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Typeset in the future:how the design of science fiction defines o how the design of science fiction by dave addey (hardback, ) delivery uk delivery is within 3 to 5 working daysinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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Oxfam bookshop tunbridge wells earth rising ii, the betrayal of science, society and the soul dr nick begich, james roderick a paperback book in very good condition that appears to be unreadan examination of new areas of technology and their implications for personal security and the state of democracy in the beginning of the 21st centurysee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam shop bishop's stortford unmatched in the quality of its world-renowned contributors, this companion serves as both a course text and a reference book across the broad spectrum of issues of concern to the philosophy of science see oxfam website for delivery information read morereprinting of an excellent companion book for philosophy students or other interested readersin good condition
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The nature of clinical medicine takes its direction from a catalog of goals of medicine that range from the expected diagnosis and treatment of diseases to wider concerns for patients, for physicians, and for medicine itselfwhat they actually do and how they go about it is in the service of their purposes and their goalsthe central focus of the clinician and of this book is the patientaccording to eric cassell, everything else, including the disease, is secondarysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreusing many examples from real-life medical practice, each chapter examines the different kinds of thought involved in caring for the patientthe chapters are specific in teaching the kinds of knowledge that clinicians require in order to be able to achieve these goalscassell takes on a variety of difficult issues, from thinking about values to developing wisdomsuch goals cover a wide range of topics centering on patients, the doctor-patient relationship, the acts of doctoring patients, and the goals involved in being a physician among other physicians working within the institutions of medicineclinical medicine, as a thinking discipline, is concerned not only with what clinicians do, but whyoxfam bookshop chipping norton hardback, , oxford university pressa very clean and tidy copythe care of the dying, what thinking itself is, and finally, why would one want to do this exciting and rewarding but difficult work, come under discussion in this bookwhen physicians act in medicine they have some purpose or goal in mind
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The title is the nature of life and its potential to survivethe item format is a book paperbackthe sleeve condition is newbelow is a more detailed summary of this specific item for sale for example: idz
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The nature of history by arthur marwick 1st edition in very good condition can post, email for details read more
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"-philip kitcher, nature "in science as a process, david hull argues that the tension between cooperation and competition is exactly what makes science so successfulbecause 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 sciencemoreover, science as a process is one of the most compulsively readable books that i have ever encountered"-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 madeoxfam 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 donebowler, 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 wasi 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 relativismit 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 changehe 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 ideasthe 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 acceptedhull takes an unusual approach to his subject"-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 accepted"-michael ruse, biology and philosophy see oxfam website for delivery information read moreit is one of a distinguished series of books, which hull himself edits
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While "quantum" sets the science in the context of the great upheavals of the modern age, kumar's centrepiece is the conflict between einstein and bohr over the nature of reality and the soul of scienceoxfam shop worcester 'this is about gob-smacking science at the far end of reasonin this tour de force of science history, manjit kumar shows how the golden age of physics ignited the greatest intellectual debate of the twentieth centurytake it nice and easy and savour the experience of your mind being blown without recourse to hallucinogens' nicholas lezard, guardian for most people, quantum theory is a byword for mysterious, impenetrable sciencein this magisterial book, manjit kumar gives a dramatic and superbly-written history of this fundamental scientific revolution, and the divisive debate at its corein , albert einstein suggested that light was a particle, not a wave, defying a century of experimentsand yet for many years it was equally baffling for scientists themselvessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreas niels bohr said, if you weren't shocked by quantum theory, you didn't really understand itquantum theory looks at the very building blocks of our world, the particles and processes without which it could not existquantum theory is weird'bohr brainwashed a whole generation of physicists into believing that the problem had been solved', lamented the nobel prize-winning physicist murray gell-mann"quantum" is the essential read for anyone fascinated by this complex and thrilling story and by the band of brilliant men at its heartyet for 60 years most physicists believed that quantum theory denied the very existence of reality itselfwerner heisenberg's uncertainty principle and erwin schrodinger's famous dead-and-alive cat are similarly strangebut in "quantum", kumar brings einstein back to the centre of the quantum debate
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Part iii the nature of science teachingi know what science is! part i the nature of sciencechildren's construction of sciencewhy we teach scienceappendix b safety in your science classroomare you scientifically literate?
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These include the nature of science, science and religion, evolution, curriculum and pedagogy, context-based teaching and learning, science and national development, socially-responsible science education, equitable access for women and girls in science and technology education, and the benefits of science education researchoxfam bookshop reading science education: a global perspective is global' both in content and authorshipits 17 chapters by an assemblage of seasoned and knowledgeable science educators from many parts of the world seek to bring to the fore current developments in science education and their implicationsthe book thus covers a wide range of topics in science education from various national and international perspectivesit ends on an optimistic note by looking at science education in 50 years' time with a recommendation, among others, for stakeholders to take the responsibility of preparing children towards a blossoming science education sector in an anticipated future worldthis book is suitable for use by discerning researchers, teachers, undergraduate and postgraduate students in science education, and policy makers at all levels of educationsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The book integrates an accessible exposition of background information with a cumulative marshalling of evidence to address fundamental questions concerning human action in the world and the nature of ultimate realitythe authors still find scope for lively debate, particularly in their discussion of free will and of the reality of godon the lower end of the spine there is also has an orange sticker with the letters 'arb' written on it and sellotaped onthe boards are of blue cloth with silver gilt titlingsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music totnes in this book, michael arbib, a researcher in artificial intelligence and brain theory, joins forces with mary hesse, a philosopher of science, to present an integrated account of how humans 'construct' reality through interaction with the social and physical world around themthe ffep has been torn outthe dustjacket is sunned on the spine and has signs of wear around the edgeshardback book with dustjacketthe book is a major expansion of the gifford lectures delivered by the authors at the university of edinburgh in the autumn ofthe authors reconcile a theory of the individual's construction of reality as a network of schemas 'in the head' with an account of the social construction of language, science, ideology and religion to provide an integrated schema-theoretic view of human knowledge
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham this volume examines the ways in which science is influenced by cultureit also considers the neglect of useful research that does not fit the current intellectual fashion in sciencethe history of science, daniel kevles recounts the the strange story of resistance to the idea that viruses can cause cancerit highlights the misleading images that have distorted people's view of the history of lifesee oxfam website for delivery information read morestephen jay gould gives a summary of his critique of conventional "progressive" pictures of evolutionary change, using trees, ladders and conesit explores areas of darkness and forgetting in scientific research, and the use of inappropriate mechanistic metaphors in the understanding of biological systemsoliver sacks offers tour of scientific roads not taken, or taken too latejonathan miller, with typical wit and insight, shows how the discredited panacea of hypnotism could have helped to reveal a non-freudian view of the unconscious - an unconscious that is not simply the dark underside of the mind, but a powerfully enabling form of knowledgerichard lewontin rejects the attempt to reduce the complexity of living things to the simplicity of physics
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The book shows that the investigation of the border zone of life sciences and agriculture raises many interesting questions about how science developsoxfam books & music crouch end this volume explores problems in the history of science at the intersection of life sciences and agriculture, from the mid-eighteenth to the mid-twentieth centurywithout close attention to this zone it is not possible to understand the emergence of new disciplines and transformation of old disciplines, to evaluate the role and impact of such major figures of science as humboldt and mendel, or to appreciate how much of the history of modern biology has been driven by national ambitions and imperialist expansion in competition with rival nationsin particular it challenges one to re-examine and take seriously the intimate connection between scientific development and the practical goals of managing and improving - perhaps even recreating - the living world to serve human endsthe life sciences considered include genetics, microbiology, ecology, entomology, forestry, and deal with us, european, russian, japanese, indonesian, chinese contextssee oxfam website for delivery information read moretaking a comparative national perspective, the book examines agricultural practices in a broad sense, including the practices and disciplines devoted to land management, forestry, soil science, and the improvement and management of crops and livestock
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The republic of nature points to a startlingly different version of history that calls on readers to reconnect with fundamental forces that shaped the american experienceamong the historical moments revisited here, a revolutionary nation arises from its environment and struggles to reconcile the diversity of its people with the claim that nature is the source of libertyby focusing on materials and processes intrinsic to all things and by highlighting the nature of the united states, fiege recovers the forgotten and overlooked ground on which so much history has unfoldedcom/ see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop knutsford in the dramatic narratives that comprise the republic of nature, mark fiege reframes the canonical account of american history based on the simple but radical premise that nothing in the nation's past can be considered apart from the natural circumstances in which it occurredboard of educationfor more information, visit the author's website: http://republicofnatureabraham lincoln, an unlettered citizen from the countryside, steers the union through a moment of extreme peril, guided by his clear-eyed vision of nature's capacity for improvementin these pages, the nation's birth and development, pain and sorrow, ideals and enduring promise come to life as never before, making a once-familiar past seem newin topeka, kansas, transformations of land and life prompt a lawsuit that culminates in the momentous civil rights case of brown vrevisiting historical icons so familiar that schoolchildren learn to take them for granted, he makes surprising connections that enable readers to see old stories in a new light
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Oxfam bookshop victoria road in this revised edition of science speaks professor stoner examines the findings of science and the genesis account of creationthe previous owner has written their name on the front cover, there are no other markings in the book book is in good condition, crease mark on front coverslight discolouration around the cover see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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His autobiography is a spirited account of the adventure of science itselffield went eagerly as a young student on his first trip to the excavation grounds at kishdj has some minor chipsthough his work took him to the caves of altamira and the pyrenees with the abbe breuil, to america where he worked for years in the field museum and saw the construction of its marvellous hall of primitive man, into planning for the developmental exhibit at the chicago world's fair, and into wartime studies for the ucontents are clean and binding is tightboards clean with very slight fading around the titles on the spinegreen cloth boards protected by unclipped maroon pictorial dust jackethenry field (december – january ) was an american anthropologist and archaeologistborn in chicago he spent his childhood in england and was educated at eton and oxfordhis essays on the babylonian findings have their tribute in the scientific worldffep has a small section (4cm x 1cm) removed to take out surname of inscriptionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morefascinated by the shaded past of the cultural hub of our civilization there, field dug, dusted and studied to piece together his track of manpublished by peter daviesillustrated with 28 b/w photographsthe inscription includes " with greeting henry field" and is dated but cannot verify its authenticityoxfam shop darlington hardbackthere his heart remained for most of the rest of his lifered top page endsgovernment- it was at kish that he did his main body of work
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Bound in maroon leather binding with marbled edges and endpapersblack and white frontispiece ("glacier carrying down stones") back pages, which include the index, show marks at the edges of water-stainingsee oxfam website for delivery information read moretitle on spine, just discerniblehinges are starting to crack but pages remain secure to the binding" a very attractive little volume - price reflects the conditionfoxing and damp-staining at the front but the text is clean and unmarked with age-toning and a few sporadic spots of foxingvery worn and faded in placesthere is some rippling to these front pagesprize certificate from battersea grammar school pasted to fepoxfam shop shirley hardback without dust jacketfrom the author's preface "the ten lectures of which this volume is composed were delivered last spring, in st john's wood, to a large audience of children and their friends, and at their conclusion i was asked by many of those present to publish them for a children's reading book
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Scuffs, marks and discolouration to jacketpaper cover now in two parts with split along right spine edge, hence low price for this scarce itemsmall chips and creases to edgessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop newport a collection of letters from the author to his sons about the christian faithsuperficial scuffs and marks, shelf wear to edgesred cloth covered boards with black text to spine, which is fadedgreen dust jacket with black texttext block is otherwise clean and tight and lightly but evenly tannedfoxing to edges of text block and first and last few leavestear along the length of the front hingespine heavily discoloured
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From this came a flood of discoveries that cast new light on the nature of man and lifehow should he relate to the rest of life, and to his fellows? what are his true responsibilities, and to whom? there were no definitive answers—not from the ancient greeks, nor from the materialist thinkers of recent timesby understanding these, the tangles of life unravel and you can gain control once againorder your copy today from church of scientology 134a high street, poole, bh15 1dnwith them, one can align the various factors of existence, the right decisions when faced with choices and achieve a new perspective on the directions available in his lifebut this booklet represents the essence of the subject and a practical approach to living successfully, used by millionswith the information contained in this booklet you will learn how to balance your personal goals with your family, work and every other part of your lifecredit and debit cards acceptedfor millennia, man has attempted to assess his place in this material worldhubbard expanded upon these principles in many other writings and lecturesand so it remained until lthe principles in this booklet help one solve the ancient moral dilemma of right and wrong and bring about a new level of rationalityhere are the eight urges toward survival or “dynamics” which make up life itselfron hubbard realized his long sought-after goal: the discovery of a unifying principle that applied to all life, a common denominator by which all men and, indeed, all life, might be understood
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The lessons cover: an introduction to the practice of meditation; rediscovering the true identity and the nature of self; making meditation practical; the shaping of personality; understanding and exploring different the levels of consciousness; restoring our relationship with god; understanding the natural law that governs the universe; a spiritual understanding of how the dance of life on earth has evolved; understanding the history and geography of time; and how to support meditation and spiritual development with the right lifestylea series of ten lessons provide specific insight into raja yoga, with practical exercises to complement and to help your understanding of the method and underlying teachingssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham an introduction to the art and practice of meditation, this guide lays down the foundation for ongoing spiritual developmentreaders can also access assistance and have their questions answered by emailthe guide shows how meditation is more an experience than something you do, more a process than an achievement, more an ongoing inner journey than a destinationthe cd accompanying the book has an audio introduction to meditation and many of the meditations within the book are presented as guided commentariesrecorded by the author, the commentaries provide the reader with a powerful aid to their meditational practicetake your time, be patient with yourself and always be ready to go back to basics, to lesson one, the true identity of the self, which is the foundation of everything
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The work incorporates one of the oldest printing techniques (resino-pigmentype) which allows the photographer to manipulate the colouration of the images and whilst the work is remiscent of a medieval bestiary it is inescapably contemporary both in visual approach and contentalfons alt has exhibited widely throughout europe and the photographs from this book will begin a european tour in october colour platesoxfam bookshop knutsford an extraordinary collection of animal photographs by alfons alt, the winner of the european publishers award for photography for the yearsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Please examine these carefully to fully appreciate the nature of the lot on offerare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeall items are in a very good state of preservation, no hidden flaws, only what can be seen in the photosplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecentenary of the introduction of medals of military valour, ordinary mail + airmail + express mail complete series of 20 valuesmint series with full gumcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availabletracked shipment via poste italiane
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It is at once a profound meditation upon the nature of received religion; a love story; a caustic satire of contemporary urban life and a historical detective story set in the far futuresee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham the book of dave is based around the rants of dave rudman, a disgruntled east end taxi driver, who writes his woes down and buries themonly to have them discovered 500 years later and used as the sacred text for a religion that has taken hold in the flooded remnants of londonwill self's big bold book dares to take on the grand themes in the grand manner
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We flatter ourselves about the nature of free will and yet the most enormous forces - biological, physical, metaphysical - constrain our every actionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moretimes literary supplement books of the year in the soul of the marionette, john gray draws together the religious, philosophic and fantastical traditions that question the very idea of human freedomthis is a stimulating and enraging meditation on everything from cybernetics to the fairground marionettes of the titledustjacket price unclippedoxfam bookshop raeburn place signed with signature to title pagevery good conditionmany writers and intellectuals have always understood this, but instead of embracing our condition we battle against it, with everyone from world conquerors to modern scientists dreaming of a 'human dominion' almost comically at odds with our true state
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In it sir ivor jennings analyses the nature of politics by discussing some of the political ideas such as church and king, liberty, nationalism, imperialism, free trade and the welfare state, which were instrumental in shaping the british political systemin very good conditionat the time of publication these volumes formed the standard twentieth century authority on british constitutional history, law and practicesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe three volumes of party politics complete the survey of british political institutions which sir ivor jennings began with parliament and cabinet governmentoxfam bookshop hampstead party politics: volume 3 the stuff of politics by sir ivor jennings originally published in , this is the final volume of party politics following appeal to the people and the growth of parties, which appeared in and there is a very slight crease to the top cover corner
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It uses the experience sayers had of literary creativity to illuminate christian doctrine about the nature of the doctrine of the trinitythe binding is soundthe corners are bumpedthe back free end paper show slight marks" see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe top and bottom of the spine show signs of wearthe front paste down end paper has a book plate glued to itoxfam bookshop keynsham the book is in good condition though the front board is bowed"a christian theological bookthe top edge is marked with a small stain, all edges are browned
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This third volume contains a presentation of the two most important topics to be found in the great treatise: meditation serenity (samatha) and supramundane insight into the nature of reality (vipasyana)tsong-kha-pa was a prolific writer and one of tibet's greatest philosophersoxfam bookshop bath a hardback in fine conditionthe great treatise on the stages of the path to enlightenment is his most famous worksee oxfam website for delivery information read moreboards in very good conditionthis is volume three of a classic of tibetan buddhismthe pages are clean and tightdust jacket in very good condition
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In those works, they discover insightful engagements with such ideas as questions of human freedom, the relationship of reason to religion, and the nature of liberal democracy in the american regimesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethey demonstrate how sometimes explicitly, but generally implicitly, the coens draw on thinkers such as homer, plato, dante, and hegel, while simultaneously presenting popular entertainmentsara macdonald and barry craig demonstrate that their comedies, in particular, which are often dismissed as mere entertainments, actually present substantial philosophic and political argumentsoxfam bookshop byres road both critically and commercially successful filmmakers, the coen brothers have written, produced, and directed numerous acclaimed films over the past three decadesthey examine five of the coen brothers' comedies: raising arizona, fargo, the big lebowski, o brother, where art thou, and hail caesar!
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Introductory chapters describe the basic physical concepts needed to understand the nature of auditory stimuli and the physiology of the auditory systemoxfam books & music totnes an introduction to the psychology of hearing emphasises the mechanisms underlying auditory perception and explains key conceptssee oxfam website for delivery information read morecorners slightly bumped and pages very lightly tanned around the edgesthe books shows signs of shelf and reading wear, but is in good condition and a good reading copyowner's name in black marker pen on ffep
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San marino, complete series for the centenary of the death of melchiorre delfico mint series with full gum sassone catalogue value: €750 no hidden defects, only what can be seen in the photosplease examine these carefully to fully appreciate the nature of the item on offerare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikitracked shipping via poste italiane read moreour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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