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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 unreadsee oxfam website for delivery information read morean examination of new areas of technology and their implications for personal security and the state of democracy in the beginning of the 21st century
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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 morein good conditionreprinting of an excellent companion book for philosophy students or other interested readers
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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 itselfthe 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 bookoxfam bookshop chipping norton hardback, , oxford university pressthe central focus of the clinician and of this book is the patientaccording to eric cassell, everything else, including the disease, is secondarywhat they actually do and how they go about it is in the service of their purposes and their goalssuch 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 medicinea very clean and tidy copythe chapters are specific in teaching the kinds of knowledge that clinicians require in order to be able to achieve these goalsusing many examples from real-life medical practice, each chapter examines the different kinds of thought involved in caring for the patientsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhen physicians act in medicine they have some purpose or goal in mindclinical medicine, as a thinking discipline, is concerned not only with what clinicians do, but whycassell takes on a variety of difficult issues, from thinking about values to developing wisdom
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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 accepted"-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 morehull takes an unusual approach to his subjectit 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 , albert einstein suggested that light was a particle, not a wave, defying a century of experiments"quantum" is the essential read for anyone fascinated by this complex and thrilling story and by the band of brilliant men at its heartand yet for many years it was equally baffling for scientists themselvesquantum theory looks at the very building blocks of our world, the particles and processes without which it could not existwerner heisenberg's uncertainty principle and erwin schrodinger's famous dead-and-alive cat are similarly strangeyet for 60 years most physicists believed that quantum theory denied the very existence of reality itselfin this magisterial book, manjit kumar gives a dramatic and superbly-written history of this fundamental scientific revolution, and the divisive debate at its coreas niels bohr said, if you weren't shocked by quantum theory, you didn't really understand itsee oxfam website for delivery information read more'bohr brainwashed a whole generation of physicists into believing that the problem had been solved', lamented the nobel prize-winning physicist murray gell-mannquantum theory is weirdbut 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 boards are of blue cloth with silver gilt titlingoxfam 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 themon the lower end of the spine there is also has an orange sticker with the letters 'arb' written on it and sellotaped onthe authors still find scope for lively debate, particularly in their discussion of free will and of the reality of godthe 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 knowledgesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe ffep has been torn outthe dustjacket is sunned on the spine and has signs of wear around the edgeshardback book with dustjacket
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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 scienceit highlights the misleading images that have distorted people's view of the history of lifeoliver sacks offers tour of scientific roads not taken, or taken too lateit explores areas of darkness and forgetting in scientific research, and the use of inappropriate mechanistic metaphors in the understanding of biological systemsjonathan 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 knowledgesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe history of science, daniel kevles recounts the the strange story of resistance to the idea that viruses can cause cancerstephen jay gould gives a summary of his critique of conventional "progressive" pictures of evolutionary change, using trees, ladders and conesrichard 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 endssee 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 livestockthe life sciences considered include genetics, microbiology, ecology, entomology, forestry, and deal with us, european, russian, japanese, indonesian, chinese contexts
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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 unfoldedrevisiting 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 lightfor more information, visit the author's website: http://republicofnatureboard of educationin topeka, kansas, transformations of land and life prompt a lawsuit that culminates in the momentous civil rights case of brown vin 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 newcom/ 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 occurredabraham 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 improvement
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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 creation see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe previous owner has written their name on the front cover, there are no other markings in the bookslight discolouration around the cover book is in good condition, crease mark on front cover
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His autobiography is a spirited account of the adventure of science itselfillustrated with 28 b/w photographsgreen cloth boards protected by unclipped maroon pictorial dust jacketred top page endsthe inscription includes " with greeting henry field" and is dated but cannot verify its authenticityborn in chicago he spent his childhood in england and was educated at eton and oxfordboards clean with very slight fading around the titles on the spinepublished by peter daviesffep has a small section (4cm x 1cm) removed to take out surname of inscriptiongovernment- it was at kish that he did his main body of workfield went eagerly as a young student on his first trip to the excavation grounds at kishhis essays on the babylonian findings have their tribute in the scientific worldthough 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 uoxfam shop darlington hardbackfascinated by the shaded past of the cultural hub of our civilization there, field dug, dusted and studied to piece together his track of mandj has some minor chipssee oxfam website for delivery information read morecontents are clean and binding is tighthenry field (december – january ) was an american anthropologist and archaeologistthere his heart remained for most of the rest of his life
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Title on spine, just discernible" a very attractive little volume - price reflects the conditionhinges are starting to crack but pages remain secure to the bindingfrom 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 bookblack 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 morethere is some rippling to these front pagesprize certificate from battersea grammar school pasted to fepbound in maroon leather binding with marbled edges and endpapersoxfam shop shirley hardback without dust jacketfoxing 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 places
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Green dust jacket with black textsmall chips and creases to edgestext block is otherwise clean and tight and lightly but evenly tannedspine heavily discolouredscuffs, marks and discolouration to jacketpaper cover now in two parts with split along right spine edge, hence low price for this scarce itemsee oxfam website for delivery information read morefoxing to edges of text block and first and last few leavesoxfam 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 fadedtear along the length of the front hinge
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From this came a flood of discoveries that cast new light on the nature of man and lifewith 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 lifehubbard expanded upon these principles in many other writings and lecturesby understanding these, the tangles of life unravel and you can gain control once againfor millennia, man has attempted to assess his place in this material worldhere 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 understoodthe principles in this booklet help one solve the ancient moral dilemma of right and wrong and bring about a new level of rationalitywith 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 lifeorder your copy today from church of scientology 134a high street, poole, bh15 1dncredit and debit cards acceptedbut this booklet represents the essence of the subject and a practical approach to living successfully, used by millionsand so it remained until lhow 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 times
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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 lifestylerecorded by the author, the commentaries provide the reader with a powerful aid to their meditational practicethe 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 destinationoxfam bookshop cheltenham an introduction to the art and practice of meditation, this guide lays down the foundation for ongoing spiritual developmentthe cd accompanying the book has an audio introduction to meditation and many of the meditations within the book are presented as guided commentariestake 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 everythingsee oxfam website for delivery information read morereaders can also access assistance and have their questions answered by emaila 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 teachings
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Alfons alt has exhibited widely throughout europe and the photographs from this book will begin a european tour in october colour platessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe 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 contentoxfam bookshop knutsford an extraordinary collection of animal photographs by alfons alt, the winner of the european publishers award for photography for the year
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Please examine these carefully to fully appreciate the nature of the lot on offerour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikimint series with full gumplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteall items are in a very good state of preservation, no hidden flaws, only what can be seen in the photostracked shipment via poste italianecentenary of the introduction of medals of military valour, ordinary mail + airmail + express mail complete series of 20 values
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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 futureoxfam 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 themwill self's big bold book dares to take on the grand themes in the grand manneronly 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 londonsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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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 actiondustjacket price unclippedvery good conditiontimes 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 freedomsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop raeburn place signed with signature to title pagethis is a stimulating and enraging meditation on everything from cybernetics to the fairground marionettes of the titlemany 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 systemthe 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 andin 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 more 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 trinity" see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop keynsham the book is in good condition though the front board is bowedthe binding is soundthe corners are bumped"a christian theological bookthe front paste down end paper has a book plate glued to itthe top and bottom of the spine show signs of wearthe back free end paper show slight marksthe 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)dust jacket in very good conditiontsong-kha-pa was a prolific writer and one of tibet's greatest philosophersboards in very good conditionthe great treatise on the stages of the path to enlightenment is his most famous worksee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe pages are clean and tightoxfam bookshop bath a hardback in fine conditionthis is volume three of a classic of tibetan buddhism
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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 regimethey examine five of the coen brothers' comedies: raising arizona, fargo, the big lebowski, o brother, where art thou, and hail caesar!sara 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 decadessee 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 entertainment
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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 conceptsthe books shows signs of shelf and reading wear, but is in good condition and a good reading copysee oxfam website for delivery information read morecorners slightly bumped and pages very lightly tanned around the edgesowner'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 offerour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storetracked shipping via poste italiane read morecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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