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Methodological Variance
Essays in Epistemological Ontology and the Methodology of Science
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
For a philosopher with an abiding interest in the nature of objective knowledge systems in science, what could be more important than trying to think in terms of those very subjects of such knowledge to which men like Galileo, Newton, Max Planck, Einstein and others devoted their entire lifetimes?...
In the Scope of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science
Volume Two of the 11th International Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, Cracow, August 1999
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2013
This is the second of two volumes containing papers submitted by the invited speakers to the 11th international Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, held in Cracow in 1999, under the auspices of the International Union of History and Philosophy of Science, Division of Logic, Methodology...
by Roy Bhaskar
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2009
Following on from Roy Bhaskar’s first two books, A Realist Theory of Science and The Possibility of Naturalism, Scientific Realism and Human Emancipation, establishes the conception of social science as explanatory—and thence emancipatory—critique.
Scientific Realism and Human Emancipation...
by Mary Baker Eddy
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2012
Mary Baker Eddy’s No and Yes provides a thought-provoking look at Christian Science in relation to other Christian faith traditions in a helpful question-and-answer format. Each question is thoroughly and uniquely answered, building on the premise that Christian Science is founded wholly upon the...
Doing Global Science
A Guide to Responsible Conduct in the Global Research Enterprise
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
This concise introductory guide explains the values that should inform the responsible conduct of scientific research in today's global setting. Featuring accessible discussions and ample real-world scenarios, Doing Global Science covers proper conduct, fraud and bias, the researcher's responsibilities...
by Fritz Leiber
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2019
A PAIL OF AIR AND OTHER GOLDEN AGE SCIENCE FICTION STORIES includes twenty-two novellas and short stories by award-winning writer Fritz Leiber. In A PAIL OF AIR, a few survivors must adapt and try to survive on an Earth which has been cast into the depths of space, far from the sun's warmth. This...
Chaotic Harmony
A Dialog about Physics, Complexity and Life
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2014
This fascinating book written by Ali Sanayei and Otto E. Rössler is not a classic scientific publication, but a vivid dialogue on science, philosophy and the interdisciplinary intersections of science and technology with biographic elements. Chaotic Harmony: A Dialog about Physics, Complexity and...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2017
In recent years, citizen science has emerged as a powerful new concept to enable the general public, students, and volunteers to become involved in scientific research. A prime example is in biodiversity conservation, where data collection and monitoring can be greatly enhanced through citizen participation....
by Thomas J. Hickey
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2018
This concise and accessible book is a synthesis of the basic principles of the contemporary pragmatist philosophy of science.
It discusses the aim of basic science, the methods of scientific discovery, the criteria for scientific criticism, and the nature of scientific explanation. Included...
Editing the Soul
Science and Fiction in the Genome Age
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2017
Personal genome testing, gene editing for life-threatening diseases, synthetic life: once the stuff of science fiction, twentieth- and twenty-first-century advancements blur the lines between scientific narrative and scientific fact. This examination of bioengineering in popular and literary culture...
Adapting Science Fiction to Television
Small Screen, Expanded Universe
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
Before it reached television, science fiction existed on the printed page, in comic books, and on movie screens for decades. Adapting science fiction to the new medium posed substantial challenges: Small viewing screens and limited production facilities made it difficult to achieve the sense of wonder...
by TANUSHREE PODDAR
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
Spice in Science is an unusual book replete with interesting incidents, funny situations, memorable events and little known facts from the lives of scientists, researchers, inventors and mathematicians. Herein you will find no pungent formulae or esoteric ideas, simply a colourful embroidery of humorous...
Science, God, and Nature in Victorian Canada
The 1982 Joanne Goodman Lectures
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1983
Professor Berger aims in this book to ‘explore the rise, expression, and relative decline of the idea of natural history’ in Canada, during the age of Victoria. Science, particularly natural science, was then accessible to the general public in a way scarcely imaginable today. Natural history...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Doing Science + Culture is a groundbreaking book on the cultural study of science, technology and medicine. Outstanding contributors including life and physical scientists, anthropologists, sociologists, literature/communication scholars and historians of science who focus on the analysis of science and scientific discourses within culture: what it means to "do" science.