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By: Mills
ISBN: 9780522853216
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2007
Publisher: Melbourne University Press
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From stem cell technology and genetic screening to new reproductive possibilities - the unprecedented developments in science are among the most contentious issues of our times. This work includes essays which explore the ethical decisions we must make and ask the question: what must we protect about our humanity for future generations
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By: Robert T. Pennock
ISBN: 9780262042581
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Aug 2019
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd
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An exploration of the scientific mindsetsuch character virtues as curiosity, veracity, attentiveness, and humility to evidenceand its importance for science, democracy, and human flourishing.
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By: Geoffrey C. Bowker
ISBN: 9780262528085
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Feb 2016
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd
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The multifaceted work of the late Susan Leigh Star is explored through a selection of her writings and essays by friends and colleagues.
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By: William Bechtel
ISBN: 9780262514736
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Aug 2010
UK Publication Date: 6th August 2010
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd
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An analysis of two heuristic strategies for the development of mechanistic models, illustrated with historical examples from the life sciences.
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By: J. S. Fauber
ISBN: 9781529362220
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Apr 2021
UK Publication Date: 4th February 2021
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
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By: Freeman J Dyson
ISBN: 9780060728892
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2004
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
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In Dyson's view science and religion are two windows through which we can look out at the world around us. This book is a revised version of a series of the Gifford lecture. They allowed Dyson the licence to express everything in the universe, focusing on the diversity of the natural world and then the diversity of human reactions.
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By: Mya Poe
ISBN: 9780262162470
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Feb 2010
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd
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Case studies and pedagogical strategies to help science and engineering students improve their writing and speaking skills while developing professional identities.
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By: Wendell Berry
ISBN: 9781582431413
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Apr 2001
Publisher: Counterpoint
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In Life is a Miracle, the devotion of science to the quantitative and reductionist world is measured against the mysterious, qualitative suggestions of religion and art. Berry sees life as the collision of these separate forces.
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By: Sophie J. Veigl
ISBN: 9780262552240
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2025
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd
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"A survey of formal, informal, and interdisciplinary methods used by philosophers of science aimed at teaching specific techniques as well as introducing a wide variety of methodologies to practitioners"--
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By: Isabelle Stengers
ISBN: 9781786631008
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2018
Publisher: Verso Books
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A pioneering book that shows how the two great themes of classic science, order and chaos, are being reconciled in a new and unexpected synthesis.
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By: Geoffrey Gorham
ISBN: 9781851686841
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2010
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
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The world didn't end on 10 September 2008, but the possibility may have got you thinking: was it worth the risk What is the point of science actually This book considers these questions and explores the social and ethical implications of science by linking them to issues facing scientists: human extinction, and extraterrestrial intelligence.
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By: Werner Heisenberg
ISBN: 9780141182155
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2000
UK Publication Date: 3rd August 2000
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Explains the central ideas of the quantum revolution and uncertainty principle. This book reveals how words and concepts familiar in daily life can lose their meaning in the world of relativity and quantum physics.
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By: Ervin Laszlo
ISBN: 9781594771026
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2006
Publisher: Inner Traditions Bear and Company
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Presents a revolutionary theory that bridges the divide between science and spirituality. This title explains how interactions lead to interconnections that produce instantaneous and multifaceted coherence - what happens to one part, also, happens to the other parts and, hence, to the system as a whole.
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By: John Willinsky
ISBN: 9780807061077
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2018
Publisher: Beacon Press
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John Willinsky creates a thought experiment to work out the distinctions of knowledge and information and what the computerisation of data holds for the uses of knowledge.
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By: Johan Eklf
ISBN: 9781847927156
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2022
UK Publication Date: 3rd November 2022
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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By: Johan Eklf
ISBN: 9781847927163
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2023
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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By: Marcelo Gleiser
ISBN: 9780063056879
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2024
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
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By: David Deutsch
ISBN: 9780140146905
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 1998
UK Publication Date: 26th March 1998
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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An extraordinary and challenging synthesis of ideas uniting Quantum Theory, and the theories of Computation, Knowledge and Evolution, Deutsch's extraordinary book explores the deep connections between these strands which reveal the fabric of realityin which human actions and ideas play essential roles.
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By: Lee McIntyre
ISBN: 9780262538930
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2020
UK Publication Date: 7th April 2020
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd
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An argument that what makes science distinctive is its emphasis on evidence and scientists' willingness to change theories on the basis of new evidence.
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By: Saul Perlmutter
ISBN: 9781399705493
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2024
UK Publication Date: 26th March 2024
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
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A Nobel prize-winning physicist, a social psychologist and a philosopher on how science can help us navigate information overload, thrive amidst uncertainty and heal our fractured society
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By: Richard Grusin
ISBN: 9781517902896
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Mar 2018
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
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By: Paul Arthur Schilpp
ISBN: 9780875481333
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Sep 1999
Publisher: Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S.
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By: Carsten Strathausen
ISBN: 9781517900748
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Oct 2017
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
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By: Carsten Strathausen
ISBN: 9781517900755
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Dec 2017
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
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