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The Runaway Species

Author : David Eagleman
Publisher : Catapult
ISBN 13 : 1936787679
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (367 download)

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Download or read book The Runaway Species written by David Eagleman and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2017-10-10 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This enlightening examination of creativity looks “at art and science together to examine how innovations . . . build on what already exists and rely on three brain operations: bending, breaking and blending” (The Wall Street Journal) The Runaway Species is a deep dive into the creative mind, a celebration of the human spirit, and a vision of how we can improve our future by understanding and embracing our ability to innovate. David Eagleman and Anthony Brandt seek to answer the question: what lies at the heart of humanity’s ability—and drive—to create? Our ability to remake our world is unique among all living things. But where does our creativity come from, how does it work, and how can we harness it to improve our lives, schools, businesses, and institutions? Eagleman and Brandt examine hundreds of examples of human creativity through dramatic storytelling and stunning images in this beautiful, full–color volume. By drawing out what creative acts have in common and viewing them through the lens of cutting–edge neuroscience, they uncover the essential elements of this critical human ability, and encourage a more creative future for all of us. “The Runaway Species approach[es] creativity scientifically but sensitively, feeling its roots without pulling them out.” —The Economist

Runaway Technology

Author : Joshua A. T. Fairfield
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108426123
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Runaway Technology written by Joshua A. T. Fairfield and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-02-25 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Law can keep up with rapid technological change by reflecting our evolving understanding of how humans use language to cooperate.

Runaway

Author : Anthony Chaney
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469631741
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)

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Download or read book Runaway written by Anthony Chaney and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2017-08-09 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The anthropologist Gregory Bateson has been called a lost giant of twentieth-century thought. In the years following World War II, Bateson was among the group of mathematicians, engineers, and social scientists who laid the theoretical foundations of the information age. In Palo Alto in 1956, he introduced the double-bind theory of schizophrenia. By the sixties, he was in Hawaii studying dolphin communication. Bateson's discipline hopping made established experts wary, but he found an audience open to his ideas in a generation of rebellious youth. To a gathering of counterculturalists and revolutionaries in 1967 London, Bateson was the first to warn of a "greenhouse effect" that could lead to runaway climate change. Blending intellectual biography with an ambitious reappraisal of the 1960s, Anthony Chaney uses Bateson's life and work to explore the idea that a postmodern ecological consciousness is the true legacy of the decade. Surrounded by voices calling for liberation of all kinds, Bateson spoke of limitation and dependence. But he also offered an affirming new picture of human beings and their place in the world—as ecologies knit together in a fabric of meaning that, said Bateson, "we might as well call Mind."

Runaway Radish

Author : Janice Levy
Publisher : Raven Tree Press,Csi
ISBN 13 : 9781934960011
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Runaway Radish written by Janice Levy and published by Raven Tree Press,Csi. This book was released on 2008 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is the Night of the Radishes and Don Pedro wants to carve the best radish sculpture in town, but one radish runs away, forcing the would-be sculptor to chase it through the busy town.

Research Grants Index

Author : National Institutes of Health (U.S.). Division of Research Grants
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1212 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Research Grants Index written by National Institutes of Health (U.S.). Division of Research Grants and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 1212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Participatory Action Research

Author : Jacques M. Chevalier
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136261699
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (362 download)

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Download or read book Participatory Action Research written by Jacques M. Chevalier and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-03-05 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses a key issue in higher learning, university education and scientific research: the widespread difficulty researchers, experts and students from all disciplines face when trying to contribute to change in complex social settings characterized by uncertainty and the unknown. More than ever, researchers need flexible means and grounded theory to combine people-based and evidence-based inquiry into challenging situations that keep evolving and do not lend themselves to straightforward technical explanations and solutions. In this book, the authors propose innovative strategies for engaged inquiry building on insights from many disciplines and lessons from the history of Participatory Action Research (PAR), including French psychosociology. The ongoing evolution of PAR has had a lasting legacy in fields ranging from community development to education, public engagement, natural resource management and problem solving in the workplace. All formulations have in common the idea that research must be done ‘with’ people and not ‘on’ or ‘for’ people. Inquiry of this kind makes sense of the world through efforts to transform it, as opposed to simply observing and studying human behaviour and people’s views about reality, in the hope that meaningful change will happen somewhere down the road. The book contributes many new tools and conceptual foundations to this longstanding tradition, grounded in real-life examples of collective fact-finding, analysis and decision-making from around the world. It provides a modular textbook on participatory action research and related methods, theory and practice, suitable for a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses, as well as working professionals.

Flotsametrics and the Floating World

Author : Curtis Ebbesmeyer
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061558419
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (615 download)

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Download or read book Flotsametrics and the Floating World written by Curtis Ebbesmeyer and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-03-24 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pioneering oceanographer Curtis Ebbesmeyer unravels the mystery of marine currents, uncovers the astonishing story of flotsam, and changes the world's view of trash, the ocean, and our global environment. Curtis Ebbesmeyer is no ordinary scientist. He's been a consulting oceanographer for multinational firms and a lead scientist on international research expeditions, but he's never held a conventional academic appointment. He seized the world's imagination as no other scientist could when he and his worldwide network of beachcomber volunteers traced the ocean's currents using thousands of sneakers and plastic bath toys spilled from storm-tossed freighters. Now, for the first time, Ebbesmeyer tells the story of his lifelong struggle to solve the sea's mysteries while sharing his most surprising discoveries. He recounts how flotsam has changed the course of history—leading Viking mariners to safe harbors, Columbus to the New World, and Japan to open up to the West—and how it may even have made the origin of life possible. He chases icebergs and floating islands; investigates ocean mysteries from ghost ships to a spate of washed-up severed feet on Canadian beaches; and explores the enormous floating "garbage patches" and waste-heaped "junk beaches" that collect the flotsam and jetsam of industrial society. Finally, Ebbesmeyer reveals the rhythmic and harmonic order in the vast oceanic currents called gyres—"the heartbeat of the world "—and the threats that global warming and disintegrating plastic waste pose to the seas . . . and to us.

Nature Cat: A Nature Carol

Author : Spiffy Entertainment
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1499811403
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book Nature Cat: A Nature Carol written by Spiffy Entertainment and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrate the winter wonderland in your own backyard this Christmas with a Nature Cat storybook, a perfect gift that comes complete with press-out ornaments and holiday cards! Join Hal, Squeeks, Daisy, Ronald, and Nature Cat in a new picture book based on their hour-long holiday special. When Nature Cat gets in the Christmas spirit, he starts making his holiday celebration as big, shiny, and loud as possible. He even decorates the forest and accidentally bothers the animals! Though after our hero falls asleep on Christmas Eve, he is visited by three friendly spirits, as played by his pals. Together, they visit the future, present, and long ago past when Nature Cat was a mere Nature Kitten. Will the adventure remind Nature Cat what really makes his heart merry? This full-color, hardback picture book comes with 6 press-out ornaments and 6 press-out cards that let little ones give others the gift of nature adventures! Nature Cat airs twice daily on PBS! Once his family leaves for the day, Fred the house cat transforms into Nature Cat, backyard explorer extraordinaire! Each episode in this hilarious PBS Kids series follows Nature Cat and his pals as they embark on action-packed adventures, perilous missions, and nature investigations packed with silly humor and "a ha" discovery moments.

Research Awards Index

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1378 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Research Awards Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 1378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Science on the Run

Author : Geoffrey C. Bowker
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262023672
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (236 download)

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Download or read book Science on the Run written by Geoffrey C. Bowker and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this engaging account, Geoffrey Bowker reveals how Schlumberger devised a method of testing potential oil fields, produced a rhetoric, and secured a position that allowed it to manipulate the definition of what a technology is. This is the story of how one company created and codified a new science "on the run," away from the confines of the laboratory. By construing its service as scientific, Schlumberger was able to get the edge on the competition and construct an enviable niche for itself in a fast-growing industry.In this engaging account, Geoffrey Bowker reveals how Schlumberger devised a method of testing potential oil fields, produced a rhetoric, and secured a position that allowed it to manipulate the definition of what a technology is. Bowker calls the heart of the story "The Two Measurements That Worked," and he renders it in the style of a myth. In so doing, he shows seamlessly how society becomes embedded even in that most basic and seemingly value-independent of scientific concepts: the measurement.Bowker describes the origins and peregrinations of Schlumberger, details the ways in which the science developed in the field was translated into a form that could be defended in a patent court, and analyzes the company's strategies within the broader context of industrial science.Inside Technology series

Nature Cat: The Ocean Commotion

Author : Spiffy Entertainment
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1499812221
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book Nature Cat: The Ocean Commotion written by Spiffy Entertainment and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-07-06 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nature Cat and his pals discover all of Earth's oceans make one giant waterway connecting all the people of the world in this storybook based on the beloved hour-long Nature Cat special, complete with a poster! While celebrating the three-year anniversary of Hal and his favorite chew toy, Mr. Chewinsky, Nature Cat accidentally drops Mr. Chewinsky down a storm drain. The gang tracks Mr. Chewinsky through the sewer system, into a river, and out to the ocean. Oh, no! Can they rescue Mr. Chewinsky or will he become ocean litter? Thankfully, the ocean connects the pals to nature explorers from across the globe! Join Nature Cat, Hal, Squeeks, Daisy, Ronald, Houston, and their new friend, Nature Dog, as they navigate the ocean and learn how all waterways flow together. This full-color, hardback picture book comes with a pullout poster packed with ocean facts! Nature Cat airs twice daily on PBS.

Science Under Siege?

Author : Leon E. Trachtman
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780847698011
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (98 download)

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Download or read book Science Under Siege? written by Leon E. Trachtman and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2000 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The combative metaphor of Oscience warsO has taken on a predominant position within the collective conscious, from being featured on the programs of scientific meetings to being splashed across the pages of leading national magazines and newspapers. Some in the scientific community perceive their profession to be under siege by members of the academic left, radical environmentalists, religious fundamentalists, eco-feminists, and others. This book, based on in-depth interviews with sixty members of groups with alleged Oanti-scienceO attitudes, examines how pervasive and uniform these critiques are. The research is designed to examine two conflicting hypotheses: 1) that anti-science attitudes reflect a general cynicism about all major social institutions, and 2) that anti-science views are not broadly based but are reflective, instead , of the particular interests of a given social grouping. In the final analysis, Perrucci and Trachtman dig at the root of the so-called Oscience warsO by presenting evidence that the wars are not the product of an overarching suspicion of the institutions at the core of our society, but are instead the product of organized interest groups, which shape the attitudes and beliefs of their respective members.

Understanding and Communicating Science

Author : LeeAnn Kahlor
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135269807
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book Understanding and Communicating Science written by LeeAnn Kahlor and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-11-13 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science communication has become increasingly popular in journalism and mass communication as the media offer more scientific and technological information to the public. This volume explores the evolution of science communication, addressing key issues and offering substance for future study. Harnessing the energies of junior scholars on the forefront of science communication, this work pushes the boundaries of research forward, allowing scholars to sample the multiple paradigms and agendas that will play a role in shaping the future of science communication. Editors LeeAnn Kahlor and Patrici.

Radio Science

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 676 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Radio Science written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Issues in General Physics Research: 2013 Edition

Author :
Publisher : ScholarlyEditions
ISBN 13 : 1490109528
Total Pages : 1176 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Issues in General Physics Research: 2013 Edition written by and published by ScholarlyEditions. This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 1176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Issues in General Physics Research / 2013 Edition is a ScholarlyEditions™ book that delivers timely, authoritative, and comprehensive information about Quantum Physics. The editors have built Issues in General Physics Research: 2013 Edition on the vast information databases of ScholarlyNews.™ You can expect the information about Quantum Physics in this book to be deeper than what you can access anywhere else, as well as consistently reliable, authoritative, informed, and relevant. The content of Issues in General Physics Research: 2013 Edition has been produced by the world’s leading scientists, engineers, analysts, research institutions, and companies. All of the content is from peer-reviewed sources, and all of it is written, assembled, and edited by the editors at ScholarlyEditions™ and available exclusively from us. You now have a source you can cite with authority, confidence, and credibility. More information is available at http://www.ScholarlyEditions.com/.

Rhetoricians on Argumentation

Author : Christian Kock
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031188020
Total Pages : 115 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (311 download)

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Download or read book Rhetoricians on Argumentation written by Christian Kock and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-10-22 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, a rich collection authored by rhetorical scholars, unpacks how rhetoric contributes to argumentation studies. It begins with an introduction that identifies defining features of a rhetorical approach to argumentation which has several corollaries, including the special status of argumentation about action, the condition of uncertainty and the necessity of securing adherence from an audience. Chapters explore topics such as the properties of argumentation in the realm of rhetoric, the use of presentational devices, the role of rhetoric in the evolving formation of public morality, conditions for democratic argumentation, argument pedagogy, rhetorical insights into science communication, and other features within the realm of rhetorical argumentation. This book is relevant to students and researchers in linguistics, rhetoric, philosophy, argumentation studies, and communication studies. Previously published in Argumentation Volume 34, issue 3, September 2020

Biotech

Author : Eric J. Vettel
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812203623
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (122 download)

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Download or read book Biotech written by Eric J. Vettel and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The seemingly unlimited reach of powerful biotechnologies and the attendant growth of the multibillion-dollar industry have raised difficult questions about the scientific discoveries, political assumptions, and cultural patterns that gave rise to for-profit biological research. Given such extraordinary stakes, a history of the commercial biotechnology industry must inquire far beyond the predictable attention to scientists, discovery, and corporate sales. It must pursue how something so complex as the biotechnology industry was born, poised to become both a vanguard for contemporary world capitalism and a focal point for polemic ethical debate. In Biotech, Eric J. Vettel chronicles the story behind genetic engineering, recombinant DNA, cloning, and stem-cell research. It is a story about the meteoric rise of government support for scientific research during the Cold War, about activists and student protesters in the Vietnam era pressing for a new purpose in science, about politicians creating policy that alters the course of science, and also about the release of powerful entrepreneurial energies in universities and in venture capital that few realized existed. Most of all, it is a story about people—not just biologists but also followers and opponents who knew nothing about the biological sciences yet cared deeply about how biological research was done and how the resulting knowledge was used. Vettel weaves together these stories to illustrate how the biotechnology industry was born in the San Francisco Bay area, examining the anomalies, ironies, and paradoxes that contributed to its rise. Culled from oral histories, university records, and private corporate archives, including Cetus, the world's first biotechnology company, this compelling history shows how a cultural and political revolution in the 1960s resulted in a new scientific order: the practical application of biological knowledge supported by private investors expecting profitable returns eclipsed basic research supported by government agencies.