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It contains excellent short histories of evolutionary biology and of systematics (the science of classifying living things); an important and original account of modern systematic controversy; a counter-attack against the philosophical critics of evolutionary philosophy; social-psychological evidence, collected by hull himself, to show that science does have the character demanded by his philosophy; and a philosophical analysis of evolution which is general enough to apply to both biological and historical changeoxfam books & music crouch end "legend is overdue for replacement, and an adequate replacement must attend to the process of science as carefully as hull has donemoreover, science as a process is one of the most compulsively readable books that i have ever encounteredbowler, archives of natural history "i have been doing philosophy of science now for twenty-five years, and whilst i would never have claimed that i knew everything, i felt that i had a really good handle on the nature of science, again and again, hull was able to show me just how incomplete my understanding was"-philip kitcher, nature "in science as a process, david hull argues that the tension between cooperation and competition is exactly what makes science so successfulthe claim that science is a process for selecting out the best new ideas is not a new one, but hull tells us exactly how scientists go about it, and he is prepared to accept that at least to some extent, the social activities of the scientists promoting a new idea can affect its chances of being acceptedi share his vision of a serious account of the social and intellectual dynamics of science that will avoid both the rosy blur of legend and the facile charms of relativism"-mark ridley, times literary supplement"hull is primarily interested in how social interactions within the scientific community can help or hinder the process by which new theories and techniques get acceptedhe applies the rules of evolution in nature to the evolution of science, arguing that the same kinds of forces responsible for shaping the rise and demise of species also act on the development of scientific ideasit is one of a distinguished series of books, which hull himself edits"-michael ruse, biology and philosophy see oxfam website for delivery information read morehull takes an unusual approach to his subject"-natalie angier, new york times book review"by far the most professional and thorough case in favour of an evolutionary philosophy of science ever to have been madebecause of hull's deep concern with the ways in which research is actually done, science as a process begins an important project in the study of science
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It has been defined as a purely biological reality, derided as an excuse for cowardice, attacked as a force for social control, and even denigrated as an unnatural condition that has no place in the disenchanted world of enlightened modernityin addition to the editors, the contributors are alexander etkind, lisbeth haas, andreas killen, david lederer, melani mcalister, ronald schechter, marla stone, ravi sundaram, and charles walkerrather, by using a comparative, multidisciplinary framework, the book situates fear in more global terms, breaks new ground in the historical and cultural analysis of emotions, and sets out a new agenda for further researchthe volume contributes to the thriving literature on the history of emotions and destabilizes narratives that have often understood fear in very specific linguistic, cultural, and geographical settingssee oxfam website for delivery information read morefrom the eighteenth-century peruvian highlands and the california borderlands to the urban cityscapes of contemporary russia and india, this book collectively explores the wide range of causes, experiences, and explanations of this protean emotionoxfam bookshop glossop road very good condition, only slight shelf wear to cover fear is ubiquitous but slipperyin these times of institutionalized insecurity and global terror, facing fear sheds light on the meaning, diversity, and dynamism of fear in multiple world-historical contexts, and demonstrates how fear universally binds us to particular presents but also to a broad spectrum of memories, stories, and states in the past
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The second half discusses the applications of magnetic measurements in various environmental settings on land, in lakes, in the ocean, and even various biological organismsonce sequestered in a suitable material, magnetic particles constitute a natural archive of conditions existing in former timesmagnetism is important in environmental studies for several reasons, the two most fundamental being that most substances exhibit some form of magnetic behavior, and that iron is one of the most common elements in the earth's crustmagnetism provides a tracer of paleo-climatic and paleo-environmental conditions and processesvery very slight wear to corners of cover; otherwise like newenvironmental magnetism details the occurrence and uses of magnetic materials in the natural environmentsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe first half of the volume describes the basic principlesoxfam shop kendal hardback
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"this reference compiles the most current technical and biological data available to survey the state-of-science in the care and management of patients with bronchopulmonary dysplasia, copd, and other forms of lung disease-tracking the initiation and progression of processes that cause airway obstruction, the biologic and physiological abnormalities that characterize copd, and the potential reversibility of the inflammatory response in copd for improved patient diagnosis and treatmentoxfam bookshop stirling almost as new, near fine gloss illustrated boards with slightest dents to cornersblock clean and binding firm" see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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A thought-provoking account of idealism, origins confronts the limitations of materialism and empiricism while salvaging the roles of agency and freedom that have been neglected by the biological sciencesoxfam bookshop glossop road very sligth shelf wear, otherwise very good condition in the first comprehensive work to articulate a psychoanalytic metaphysics based on process thought, the author uses dialectical logic to show how the nature and structure of mental life is constitutedarguing that ego development is produced not only by consciousness but also evolves from unconscious genesis, he makes the controversial claim that an unconscious semiotics serves as the template for language and all meaning structuressee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Demonstrating how biological predisposition, familial relationships and childhood experiences of future artists play a pivotal role in shaping their careers, she merges formal, iconographic and psychobiographical elements to provide unique insight into their productiongedo's approach also restores to the artist his or her place at the centre of art history and critical inquiryoxfam books & music olneysee oxfam website for delivery information read more looking at art from the inside out highlights the role played by the psychological world of the artist in shaping the subject-matter and form of art worksanalysing masterpieces by manet, gauguin, magritte and picasso, mary mathews gedo, who is trained in both art history and clinical psychology, details how the creative process can transform the artist's inner world into public statements meaningful for a broad audience cover corners are lightly creased, but otherwise excellent condition
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Since minds are features of biological systems that have developed through evolution, the standard materialist version of evolutionary biology is fundamentally incompletean adequate conception of nature would have to explain the appearance in the universe of materially irreducible conscious minds, as suchthe conclusion is that physics cannot be the theory of everythingthe mind-body problem cannot be confined to the relation between animal minds and animal bodiesoxfam bookshop preston in mind and cosmos thomas nagel argues that the widely accepted world view of materialist naturalism is untenablethe book explores these problems through a general treatment of the obstacles to reductionism, with more specific application to the phenomena of consciousness, cognition, and valueif materialism cannot accommodate consciousness and other mind-related aspects of reality, then we must abandon a purely materialist understanding of nature in general, extending to biology, evolutionary theory, and cosmologyand the cosmological history that led to the origin of life and the coming into existence of the conditions for evolution cannot be a merely materialist historyno such explanation is available, and the physical sciences, including molecular biology, cannot be expected to provide onesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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This is certain to be a controversial book, and assuredly the author will be called upon to defend many of his statements and claims, indeed even perhaps the accuracy of his historical and biological datascuffs, minor blemishes on the cover), but overall no significant flawsoxfam bookshop newport not all historians will agree with drthis is not an objective bookin the past, it has often been difficult to know just what a malay thinkshe has revealed allhe believes this is necessary not only to encourage malays to know themselves, but also so that the non-malays can all better understand the malay's reactions to the problem of the daynot ex-library and no notes or highlighting some signs of previous use (eas tun has explained, malays tend to shield friends-enemies-from embarrassment, and as a result, often conceal their true thoughtstun has examined and analysed the make-up of malay, his heredity, his way of life, his religionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis is how a politically-inclined malay understands the past, explains the behaviour of his own people and the behaviour of "immigrants",and the foresees the futuremahathir's interpretation of events, historic and recent, in malaysia and singaporehere, for the first time, a malays has produced a book-lenght argument told with stark franknessnevertheless it is published because this is what an educated, modern, progressive malay thinks and believesthese are his reactions to the problems of the day, the pressing problem that beset malaysia
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Weaving together cancer and consciousness, two-headed worms and bird navigation, davies reveals how biological organisms garner and process information to conjure order out of chaos, opening a window on the secret of life itselffrom life's murky origins to the microscopic engines that run the cells of our bodies, the demon in the machine is a breath-taking journey across the landscape of physics, biology, logic and computingso can life be explained by known physics and chemistry, or do we need something fundamentally new?in this penetrating and wide-ranging new analysis, world-renowned physicist and science communicator paul davies searches for answers in a field so new and fast-moving that it lacks a name, a domain where computing, chemistry, quantum physics and nanotechnology intersectoxfam bookshop preston for generations, scientists have struggled to make sense of this fundamental questionat the heart of these diverse fields, davies explains, is the concept of information: a quantity with the power to unify biology with physics, transform technology and medicine, and even to illuminate the age-old question of whether we are alone in the universelife really does look like magic: even a humble bacterium accomplishes things so dazzling that no human engineer can match itsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreand yet, huge advances in molecular biology over the past few decades have served only to deepen the mystery
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Chapters 1-6 present chomsky's early work on the nature and acquisition of language as a genetically endowed, biological system (universal grammar), through the rules and principles of which we acquire an internalized knowledge (i-language)over the past fifty years, this framework has sparked an explosion of inquiry into a wide range of languages, and has yielded some major theoretical questionsthe first six chapters, originally published in the s, made a groundbreaking contribution to linguistic theorysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop preston this is the third edition of chomsky's outstanding collection of essays on language and mind, first published inthe final chapter revisits the key issues, reviewing the 'biolinguistic' approach that has guided chomsky's work from its origins to the present day, and raising some novel and exciting challenges for the study of language and mindthis edition complements them with an additional chapter and a new preface, bringing chomsky's influential approach into the twenty-first century
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Oxfam shop ulverston miami dentist ted brooks (cuba gooding jr) only learns that he is adopted when he receives word that his biological mother, a resident of alaska, has died and named him in the willalso starring sisqó, nichelle nichols, graham greene see oxfam website for delivery information read moreshocked and surprised, ted travels north to claim his inheritance, which includes a set of seven siberian huskies who have been trained as a sled teamwhen he then gets an offer from crusty mountain man thunder jack (james coburn) to buy the dogs for the upcoming arctic challenge sled dog race, ted decides to stay behind and discover his roots by learning to race the dogs himself
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'balance of terror' sees harry, paul and the contessa struggle to save london from the devastation of biological warfare 'disappearing trick' finds the contessa helping out with a magical disappearing actoxfam shop new street the entire first series of the s tv thriller produced by gerry anderson and following the exploits of crimefighters harry rule (robert vaughn), paul bouchet (tony anholt) and countess caroline di contini (nyree dawn porter) 'thinkback' has harry and the contessa involved in a suspicious car crash in 'one and one makes one' the protectors come up against some duplicitious thinking when they agree to rescue an imprisoned canadian agent in 'the big hit' paul and the contessa narrowly escape assassination attempts and try to warn harry that he is probably next 'triple cross' has harry and the contessa in an uncomfortable situation when they are ordered to steal some jewels in order to save the life of the kidnapped paul 'a matter of life and death' sees the team visit malta and attempt to foil some smugglerssee oxfam website for delivery information read morein as-new condition throughout 'it could be practically anywhere on the island' finds the team chasing a poodle 'the bodyguards' sees the team charged with protecting a corpse in 'with a little help from my friends' harry has some family trouble when he agrees to serve as a bodyguard for a visiting head-of-state watch out for the hit theme tune sung by tony christie, 'in the avenues and alleyways' 'for the rest of your natural' has the contessa captured by a psychopath 'a case for the right' has the protectors take a tour of some roman tombs finally, in 'ceremony for the dead', the protectors look after a critically-ill president 'a kind of wild justice' sees harry's life endangered by the daughter of an old nemesis'see no evil' has the team get involved in a blackmail case 'quick brown fox' sees harry, paul and the contessa on the trail of some nazi fugitives 'brother hood' sees the team hired to orchestrate a prison break 'the first circle' sees a vietnam veteran come to the team for help 'your witness' has a murder witness disappear while under the team's protectionin ' feet to die' a skydiving chum of harry's is endangered by villains 'chase' finds harry running for his life when a blackmail investigation turns sour 'it was all over lepzig' sees the contessa confront an old lover 'talkdown' finds harry up in an airplane with a dead pilot on his hands 'vocal' has paul blinded and harry impersonated 'numbers game' finds the protectors trying their hand at a spot of codebreaking 'king con' finds our heroes involved in a con game as they attempt to retrieve an expensive antique
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While great strides have been made in palliative care, many of these children still suffer considerably in the last months of lifethe narratives will illustrate how clinicians coming from different professional roles speak about the biological, psychological, spiritual, and social dimensions of caring for terminally ill patientsstudies have found that pediatricians, who often do not expect to confront death on a frequent basis, and other hospital staff typically feel inadequately trained to manage the situation and are emotionally unprepared for the deaththe book will also identify the ways their interdisciplinary teams facilitate or hinder each others work, and to what extent greater reciprocity can be achieved in providing the highest quality palliative carebearison will analyze their ways of making sense and giving meaning to their difficult experiences, unearthing common and distinct themes and issues across disciplines when treatment fails will be based directly on the voices of those who care for children at the end of their lives, the doctors, nurses, social workers, pastoral counselors, and psychologists all of the feelings associated with caring for a chronically ill child, guilt, anger, frustration, ambivalence, exhaustion, are magnified when a child's life can no longer be prolongedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop dumfries over children die of medical causes each year in the ucentered around seven cases, bearison will elicit and record the stories of these professionals about their experiences caring for a patientand 85 percent of them do so in hospitals
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Concentrating on the interactions between viruses, bacteria, algae, fungi and micro-invertebrates, the book gives a wide biological appealclean text throughoutthis unique textbook takes a broad look at the rapidly expanding field of freshwater microbiologyslight shelf wear to the cover edges and side of the pagesoxfam bookshop leeds 524pp* unique emphasis on the applied aspects of freshwater microbiology with particular emphasis on biodegradation and the causes and remediation of eutrophication and algal bloomsalongside conventional aspects such as phytoplankton characterisation, seasonal changes and nutrient cycles, the title focuses on the dynamic and applied aspects that are not covered within the current textbooks in the field* new information on molecular and microscopical techniques including a study of gene exchange between bacteria in the freshwater environmentsee oxfam website for delivery information read morevery good condition* complete coverage of all fresh water biota from viruses to invertebrates * unique focus on microbial interactions including coverage of biofilms, important communities on all exposed rivers and lakes
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Equally, girard's theory is presented as having the potential to become for the human and social sciences something akin to the integrating framework that present-day biological science owes to darwin-something compatible with it and complementary to it in accounting for the still remarkably little understood phenomenon of human emergencejoining disciplinary worlds, this book aims to explore this ambitious claim, invoking viewpoints as diverse as evolutionary culture theory, cultural anthropology, archaeology, cognitive psychology, ethology, and philosophythe contributors provide major evidence in favor of girard's hypothesisoxfam books & music lancaster from his groundbreaking violence and the sacred and things hidden since the foundation of the world, rené girard's mimetic theory is presented as elucidating "the origins of culture" french philosopher of science michel serres states that girard's theory provides a darwinian theory of culture because it "proposes a dynamic, shows an evolution and gives a universal explanation" he posits that archaic religion (or "the sacred"), particularly in its dynamics of sacrifice and ritual, is a neglected and major key to unlocking the enigma of "how we became humansee oxfam website for delivery information read more" this major claim has, however, remained underscrutinized by scholars working on girard's theory, and it is mostly overlooked within the natural and social sciences
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‘august von wassermann, a german physician and microbiologist, discovered the biological method for diagnosing syphilis in ’please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitegilt bronze sculpture in relief by edoardo rubinoexcellent conditioncatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableart nouveau advertising recipe sign with medusa's head, by august von wassermannour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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Readers learn that, as a consequence of time's personal nature, a forty eight hour journey on the space shuttle can feel shorter than a six hour trip on the soyuz capsule, that the amondawa of the amazon do not have ages, and that time speeds up with fever and slows down when we feel in danger with a narrative punctuated by personal stories of time's effects on truck drivers, olympic racers, prisoners, and clockmakers, mazur's journey is filled with fascinating insights into how our technologies, our bodies, and our attitudes can change our perceptions"-john carey, sunday times (london)a tour of clocks throughout the centuries-from the sandglass to the telomere-to reveal the physical, biological, and social nature of time what is time? this question has fascinated philosophers, mathematicians, and scientists for thousands of yearsthe clock mirage presents an innovative perspective that will force us to rethink our relationship with time, and how best to use itwhy does time seem to speed up with age? what is its connection with memory, anticipation, and sleep cycles? award winning author and mathematician joseph mazur provides an engaging exploration of how the understanding of time has evolved throughout human history and offers a compelling new vision, submitting that time lives within usskilfully writtensee oxfam website for delivery information read moreultimately, time reveals itself as something that rides on the rhythms of our mindsoxfam books & music durham named one of book riot's six great nonfiction books about time " mind-stretching bookour cells, he notes, have a temporal awareness, guided by environmental cues in sync with patterns of social interaction
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After escaping a firing squad, he uncovers a plot to hold the world to ransom with the threat of biological warfareoxfam shop inverness barry humphries plays sir leslie patterson, the australian cultural ambassador, who is sent to an oil rich gulf state to make peace after a united nation blundersee oxfam website for delivery information read moremeanwhile dame edna everage is on a 'peace for possum's mission' and she becomes embroiled in the whole affairit's up to the two unlikely heroes to save the world
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But when his ungainly size starts to cause problems in the elf-sized workshop, santa suggests that buddy head to new york city to find his biological father, walter (james caan)see oxfam website for delivery information read morebrought up by santa (edward asner) and his elves at the north pole, buddy hobbs (ferrell) has spent the last 30 years happily working in santa's toy workshop and believing he too is an elfoxfam shop wolverhampton will ferrell stars in this festive comedy directed by jon favreauonce there, buddy struggles to fit in in the big apple and finds himself in all sorts of scrapes as he tries his best to spread christmas cheer wherever he goes
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'stink bomb', directed by tensau okamura, follows a young chemist whose experiment has changed him into a biological weapon - set on an unstoppable course for tokyo'cannon fodder' portrays a day in a city on which cannons are continuously fired at an unknown enemyoxfam shop herne hill three stories by anime master katsuhiro otomosee oxfam website for delivery information read more'magnetic rose', based on a manga short, tells the tale of two space travellers who get drawn into a woman's world of memories following a distress signal
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Data show that approximately 40 percent of undergraduate students leave engineering programs, 50 percent leave the physical and biological sciences, and 60 percent leave mathematicsconcern about this waste of talent is heightened because these losses occur among the most highly qualified college entrants and are disproportionately greater among women and students of colour, despite a serious national effort to improve their recruitment and retentionthis intriguing book explores the reasons that lead undergraduates of above-average ability to switch from science, mathematics, and engineering majors into non-science majorsworking from extensive interviews with undergraduates, the authors are able to offer explanations for the loss of able students, including students of colour and womenoxfam books & music totnes this book grew out of a three-year, seven-campus study aimed at explaining the national loss of 40 to 60 percent of undergraduates from science, mathematics, and engineering majors into non-science disciplinesthe authors' findings, culled from over 600 hours of ethnographic interviews and focus group discussions with undergraduates, explain the intended and unintended consequences of some traditional teaching practices and attitudessee oxfam website for delivery information read morepaperback book in very good condition; clean, slightly scuffed around the edges, good binding and no internal markingsbased on a three-year, seven-campus study, the volume takes up the ongoing national debate about the quality of undergraduate education in these fields, offering explanations for net losses of students to non-science majorsthis is a landmark study-an essential source book for all those concerned with changing the ways that we teach science, mathematics, and engineering education, and with opening these fields to a more diverse student bodytalking about leaving is richly illustrated with students' accounts of their own experiences in the sciencesa landmark study, the volume is an essential source book for all those concerned with changing the ways that we teach science, mathematics, and engineering education, and with opening these fields to a more diverse student body
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So he takes us on a historical and biological tour of the human-mind-in-its-environment and focuses on three 'trajectories' in particular: 1)our capacity to recognise patterns (which includes our capacity to use and understand metaphor), 2) vision (which is much more than sight), 3)post-birth developmentoxfam books & music totnes our lives are increasingly spent onlinegoogle glass is nextwork, friends, games, reading - all are increasingly digital and virtualfrom there he looks at how our past will influence our future, giving us a glimpse of what collaboration with cyberous environments will bring to our minds and to 'self' in the future - a glimpse of what and who we will becomefascinating stuff! is the future bright? you decidehow are these extraordinary changes affecting our brains, our minds and the way we think, talk and relate? parents, scientists, doom-mongers and sociologists are among the many people speculating about what is going to become of us as we become increasingly absorbed by electronic media and ever more remote from our natural environmentin doing so, he suggests three futures of the mind: 1) unknowable mind, 2)absentee mind, 3)transcendent mindpaperback in excellent condition showing few signs of wear and tearsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut he is also clear that we can't hope to understand the effects and implications fully without a better understanding of how the mind came to be what it is over the course of human evolutionjack huber is clear that what he calls 'the cyberous' is changing the whole way that our minds work
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