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Author : John P. Mildenhall
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780949974747
Total Pages : 5 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (747 download)
Download or read book Science, Superstition and Agriculture written by John P. Mildenhall and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 5 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Stuart Vyse
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192551329
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (925 download)
Download or read book Superstition: A Very Short Introduction written by Stuart Vyse and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-01-23 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you touch wood for luck, or avoid hotel rooms on floor thirteen? Would you cross the path of a black cat, or step under a ladder? Is breaking a mirror just an expensive waste of glass, or something rather more sinister? Despite the dominance of science in today's world, superstitious beliefs - both traditional and new - remain surprisingly popular. A recent survey of adults in the United States found that 33 percent believed that finding a penny was good luck, and 23 percent believed that the number seven was lucky. Where did these superstitions come from, and why do they persist today? This Very Short Introduction explores the nature and surprising history of superstition from antiquity to the present. For two millennia, superstition was a label derisively applied to foreign religions and unacceptable religious practices, and its primary purpose was used to separate groups and assert religious and social authority. After the Enlightenment, the superstition label was still used to define groups, but the new dividing line was between reason and unreason. Today, despite our apparent sophistication and technological advances, superstitious belief and behaviour remain widespread, and highly educated people are not immune. Stuart Vyse takes an exciting look at the varieties of popular superstitious beliefs today and the psychological reasons behind their continued existence, as well as the likely future course of superstition in our increasingly connected world. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Author : Rudolf Steiner
Publisher : Rudolf Steiner Press
ISBN 13 : 1855846667
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (558 download)
Download or read book Agriculture, Spiritual-Scientific Foundations written by Rudolf Steiner and published by Rudolf Steiner Press. This book was released on 2024-10-21 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One hundred years after Rudolf Steiner presented his lectures on agriculture in 1924, the impact of his words are self-evident. Around the world, biodynamic principles are practised in thousands of thriving farms, vineyards and gardens, and Demeter certification for biodynamic produce is recognized internationally as a mark of quality. Speaking to a modest audience of farmers in a village in modern-day Poland, Steiner launched the first organic agricultural movement. But what has come to be known as ‘biodynamics’ is distinguished by many unique aspects, including the use of herbal and mineral ‘preparations’ (which serve as dynamizing applications for compost and field sprays) and the concept of the farm or garden as a single living organism, encompassing animals, crops, soil and community. This definitive, centenary edition of the influential Agriculture Course has been reedited from primary sources to be as faithful as possible to Steiner’s original meaning. Shorthand reports have been freshly transcribed, archival discoveries added, and fresh commentary and notes inserted. In addition to the original eight lectures and four discussions, this volume features a wealth of new texts, including notes, addresses and resolutions relating to the Experimental Circle – founded contemporaneously to bridge research and practice – comprehensive facsimiles of Rudolf Steiner’s preparatory notes for the course; original programmes and attendee lists; questions sent in advance; written and verbal reports by Steiner, including his address to young people; photos of Koberwitz, and high-quality colour plates of his original blackboard drawings. Eight lectures, four question-and-answer sessions, Koberwitz, June 1924, GA 327
Author : Michael Shermer
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1627791396
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (277 download)
Download or read book Skeptic written by Michael Shermer and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2016-01-12 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collected essays from bestselling author Michael Shermer's celebrated columns in Scientific American For fifteen years, bestselling author Michael Shermer has written a column in Scientific American magazine that synthesizes scientific concepts and theory for a general audience. His trademark combination of deep scientific understanding and entertaining writing style has thrilled his huge and devoted audience for years. Now, in Skeptic, seventy-five of these columns are available together for the first time; a welcome addition for his fans and a stimulating introduction for new readers.
Author : Samuel Sands
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (2 download)
Download or read book The American Farmer, and Spirit of the Agricultural Journals of the Day written by Samuel Sands and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Andrew Ross
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780822318712
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (187 download)
Download or read book Science Wars written by Andrew Ross and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyzing the antidemocratic tendencies within science and its institutions, they insist on a more accountable relationship between scientists and the communities and environments affected by their research.
Author : Henry Stephens
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 798 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (32 download)
Download or read book The Farmer's Guide to Scientific and Practical Agriculture written by Henry Stephens and published by . This book was released on 1850 with total page 798 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michael J Balick
Publisher : Garland Science
ISBN 13 : 1000098486
Total Pages : 487 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book Plants, People, and Culture written by Michael J Balick and published by Garland Science. This book was released on 2020-08-19 with total page 487 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is it possible that plants have shaped the very trajectory of human cultures? Using riveting stories of fieldwork in remote villages, two of the world’s leading ethnobotanists argue that our past and our future are deeply intertwined with plants. Creating massive sea craft from plants, indigenous shipwrights spurred the navigation of the world’s oceans. Today, indigenous agricultural innovations continue to feed, clothe, and heal the world’s population. One out of four prescription drugs, for example, were discovered from plants used by traditional healers. Objects as common as baskets for winnowing or wooden boxes to store feathers were ornamented with traditional designs demonstrating the human ability to understand our environment and to perceive the cosmos. Throughout the world, the human body has been used as the ultimate canvas for plant-based adornment as well as indelible design using tattoo inks. Plants also garnered religious significance, both as offerings to the gods and as a doorway into the other world. Indigenous claims that plants themselves are sacred is leading to a startling reformulation of conservation. The authors argue that conservation goals can best be achieved by learning from, rather than opposing, indigenous peoples and their beliefs. KEY FEATURES • An engrossing narrative that invites the reader to personally engage with the relationship between plants, people, and culture • Full-color illustrations throughout—including many original photographs captured by the authors during fieldwork • New to this edition—"Plants That Harm," a chapter that examines the dangers of poisonous plants and the promise that their study holds for novel treatments for some of our most serious diseases, including Alzheimer’s and substance addiction • Additional readings at the end of each chapter to encourage further exploration • Boxed features on selected topics that offer further insight • Provocative questions to facilitate group discussion Designed for the college classroom as well as for lay readers, this update of Plants, People, and Culture entices the reader with firsthand stories of fieldwork, spectacular illustrations, and a deep respect for both indigenous peoples and the earth’s natural heritage.
Author : Nebraska. State Board of Agriculture
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Proceedings written by Nebraska. State Board of Agriculture and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Publisher : UM Libraries
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 710 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book University of Michigan Official Publication written by and published by UM Libraries. This book was released on 1949 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Claudius Loudon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1250 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (6 download)
Download or read book An encyclopædia of agriculture written by John Claudius Loudon and published by . This book was released on 1825 with total page 1250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sarah Ehlers
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 100061476X
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Evidence in Action between Science and Society written by Sarah Ehlers and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-07-15 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is an interdisciplinary attempt to insert a broader, historically informed perspective into current political and academic debates on the issue of evidence and the reliability of scientific knowledge. The tensions between competing paradigms, different bodies of knowledge and the relative hierarchies between them are a crucial element of the historical and contemporary dynamics of scientific knowledge production. The negotiation of evidence is at the heart of this process. Starting from the premise that evidence constitutes a central, but also essentially contested concept in contemporary knowledge-based societies, this volume focuses on how evidence is generated and applied in practice—in other words, on “evidence in action.” The contributions analyze and compare different evidence practices within the field of science and technology, how they interlink with different forms of power, their interaction with and impact on the legal and political domain, and their relationship to other, more heterodox forms of evidence that challenge traditional notions of evidence. In doing so, this volume provides much-needed context and historical background to contemporary debates on the so-called “post-truth” society. Evidence in Action is the perfect resource for all those interested in the relationship between science, technology, and the role of knowledge in society. Chapter 6 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 license.
Author : Denise Y. Ho
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108417957
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)
Download or read book Curating Revolution written by Denise Y. Ho and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Curating Revolution examines how Mao-era exhibitions shaped popular understandings of, and participation in, the political campaigns of China's Communist revolution.
Author : United States. Department of Agriculture
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1318 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)
Download or read book Weekly News Letter written by United States. Department of Agriculture and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 1318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1240 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Yearbook of Agriculture written by and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 1240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Congress
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1136 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Congressional Record written by United States. Congress and published by . This book was released on 1930 with total page 1136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)
Author : John Michels (Journalist)
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 960 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Science written by John Michels (Journalist) and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 960 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. for 1911-13 contain the Proceedings of the Helminothological Society of Washington, ISSN 0018-0120, 1st-15th meeting.
