uncertainty and change.

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A comprehensive biographical guide to the scientific achievements, personal lives, and struggles of women scientists from around the globe.

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Bewildering features of modern physics, such as relativistic space-time structure and the peculiarities of so-called quantum statistics, challenge traditional ways of conceiving of objects in space and time. This title provides an overview of the implications of such physical theories for questions about the nature of objects.

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An introduction to philosophy of technology posing a wide range of philosophical questions relating to technology and its social and cultural impact in today's world.

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The rise and fall of the Islamic scientific tradition, and the relationship of Islamic science to European science during the Renaissance.