wyszukanych pozycji: 6
Swimming Lessons: Keeping Afloat in the Age of Technology
ISBN: 9780195148527 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Never in history has life been so complicated and full of sudden changes. Technology, the environment, and the way we work and relate to one another are all in upheaval. With wit, humor, a calm voice, and great authority, Swimming Lessons gives a clear view of what our world has become - not just our successes, but also the destruction set loose by our own genius and inventions. In addition, it offers practical, non-utopian suggestions for keeping afloat in the dangerous waters of the 21st century's globalized civilization.
Whether it is describing a comical brainstorming session... Never in history has life been so complicated and full of sudden changes. Technology, the environment, and the way we work and relate to one another a...
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142,95 zł |
Becoming Good Ancestors: How We Balance Nature, Community, and Technology
ISBN: 9780195373783 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. A brilliant writer and gifted "big picture" thinker, David Ehrenfeld is one of America's leading conservation biologists. Becoming Good Ancestors unites in a single, up-to-date framework pieces written over two decades, spanning politics, ecology, and culture, and illuminating the forces in modern society that thwart our efforts to solve today's hard questions about society and the environment.
The book focuses on our present-day retreat from reality, our alienation from nature, our unthinking acceptance of new technology and rejection of the old, the loss of our ability to... A brilliant writer and gifted "big picture" thinker, David Ehrenfeld is one of America's leading conservation biologists. Becoming Good Ancestors<...
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85,79 zł |
Beginning Again: People and Nature in the New Millennium
ISBN: 9780195096378 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Early in this volume, David Ehrenfeld describes what prophecy really is. Referring to the biblical prophets, he says they were not the "holy fortunetellers that the word prophet has come to signify....The business of prophecy is not simply foretelling the future; rather it is describing the present with exceptional truthfulness and accuracy." Once this is done, then it can be seen that broad aspects of the future have suddenly become apparent.
The twentieth century is drawing to a chaotic close amidst portents of unprecedented change and upheaval. The unravelling of societies and... Early in this volume, David Ehrenfeld describes what prophecy really is. Referring to the biblical prophets, he says they were not the "holy fortunete...
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88,26 zł |
The Chameleon Variant
ISBN: 9780595476138 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Dr. Lieberman, a pediatrician, moves to a bucolic Connecticut town one summer when suddenly an outbreak of bizarre "accidents" begin. Some blame the so-called "crazy sickness" on the heat wave. Dr. Lieberman suspects a virus. As an epidemic of a mind-altering DNA virus takes over the town and contagion grows out of control, he uncovers a well-guarded secret in the local pharmaceutical lab.
"The pace is fast, concept frightening, the science convincing!"-"Daily News" Dr. Lieberman, a pediatrician, moves to a bucolic Connecticut town one summer when suddenly an outbreak of bizarre "accidents" begin. Some blame the s...
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78,40 zł |
The Arrogance of Humanism
ISBN: 9780195028904 / Angielski / Miękka / 1981 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. An inquiry into the origins, dissemination, and consequences of the modern belief that humans can solve any problem and overcome any difficulty, given time and resources enough.
An inquiry into the origins, dissemination, and consequences of the modern belief that humans can solve any problem and overcome any difficulty, given...
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88,26 zł |
The Landscape Perspective (Readings from Conservation Biology)
ISBN: 9780865424531 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. This new series of readings from Conservation Biology gives easy access to some of the finest papers ever published in a range of important fields. Readings in Conservation Biology can make course preparation easy - a ready-made collection of the best, most representative papers available in a format students can use. Readings will also be invaluable for researchers and academics needing an update in a specific area
This new series of readings from Conservation Biology gives easy access to some of the finest papers ever published in a range of important fie...
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364,25 zł |