exploring the universe essays on science and technology

Exploring the Universe: Essays on Science and Technology

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Day, P. / Day, Peter, PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, Much of our present knowledge of ong>theong> ong>universeong> has come from observations made over ong>theong> centuries with ever more powerful telescopes, operating from isolated mountain tops. But ong>theong> Hubble Space Telescope, ong>theong> first to be launched into space, is revolutionizing our ability to picture and understand ong>theong> ong>universeong>. In ong>Exploringong> ong>theong> ong>Universeong>, astronomer Alexander Boksenberg shows how a star is born and how ong>theong> magnificent pictures taken by ong>theong> Hubble Space Telescope will enable us to explore ong>theong> ong>universeong> in ever more depth. This selection of ong>essaysong> from experts in ong>theong>ir fields - ong>exploringong> subjects from magic bullets derived from traditional folk medicines, to ong>theong> role science can play in understanding ong>theong> work of Mondrian and oong>theong>r artists - taken from ong>theong> Royal Institution's Evening Discourses provides an authoritative and accessible summary of current thinking in many areas of science and technology.

Talking Bones: The Science of Forensic Anthropology

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Thomas, Peggy, PUBLISHER: Facts on File, This exciting young adult set brings ong>theong> latest scientific advances right from ong>theong> laboratory to ong>theong> library. It makes information about science and technology readily available to young people in basic terms ong>theong>y can understand. Highlights include: -- ong>Theong> history of ong>theong> particular science or technology, including its key inventors, researchers, and pioneers -- A description of a particular science or technology, introducing its basic concepts and terms -- Applications to everyday life -- A discussion of ong>theong> future of ong>theong> science or technology, including both ong>theong> advantages and ong>theong> potential negative effect on human life and ong>theong> environment.

On Creativity

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bohm, David / Nichol, Lee, PUBLISHER: Routledge, David Bohm is widely recognized for his significant contributions to ong>theong> discussion on ong>theong> relationship between art and science. On Creativity is a collection of ong>essaysong> by Bohm, which are all related directly to ong>theong> nature of creativity - primarily ong>theong> latent creativity in ong>theong> human mind, but interestingly enough, to ong>theong> creativity in nature and ong>theong> ong>universeong> at large as well. A significant portion of ong>theong> material draws overtly from Bohm's perceptions as a practising scientist - his notions of what underlies a paradigm shift, or how laws of nature, ong>theong>ories and hypoong>theong>ses are perceived, rationalized and axiomatized. However, ong>theong> novelty and appeal of Bohm's views of ong>theong>se processes is ong>theong> suggestion that ong>theong> work of ong>theong> visual artist is remarkably similar to that of ong>theong> scientist. He explores ong>theong>se similarities at length and even goes so far as to suggest that ong>theong> creative processes of ong>theong> scientist and ong>theong> artist are at work in every person. On Creativity is a fascinating read for Bohm aficionados and for those interested in ong>exploringong> ong>theong> relation between creativity in art and science.

Weird Science: A Conflatation of Art and Science

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hofmann, Irene / Grabner, Michelle / Wittkopp, Gregory, PUBLISHER: Cranbrook Art Museum, Art meets science -- and engages ong>theong> recent controversies of science studies -- in work by contemporary artists Mark Dion, Gregory Green, Margaret Honda, and Andrea Zittel. Using scientific language, strategies and protocols, each of ong>theong>se projects focuses on a different area of exploration (natural science, nuclear physics, zoology, and genetic engineering), and investigates ong>theong> influence, authority, and effects of science. David Wilson, Director of ong>theong> Museum of Jurassic Technology, writes on ong>theong> 17th century scholar, inventor, curator, and early progenitor of 'weird science', Athanasius Kircher; exhibition curator Irene Hofmann places ong>theong>se works into ong>theong> context of each artist's career.

Close Encounters?

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Lamdourne, R. J. A. / Lambourne, Robert / Lambourne, R. J., PUBLISHER: Taylor & Francis Group, Currently, science fiction in all its forms is enjoying enormous popular interest. ong>Theong>re can be no doubt that science fiction books and films have great influence on ong>theong> public view of science and scientists. Close Encounters? examines ong>theong> historical development of science fiction as a genre in books and films, tracing its roots, examining its most common ideas, ong>exploringong> its relationship to real science, and attempting to assess its cultural impact. Discussion focuses on major ong>theong>mes such as time travel, politics, religion, ecology, and disasters. ong>Theong> authors consider ong>theong> science in science fiction, ong>theong> images of scientists that science fiction conveys, and some of ong>theong> political, religious, and social motifs prominent in science fiction. ong>Theong>y also discuss pseudo-science and its growing influence on ong>theong> public perception of science. This fascinating, thought-provoking study should be read by all those interested in how ong>theong> nature of science and its role in our society is portrayed in science fiction.

Science Fiction Cinema: From Outerspace to Cyberspace

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: King, Geoff / Krzywinska, Tanya / Siegel, Geoff, PUBLISHER: Wallflower Press, This book charts ong>theong> dimensions of one of ong>theong> most popular genres in ong>theong> cinema. From lurid comic-book blockbusters to dark dystopian visions, science fiction is seen as both a powerful cultural barometer of our times and ong>theong> product of particular industrial and commercial frameworks. ong>Theong> authors outline ong>theong> major ong>theong>mes of ong>theong> genre, from representations of ong>theong> mad scientist and computer hacker to ong>theong> relationship between science fiction and postmodernism, ong>exploringong> issues such as ong>theong> meaning of special effects and ong>theong> influence of science fiction cinema on ong>theong> entertainment media of ong>theong> digital age. Over one hundred films are discussed and ong>theong> book concludes with an extensive case study of "Star Wars I: ong>Theong> Phantom Menace."

Evolutionary Politics

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Schubert, Glendon A., JR., PUBLISHER: Souong>theong>rn Illinois University Press, This synong>theong>sis of research into ong>theong> behavior of humans and oong>theong>r social animals ranges horizontally from a congruence of ong>theong> perspectives of ong>theong> life sciences, social sciences, and physical sciences and longitudinally from that of ong>theong> most recent 60 million years, but emphasizing ong>theong> last 12 thousand years. From a political science perspective, ong>theong>se ong>essaysong> focus on both individual and small-group political behavior. Schubert's work draws extensively on contemporary evolutionary ong>theong>ory, biosocial and psychobiological ong>theong>ory, ethology and primatology, behavioral ecology, experimental work in animal behavior, neurobiology, human development, and ong>theong> philosophy of both life and social sciences. Introducing and concluding ong>theong> book are ong>essaysong> that discuss ong>theong> implications of biology and ong>theong> life sciences for ong>theong> study of political science. ong>Theong> oong>theong>rs center on five topics: political ethology (naturalistic study of human behavior as animal behavior); political evolution; evolutionary ong>theong>ory; evolutionary development (ecological, epigenetic, and ontogenetic); and ong>theong> evolution of human thinking.

Essays Politic and Moral, and Essays Moral and Theological

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Tuvill, Daniel, PUBLISHER: University of Virginia Press, ong>Theong>se two sets of ong>essaysong> by ong>theong> seventeenth-century clegyman Tuvil illustrate literary tastes and fashions of ong>theong> time and offer examples of such popular genres as ong>theong> sermon, ong>theong> resolve, and ong>theong> meditation.

The Role and Impact of the Internet on Library and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Liu, Lewis-Guodo, PUBLISHER: Praeger, Since that time, ong>theong> literature on ong>theong> Internet and its impact on and role in libraries and research has exploded. A simple keyword search in " Library Literature and Information Index," a primary electronic index of library and information science research literature, retrieves over items related to ong>theong> Internet. ong>Theong> dominance of ong>theong> Internet not only provides great opportunities for libraries to provide better services, but also poses tremendous challenges to librarians and library and information science scholars. This volume includes discussions of current issues and trends, written by scholars and practitioners in ong>theong> fields of library and information science, computer science, and computer engineering.

Scientific Growth: Essays on the Social Organization and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ben-David, Joseph, PUBLISHER: University of California Press, A pioneer and major thinker in ong>theong> sociology of science, Joseph Ben-David wrote with refreshing directness on questions central to ong>theong> history and sociology of science. As ong>theong>y are combined here, Ben-David's ong>essaysong> reveal ong>theong> richness and synong>theong>tic power of his intellect in a way his separate publications never did. Two ong>theong>mes form ong>theong> heart of Ben-David's ground-breaking work: ong>theong> emergence, existence, and growth of science as a distinctive activity within society, governed by a specific "scientific ethos"; and ong>theong> social construction both of new objects of scientific study and of new scientific disciplines. Ben-David argues that only where ong>theong> scientist's social role is institutionalized (i.e., recognized as legitimate by society at large), can science as a sustained and continuous activity exist and thrive. By ong>theong> same token, new scientific objects and disciplines emerge where social circumstances encourage and sustain new ("hybridized") social roles. Ben-David's is a distinctly historical sociology of science, providing a ong>theong>oretical framework capable of integrating both ong>theong> historical and ong>theong> synchronic approaches; it is also complementary to ong>theong> perspective of ong>theong> sociology of scientific knowledge.

Marxism in Dark Times: Select Essays for the New Century

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Datta Gupta, Sobhanlal, PUBLISHER: Anong>theong>m Press, This volume is a collection of ong>essaysong> on an alternative understanding of Marxism, anchored in ong>theong> ideas of humanism, democracy and pluralism. ong>Theong> ong>essaysong> question ong>theong> stereotyped, positivist notion of Marxism as practised by ong>theong> exponents of official Marxism. ong>Theong>y highlight ong>theong> legacy of ong>theong> suppressed voices in ong>theong> Marxist tradition, and provide new insights in ong>theong> reading of Marxism in ong>theong> twenty-first century. ong>Theong> ong>essaysong> provide a new reading of Antonio Gramsci, Rosa Luxemburg, Nikolai Bukharin, David Ryazanov and ong>theong> Frankfurt School; review ong>theong> phenomenon of Perestroika; explore ong>theong> new historiography on Comintern; and examine ong>theong> relation between Marxism and postmodernism. Acquista Ora

Hole's Human Anatomy & Physiology

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Shier, David / Butler, Jackie / Lewis, Ricki, PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math, Learn. Practice. Assess. Hole's Human Anatomy and Physiology was created for ong>theong> introductory level student and assumes no prior science knowledge by placing emphasis on ong>theong> fundamentals. This new edition updates a great A&P classic while offering greater efficiencies to ong>theong> user. ong>Theong> format for ong>theong> 12th edition focuses on Learning Outcomes and Assessments. This will benefit ong>theong> student along with ong>theong> instructor. ong>Theong> 12th edition of Hole also continues to offer technology that combined with ong>theong> text offer users an incredible Course Solution Technology like "Anatomy and Physiology Revealed" and ong>theong> new online "Homework Manager" bring unprecedented opportunities to ong>theong> classroom wheong>theong>r on campus or at home Acquista Ora

Gender Equity Right from the Start

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Sanders, Jo Shuchat / Koch, Janice / Urso, Josephine, PUBLISHER: Routledge, What makes girls avoid math, science, and technology in school? And what can teacher educators do to help new teachers keep this from happening so that all of our children's talents can find expression? ong>Theong>se two volumes provide teaching materials and background information on gender equity for teacher educators in maong>theong>matics, science, and technology education and ong>theong>ir students. A practical guide, Gender Equity Right from ong>theong> Start is usable by professors of education for preservice teachers and by staff developers for in-service teachers. By adapting ong>theong> material for oong>theong>r subjects, it can also be used by teacher educators in content areas oong>theong>r than math, science, and technology. It consists of two volumes: Instructional Activities for Teacher Educators in Maong>theong>matics, Science, and Technology contains some 200 teaching activities on ong>theong> major issues in gender equity, emphasizing solutions and not just problems. Activities take place in out-of-class assignments and field experiences whenever possible to minimize demands on class time. Sources and Resources for Education Students in Maong>theong>matics, Science, and Technology contains student materials needed for ong>theong> activities as well as extensive print, electronic, organizational, and oong>theong>r resources for furong>theong>r information.

English Drama: Forms and Development: Essays in Honour of

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bradbrook, M. C. / Axton, M. / Axton, Marie, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, ong>Theong>se ten original ong>essaysong> on English drama from Tudor times onwards were first published in . Each is written by a former member of ong>theong> Cambridge English Faculty. Each author has an individual approach and makes a fresh contribution to ong>theong> study of dramatic form seen in a changing historical setting. ong>Theong>re are ong>essaysong> on genres, on individual playwrights and on social conditions affecting ong>theong> development of ong>theong> drama. Togeong>theong>r, ong>theong> ong>essaysong> make a valuable contribution to ong>theong> study of drama.

Hole's Human Anatomy & Physiology

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Shier, David / Butler, Jackie / Lewis, Ricki, PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math, Learn. Practice. Assess. "Hole's Human Anatomy and Physiology" was created for ong>theong> introductory level student and assumes no prior science knowledge by placing emphasis on ong>theong> fundamentals. This new edition updates a great A&P classic while offering greater efficiencies to ong>theong> user. ong>Theong> format for ong>theong> 13th edition focuses on Learning Outcomes and Assessments. This will benefit ong>theong> student along with ong>theong> instructor. ong>Theong> 13th edition of Hole also continues to offer technology that combined with ong>theong> text offer users an incredible Course Solution Technology like "Anatomy and Physiology Revealed" and ong>theong> new online Homework Manager bring unprecedented opportunities to ong>theong> classroom wheong>theong>r on campus or at home Users who purchase Connect Plus receive access to ong>theong> full online ebook version of ong>theong> textbook.

Modern Science and Human Values

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Lowrance, William W., PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, Engaging in spirited debate and making reference to a broad range of issues in ong>theong> physical and biological sciences, ong>theong> social sciences, engineering, and medicine, this perceptive study analyzes how technical progress influences social thought and public policy, and how technical people play ong>theong>ir complex roles as professional practitioners, advisors, and leaders. A major contribution to ong>theong> debate over public policy and technology, this work will generate much discussion among engineers, physicians, academic and institutional researchers, and concerned politicians. For anyone concerned about ong>theong> effects of technology on culture, it offers a lively, readable portrait of ong>theong> modern scientific community and an insightful discussion of ong>theong> influence of technology on social philosophy and individual belief.

The Western Heritage: -Present

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kagan, Donald / Turner, Frank M. / Ozment, Steven E., PUBLISHER: Prentice Hall, Present a strong, clear narrative account of ong>theong> central developments in Western history.. ong>Theong> book calls attention to certain critical ong>theong>mes--ong>theong> development of political freedom and constitutional government; ong>theong> shifting relations among religion, society, and ong>theong> state; ong>theong> development of science and technology and ong>theong>ir impact on thought and social institutions; and ong>theong> major religious and intellectual currents that have shaped Western culture. Acquista Ora

From Earth-Bound to Satellite: Telescopes, Skills and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Morrison-Low, Alison D., PUBLISHER: Brill Academic Publishers, ong>Theong> volume forms a part of ong>theong> celebrations marking ong>theong> anniversary of ong>theong> invention of ong>theong> telescope. From its Renaissance beginnings to yesterday s Cold War, ong>theong> ong>essaysong> contributed here throw a spotlight on a number of significant episodes in ong>theong> continuing adventures of this well-loved instrument, which has played a crucial role in Man s thinking about his position literally and philosophically in ong>theong> ong>universeong>. Drawn from various conferences held by ong>theong> Scientific Instrument Commission of ong>theong> International Union of ong>theong> History and Philosophy of Science between and , ong>theong>se papers make a substantial contribution to our current knowledge about this fascinating optical instrument.

Organizations and Technical Change: Strategy, Objectives and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Preece, David A. / Preece, David / Preece, PUBLISHER: Cengage Learning Emea, Based on Managing ong>theong> Adoption of New Technology David Preece extends ong>theong> study to assess ong>theong> nature of technology strategy and ong>theong> way it impacts on organizational change. It describes key management techniques needed for effective adoption of technology covering: * ong>theong> development of strategy * ong>theong> implementation of objectives * ong>theong> importance of employee involvement Four case studies examine in detail a variety of managemnet approaches and show adoption of technology and ong>theong> issues involved have changed since ong>theong> 's. This book is essential reading for students and researchers in technology management and related areas.

E-Learning Theory and Practice

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Haythornthwaite, Caroline / Andrews, Richard, PUBLISHER: Sage Publications (CA), In" "E-learning ong>Theong>ory and Practice ong>theong> authors set out different perspectives on e-learning. ong>Theong> book deals with ong>theong> social implications of e-learning, its transformative effects, and ong>theong> social and technical interplay that supports and directs e-learning. ong>Theong> authors present new perspectives on ong>theong> subject by ong>exploringong> ong>theong> way teaching and learning are changing with ong>theong> presence of ong>theong> Internet and participatory media; providing a ong>theong>oretical grounding in new learning practices from education, communication and information science; addressing e-learning in terms of existing learning ong>theong>ories, emerging online learning ong>theong>ories, new literacies, social networks, social worlds, community and virtual communities, and online resources; and emphasizing ong>theong> impact of everyday electronic practices on learning, literacy and ong>theong> classroom, locally and globally.This book is for everyone involved in e-learning including teachers, educators, graduate students and researchers.

The Five Senses

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gonzalez-Crussi, F., PUBLISHER: Kaplan Publishing, "Extraordinary on first reading, even more so on a second... ong>theong> sort of book one wants to pick up again and again."--Oliver Sacks "Lively and erudite."--"ong>Theong> New York Times Book Review " "Gonzalez-Crussi writes ong>essaysong> that fuse science, literature, and personal history into highly civilized artifacts. Here are five such pieces... all of ong>theong>m informative, none of ong>theong>m predictable."-- "ong>Theong> Washington Post " "A meditation on sensory experience by a Mexican-born pathologist who weaves personal experiences with history, science, philosophy and ong>theong>ology for a wide-ranging approach to our centuries-old but undissipated curiosity about ong>theong> origins of pain and pleasure.... An erudite work."--"Los Angeles Times Book Review "

Gene Technology and Economy: An Interdisciplinary

ISBN: , SKU: , PUBLISHER: Nordic Academic Press, Since ong>theong> late s, few areas of science have been able to compete with genetics when it comes to attracting public interest. ong>Theong> mapping of ong>theong> entire human gene pool, ong>theong> Hugo project, makes clear that genetics and gene technology concern life itself. ong>Theong> analysis of ong>theong> human DNA means that new medicines can be designed, but also that human genetic material can be patented and commercialized. In this volume scholars shed light on ong>theong> links between biotechnology and economics from a multidisciplinary perspective. Patent on genes, national and global power (im)balance, as well as human and plant genomics, are discussed.

Churchill and Hitler

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Jablonsky, David / Jablonsky, D. / Jablonsky David, PUBLISHER: Routledge, This collection of ong>essaysong> examines ong>theong> development of Churchill and Hitler as strategic leaders and analyzes in particular ong>theong> impact of ong>theong>ir formative years on ong>theong>ir leadership styles, "operational codes," views on civil-military relations, and approaches to ong>theong> conduct of war at strategic, operational and tactical levels. Ultimately, victory depended on ong>theong> calculated use of all ong>theong> means of national power - military, political, psychological and economic - to achieve ong>theong> national end. ong>Theong>se ong>essaysong> demonstrate that it was Churchill who best understood that calculation.

The Butterfly Dreams

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kline, Peter / Syril / Kline, Syril, PUBLISHER: Great River Books, A mystery, a love story and a searching inquiry into our deepest questions: ong>theong> origin of consciousness, ong>theong> fiction of matter, ong>theong> truth of deraming, ong>theong> eternal paradox at ong>theong> cneter of being --- and ultimately: how to live on our benevolent, but fragile planet, in our vast and thinking ong>universeong>. It's and illuminating glimpse of Divinity to which Science so eloquently points ong>theong> way.

Developing Cultures: Essays on Cultural Change

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Harrison, Lawrence E. / Kagan, Jerome / Harrison, Harrison E., PUBLISHER: Routledge, "Developing Cultures: ong>Essaysong> on Cultural Change "is a collection of 21 expert ong>essaysong> on ong>theong> institutions that transmit cultural values from generation to generation. ong>Theong> ong>essaysong> are an outgrowth of a research project begun by Samuel Huntington and Larry Harrison in ong>theong>ir widely discussed book Culture Matters ong>theong> goal of which is guidelines for cultural change that can accelerate development in ong>theong> Third World. ong>Theong> ong>essaysong> in this volume cover child rearing, several aspects of education, ong>theong> world's major religions, ong>theong> media, political leadership, and development projects. ong>Theong> book is companion volume to "Developing Cultures: Case Studies."().

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