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The Silwood Circle

Author : Hannah Gay
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 1848169914
Total Pages : 457 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (481 download)

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Download or read book The Silwood Circle written by Hannah Gay and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2013 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an original and wide-ranging account of the careers of a close-knit group of highly influential ecologists working in Britain from the late 1960s onwards. The book can also be read as a history of some recent developments in ecology. One of the group, Robert May, is a past president of the Royal Society, and the author of what many see as the most important treatise in theoretical ecology of the later twentieth century. That the group flourished was due not only to May's intellectual leadership, but also to the guiding hand of T. R. E. Southwood. Southwood ended his career as Linacre Professor of Zoology at the University of Oxford, where he also served a term as Vice-Chancellor. Earlier, as a professor and director of the Silwood Park campus of Imperial College London, he brought the group together. Since it began to coalesce at Silwood it has been named here the Silwood Circle. Southwood promoted the interests of its members with the larger aim of raising the profile of ecological and environmental science in Britain. Given public anxiety over the environment and the loss of ecosystems, his actions were well-timed.Ecology, which had been on the scientific margins in the first half of the twentieth century, came to be viewed as a science central to modern existence. The book illustrates its importance to many areas. Members of the Silwood Circle have acted as government advisors in the areas of conservation and biodiversity, resource management, pest control, food policy, genetically modified crops, sustainable agriculture, international development, defence against biological weapons, and epidemiology and infectious disease control. In recounting the science they carried out, and how they made their careers, the book reflects also on the role of the group, and the nature of scientific success.

Vermin, Victims and Disease

Author : Angela Cassidy
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030191869
Total Pages : 375 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Vermin, Victims and Disease written by Angela Cassidy and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-09-25 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book provides the first critical history of the controversy over whether to cull wild badgers to control the spread of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in British cattle. This question has plagued several professional generations of politicians, policymakers, experts and campaigners since the early 1970s. Questions of what is known, who knows, who cares, who to trust and what to do about this complex problem have been the source of scientific, policy, and increasingly vociferous public debate ever since. This book integrates contemporary history, science and technology studies, human-animal relations, and policy research to conduct a cross-cutting analysis. It explores the worldviews of those involved with animal health, disease ecology and badger protection between the 1970s and 1990s, before reintegrating them to investigate the recent public polarisation of the controversy. Finally it asks how we might move beyond the current impasse.

Planning for the Planet

Author : Simone Schleper
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 178920299X
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (892 download)

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Download or read book Planning for the Planet written by Simone Schleper and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2019-07-12 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 1960s and 1970s, rapidly growing environmental awareness and concern created unprecedented demand for ecological expertise and novel challenges for ecological advocacy groups such as the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). This book reveals how, despite their vast scientific knowledge and their attempts to incorporate socially relevant themes, IUCN experts inevitably struggled to make global schemes for nature conservation a central concern for UNESCO, UNEP and other intergovernmental organizations.

Gender and Environment in Science Fiction

Author : Bridgitte Barclay
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1498580580
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (985 download)

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Download or read book Gender and Environment in Science Fiction written by Bridgitte Barclay and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-07-07 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gender and Environment in Science Fiction focuses on the variety of ways that gender and “nature” interact in science fiction films and fictions, exploring questions of different realities and posing new ones. Science fiction asks questions to propose other ways of living. It asks what if, and that question is the basis for alternative narratives of ourselves and the world we are a part of. What if humans could terraform planets? What if we could create human-nonhuman hybrids? What if artificial intelligence gains consciousness? What if we could realize kinship with other species through heightened empathy or traumatic experiences? What if we imagine a world without oil? How are race, gender, and nature interrelated? The texts analyzed in this book ask these questions and others, exploring how humans and nonhumans are connected; how nonhuman biologies can offer diverse ways to think about human sex, gender, and sexual orientation; and how interpretive strategies can subvert the messages of older films and written texts.

The Royal Society and the Promotion of Science since 1960

Author : Peter Collins
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107029260
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book The Royal Society and the Promotion of Science since 1960 written by Peter Collins and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first synoptic history of how the Royal Society faced up to the challenges of continued relevance from 1960 onwards.

Environmental Changes

Author : Céline Granjou
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 008101063X
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book Environmental Changes written by Céline Granjou and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2016-02-20 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses environmental changes and how they reconfigure society's relationship to the future. It argues that Man does not build "his future alone: instead, environmental changes are also proof of the future-making capacity of non-human beings. The author elaborates on the notion of the futures of Nature by drawing on theoretical contributions by recent ground-breaking literature in the field of environmental humanities. The book also builds on a sociological investigation into the practices implemented by environmental scientists, experts and managers confronted with environmental changes. Thinking of nature in terms of its futures requires us to overcome the rooted philosophical tradition that associates nature with permanence and society with creative change. This is a daunting task which can only be successful if we look beyond the long-lasting influence of the human-centered categories of innovation, development and civilization that social sciences have themselves contributed to coining. We need to consider the active capacities of change and transformation of living beings and matter itself. This book is of academic interest, but is also for managers in different fields and areas affected by environmental changes. - Featuring a focus on the notion of future and the aim to locate an approach for the future in sociology - Elaborates on the notion of "more than human futures (drawing on S. Whatmore's words) - Offers grounded and detailed insights into three case-study examples

The Cambridge History of Science: Volume 8, Modern Science in National, Transnational, and Global Context

Author : Hugh Richard Slotten
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108863353
Total Pages : 1046 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge History of Science: Volume 8, Modern Science in National, Transnational, and Global Context written by Hugh Richard Slotten and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-04-09 with total page 1046 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume in the highly respected Cambridge History of Science series is devoted to exploring the history of modern science using national, transnational, and global frames of reference. Organized by topic and culture, its essays by distinguished scholars offer the most comprehensive and up-to-date nondisciplinary history of modern science currently available. Essays are grouped together in separate sections that represent larger regions: Europe, Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, East and Southeast Asia, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Oceania, and Latin America. Each of these regional groupings ends with a separate essay reflecting on the analysis in the preceding chapters. Intended to provide a balanced and inclusive treatment of the modern world, contributors analyze the history of science not only in local, national, and regional contexts but also with respect to the circulation of knowledge, tools, methods, people, and artifacts across national borders.

Chemistry Department At Imperial College London, The: A History, 1845-2000

Author : Hannah Gay
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 1783269758
Total Pages : 582 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (832 download)

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Download or read book Chemistry Department At Imperial College London, The: A History, 1845-2000 written by Hannah Gay and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2016-11-03 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first comprehensive history of the chemistry department at Imperial College London. Based on archival records, oral testimony, published papers, published and unpublished memoirs, the book tells the story of this world-famous department from its foundation as the Royal College of Chemistry in 1845 to the large department it had become by the year 2000.The book covers research, teaching, departmental governance, students and social life. It also highlights the extraordinary contributions made to the war effort in both the first and second world wars. From its first professors, A. Wilhelm Hofmann and Edward Frankland, the department has been home to many eminent chemists, including, in the later twentieth century, the Nobel laureates Derek Barton and Geoffrey Wilkinson. New information on these and many others is presented in a lively narrative that places both people and events in the larger historical contexts of chemistry, politics, culture and the economy. The book will interest not only those connected with Imperial College, but anyone interested in chemistry and its history, or in higher

The Medical Press and Circular

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 720 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Medical Press and Circular written by and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Medical Press and Circular

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 704 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Medical Press and Circular written by and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The London Corn Circular

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The London Corn Circular written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Publishers' Circular and Booksellers' Record of British and Foreign Literature

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 992 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book The Publishers' Circular and Booksellers' Record of British and Foreign Literature written by and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 992 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Growth of the English House from Early Feudal Times to the Close of the Eighteenth Century

Author : John Alfred Gotch
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book The Growth of the English House from Early Feudal Times to the Close of the Eighteenth Century written by John Alfred Gotch and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The South African Sugar Year Book

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The South African Sugar Year Book written by and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Musical Times and Singing-class Circular

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 844 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Musical Times and Singing-class Circular written by and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 844 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Numismatic Circular

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Numismatic Circular written by and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Publishers' Circular and General Record of British and Foreign Literature

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1958 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)

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Download or read book The Publishers' Circular and General Record of British and Foreign Literature written by and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 1958 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: