wyszukanych pozycji: 48
Burying Uncertainty: Risk and the Case Against Geological Disposal of Nuclear Waste
ISBN: 9780520083011 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Shrader-Frechette looks at current U.S. government policy regarding the nation's high-level radioactive waste both scientifically and ethically. What should be done with our nation's high-level radioactive waste, which will remain hazardous for thousands of years? This is one of the most pressing problems faced by the nuclear power industry, and current U.S. government policy is to bury "radwastes" in specially designed deep repositories. K. S. Shrader-Frechette argues that this policy is profoundly misguided on both scientific and ethical grounds. Scientifically--because we cannot...
Shrader-Frechette looks at current U.S. government policy regarding the nation's high-level radioactive waste both scientifically and ethically. W...
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211,42 zł |
Nuclear Power and Public Policy: The Social and Ethical Problems of Fission Technology
ISBN: 9789027715135 / Angielski / Miękka / 1982 / 198 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. This book grew out of projects funded by the Kentucky Human ities Council in 1974 and. 1975 and by the Environmental Protec tion Agency in 1976 and 1977. As a result of the generosity of these two agencies, I was able to study the logical, methodological, and ethical assumptions inherent in the decision to utilize nuclear fission for generating electricity. Since both grants gave me the opportunity to survey public policy-making, I discovered that there were critical lacunae in allegedly comprehensive analyses of various energy technologies. Ever since this discovery, one of my goals has been...
This book grew out of projects funded by the Kentucky Human ities Council in 1974 and. 1975 and by the Environmental Protec tion Agency in 1976 and 19...
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193,63 zł |
Science Policy, Ethics, and Economic Methodology: Some Problems of Technology Assessment and Environmental-Impact Analysis
ISBN: 9789027718457 / Angielski / Miękka / 1984 / 321 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. If indeed scientists and technologists, especially economists, set much of the agenda by which the future is played out, and I think they do, then the student of scientific methodology and public ethics has at least three options. He can embrace certain scientific methods and the value they hold for social decisionmaking, much as Milton Friedman has accepted neoclassical econom ics. Or, he can condemn them, regardless of their value, much as Stuart Hampshire has rejected risk-cost-benefit analysis (RCBA). Finally, he can critically assess these scientific methods and attempt to provide...
If indeed scientists and technologists, especially economists, set much of the agenda by which the future is played out, and I think they do, then the...
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580,98 zł |
Taking Action, Saving Lives: Our Duties to Protect Environmental and Public Health
ISBN: 9780195325461 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. In the United States alone, industrial and agricultural toxins account for about 60,000 avoidable cancer deaths annually. Pollution-related health costs to Americans are similarly staggering: $13 billion a year from asthma, $351 billion from cardiovascular disease, and $240 billion from occupational disease and injury. Most troubling, children, the poor, and minorities bear the brunt of these health tragedies.
Why, asks Kristin Shrader-Frechette, has the government failed to protect us, and what can we do about it? In this book, at once brilliant and accessible, Shrader-Frechette reveals... In the United States alone, industrial and agricultural toxins account for about 60,000 avoidable cancer deaths annually. Pollution-related health cos...
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203,56 zł |
Science Policy, Ethics, and Economic Methodology: Some Problems of Technology Assessment and Environmental-Impact Analysis
ISBN: 9789027718068 / Angielski / Twarda / 1984 / 321 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. If indeed scientists and technologists, especially economists, set much of the agenda by which the future is played out, and I think they do, then the student of scientific methodology and public ethics has at least three options. He can embrace certain scientific methods and the value they hold for social decisionmaking, much as Milton Friedman has accepted neoclassical econom ics. Or, he can condemn them, regardless of their value, much as Stuart Hampshire has rejected risk-cost-benefit analysis (RCBA). Finally, he can critically assess these scientific methods and attempt to provide...
If indeed scientists and technologists, especially economists, set much of the agenda by which the future is played out, and I think they do, then the...
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580,98 zł |
Risk Analysis and Scientific Method: Methodological and Ethical Problems with Evaluating Societal Hazards
ISBN: 9789027718440 / Angielski / Miękka / 1985 / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. Much of the work in this volume was supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant SES82-05112 from the Program in History and Philosophy of Science and the Division of Policy Research and Analysis. (Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. ) Several of these essays were written because of the impetus afforded by speaking invitations. An earlier version of Chapter 3 was presented in Berkeley in January 1983 at a Principal Investi gators'...
Much of the work in this volume was supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant SES82-05112 from the Program in History and Philosophy of...
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193,63 zł |
Taking Action, Saving Lives: Our Duties to Protect Environmental and Public Health
ISBN: 9780199767243 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 314 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. In the United States alone, industrial and agricultural toxins account for about 60,000 avoidable cancer deaths annually. Pollution-related health costs to Americans are similarly staggering: $13 billion a year from asthma, $351 billion from cardiovascular disease, and $240 billion from occupational disease and injury. Most troubling, children, the poor, and minorities bear the brunt of these health tragedies.
Why, asks Kristin Shrader-Frechette, has the government failed to protect us, and what can we do about it? In this book, at once brilliant and accessible, Shrader-Frechette reveals... In the United States alone, industrial and agricultural toxins account for about 60,000 avoidable cancer deaths annually. Pollution-related health cos...
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127,10 zł |
Tainted
ISBN: 9780190603816 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Three-fourths of scientific research in the United States is funded by special interests. Many of these groups have specific practical goals, such as developing pharmaceuticals or establishing that a pollutant causes only minimal harm. For groups with financial conflicts of interest, their scientific findings often can be deeply flawed. To uncover and assess these scientific flaws, award-winning biologist and philosopher of science Kristin Shrader-Frechette uses the analytical tools of classic philosophy of science. She identifies and evaluates the concepts, data, inferences, methods,...
Three-fourths of scientific research in the United States is funded by special interests. Many of these groups have specific practical goals, such as ...
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238,10 zł |
Environmental Justice: Creating Equality, Reclaiming Democracy
ISBN: 9780195183573 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Shrader-Frechette offers a rigorous philosophical discussion of environmental justice. Explaining fundamental ethical concepts such as equality, property rights, procedural justice, free informed consent, intergenerational equity, and just compensation--and then bringing them to bear on real-world social issues--she shows how many of these core concepts have been compromised for a large segment of the global population, including Appalachians, African-Americans, workers in hazardous jobs, and indigenous people in developing nations. She argues that burdens like pollution and resource...
Shrader-Frechette offers a rigorous philosophical discussion of environmental justice. Explaining fundamental ethical concepts such as equality, prope...
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230,70 zł |
Nuclear Power and Public Policy: The Social and Ethical Problems of Fission Technology
ISBN: 9789401177894 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. This book grew out of projects funded by the Kentucky Human ities Council in 1974 and 1975 and by the Environmental Protec tion Agency in 1976 and 1977. As a result of the generosity of these two agencies, I was able to study the logical, methodological, and ethical assumptions inherent in the decision to utilize nuclear fission for generating electricity. Since both grants gave me the opportunity to survey public policy-making, I discovered that there were critical lacunae in allegedly comprehensive analyses of various energy technologies. Ever since this discovery, one of my goals has been...
This book grew out of projects funded by the Kentucky Human ities Council in 1974 and 1975 and by the Environmental Protec tion Agency in 1976 and 197...
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193,63 zł |
Method in Ecology: Strategies for Conservation
ISBN: 9780521446938 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In this volume, the authors discuss what practical contributions ecology can and can't make in applied science and environmental problem solving. In the first section, they discuss conceptual problems that have often prevented the formulation and evaluation of powerful, precise, general theories, explain why island biogeography is still beset with controversy and examine the ways that science is value laden. In the second section, they describe how ecology can give us specific answers to practical environmental questions posed in individual case studies, and argue for a new way to look at...
In this volume, the authors discuss what practical contributions ecology can and can't make in applied science and environmental problem solving. In t...
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356,49 zł |
Method in Ecology: Strategies for Conservation
ISBN: 9780521418614 / Angielski / Twarda / 1994 / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In this volume, the authors discuss what practical contributions ecology can and can't make in applied science and environmental problem solving. In the first section, they discuss conceptual problems that have often prevented the formulation and evaluation of powerful, precise, general theories, explain why island biogeography is still beset with controversy and examine the ways that science is value laden. In the second section, they describe how ecology can give us specific answers to practical environmental questions posed in individual case studies, and argue for a new way to look at...
In this volume, the authors discuss what practical contributions ecology can and can't make in applied science and environmental problem solving. In t...
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548,92 zł |
Tainted: How Philosophy of Science Can Expose Bad Science
ISBN: 9780199396412 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Three-fourths of scientific research in the United States is funded by special interests. Many of these groups have specific practical goals, such as developing pharmaceuticals or establishing that a pollutant causes only minimal harm. For groups with financial conflicts of interest, their scientific findings often can be deeply flawed. To uncover and assess these scientific flaws, award-winning biologist and philosopher of science Kristin Shrader-Frechette uses the analytical tools of classic philosophy of science. She identifies and evaluates the concepts, data, inferences, methods,...
Three-fourths of scientific research in the United States is funded by special interests. Many of these groups have specific practical goals, such as ...
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440,39 zł |
Technology and Values
ISBN: 9780847686315 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Examining issues surrounding developments in technology, the contributors consider topics such as the effects on privacy of the widespread use of computers to store and retrieve personal information, and the ethics of genetic engineering.
Examining issues surrounding developments in technology, the contributors consider topics such as the effects on privacy of the widespread use of comp...
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301,46 zł |
Risk and Rationality: Philosophical Foundations for Populist Reforms
ISBN: 9780520363700 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1991.
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the bri...
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580,26 zł |
Risk and Rationality: Philosophical Foundations for Populist Reforms
ISBN: 9780520320772 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1991.
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the bri...
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230,20 zł |
Running From Crazy
ISBN: 9780985257415 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 178 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. A collection of stories/essays/poems centered around the general theme of "crazy," which may range from the clinical definition to various social contexts. Crazy is so many different things to so many different people. Say the word crazy to one person and you may see a smile pass her lips; say it to someone else and you may see him cry. It's a tough subject to address. Yet I've tackled it here, in several graces and guises. From a child who screams all the way to the operating room because she has changed her mind to a town made famous because it murdered innocent people; from an old man...
A collection of stories/essays/poems centered around the general theme of "crazy," which may range from the clinical definition to various social cont...
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67,97 zł |
Nature's Wisdom: Parables from the Soul of Nature
ISBN: 9781456394097 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 110 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. "Nature's Wisdom" is a collection of eleven original parables, inspired by Nature, illustrating spiritual themes such as following your heart, letting your true self shine, loving fully, trusting your intuition, and embracing your uniqueness. Described by readers as "a new mythology for the New Age," and "'Just So Stories' for the modern spiritual seeker," these parables will open your heart to the bounty of Nature's wisdom, and inspire you to make your own meaningful connections with Nature.
"Nature's Wisdom" is a collection of eleven original parables, inspired by Nature, illustrating spiritual themes such as following your heart, letting...
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45,27 zł |
Dear Grandchild,
ISBN: 9781591609100 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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65,21 zł |
Eden Falls
ISBN: 9781456581619 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 314 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. They wiped his memories and instincts as a child. They trained him to be an elite assassin. They were sure he would never remember. They were wrong... Memories and emotions do not make for an efficient killer. They cloud judgment. They make you hesitate. They make you feel. And up to this point, Cain has been one of the most efficient killers in the world. He is one of four engineered assassins who were stripped of their instincts and memories at a young age and trained to become the deadliest killers the world has ever known. Only when Cain, the most skilled of the four, regains his memories...
They wiped his memories and instincts as a child. They trained him to be an elite assassin. They were sure he would never remember. They were wrong......
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54,33 zł |