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The Science Wars: Debating Scientific Knowledge and Technology
ISBN: 9781573929943 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Is science our most precious possession or has our culture elevated science into a false idol? Is technology a useful servant or a malign genie? These questions are at the center of the "science wars" currently being waged over the role and future of science and technology in our society.
This anthology presents the best debates on this important issue. Divided into two major sections, the first part deals with challenges to scientific knowledge, in particular its claims to objectivity and impartiality. Some conservative thinkers charge that many scientists follow a dogmatic naturalistic... Is science our most precious possession or has our culture elevated science into a false idol? Is technology a useful servant or a malign genie? These...
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97,77 zł |
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It Started with Copernicus: Vital Questions about Science
ISBN: 9781616149291 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. A unique approach to the philosophy of science that focuses on the liveliest and most important controversies surrounding science
Is science more rational or objective than any other intellectual endeavor? Are scientific theories accurate depictions of reality or just useful devices for manipulating the environment? These core questions are the focus of this unique approach to the philosophy of science. Unlike standard textbooks, this book does not attempt a comprehensive review of the entire field, but makes a selection of the most vibrant debates and issues. The author tackles such... A unique approach to the philosophy of science that focuses on the liveliest and most important controversies surrounding science
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84,84 zł |
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Rational Episodes: Logic for the Intermittently Reasonable
ISBN: 9781591027300 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In this accessible, concise yet comprehensive introduction to a sometimes-formidable subject, Parsons presents elementary topics in logic for people who have little background in mathematics or science and have no career goals in those fields.
In this accessible, concise yet comprehensive introduction to a sometimes-formidable subject, Parsons presents elementary topics in logic for people w...
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89,26 zł |
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The Great Dinosaur Controversy: A Guide to the Debates
ISBN: 9781576079225 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 294 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. A historical review of the most important scientific controversies that have shaped our knowledge of dinosaurs since the discovery of important fossils in the 1820s. * Introductory chapter on the role of controversy in science focusing on the contributions of scientists such as Edward Cope and T.
A historical review of the most important scientific controversies that have shaped our knowledge of dinosaurs since the discovery of important fossil...
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414,23 zł |
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Why It's OK to Trust Science
ISBN: 9780367616403 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Why It’s OK to Trust Science is an unabashed defense of science, objectivity, and the essential value of both in our "post-truth" age, exploring the intellectual and historical roots of anti-science and presenting clear and cogent rebuttals to anti-scientific arguments.
Why It’s OK to Trust Science is an unabashed defense of science, objectivity, and the essential value of both in our "post-truth" age, exploring the...
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708,33 zł |
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Drawing Out Leviathan: Dinosaurs and the Science Wars
ISBN: 9780253339379 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. ..". are dinosaurs social constructs? Do we really know anything about dinosaurs? Might not all of our beliefs about dinosaurs merely be figments of the paleontological imagination? A few years ago such questions would have seemed preposterous, even nonsensical. Now they must have a serious answer." At stake in the "Science Wars" that have raged in academe and in the media is nothing less than the standing of science in our culture. One side argues that science is a "social construct," that it does not discover facts about the world, but rather constructs artifacts disguised as... ..". are dinosaurs social constructs? Do we really know anything about dinosaurs? Might not all of our beliefs about dinosaurs merely be figments o... |
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Why It's OK to Trust Science
ISBN: 9780367616410 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Why It’s OK to Trust Science is an unabashed defense of science, objectivity, and the essential value of both in our "post-truth" age, exploring the intellectual and historical roots of anti-science and presenting clear and cogent rebuttals to anti-scientific arguments.
Why It’s OK to Trust Science is an unabashed defense of science, objectivity, and the essential value of both in our "post-truth" age, exploring the...
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104,88 zł |
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Bombing the Marshall Islands: A Cold War Tragedy
ISBN: 9781107047327 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. During the Cold War, the United States conducted atmospheric tests of nuclear weapons in the Marshall Islands of the Pacific. The total explosive yield of these tests was 108 megatons, equivalent to the detonation of one Hiroshima bomb per day over nineteen years. These tests, particularly Castle Bravo, the largest one, had tragic consequences, including the irradiation of innocent people and the permanent displacement of many native Marshallese. Keith M. Parsons and Robert Zaballa tell the story of the development and testing of thermonuclear weapons and the effects of these tests on their...
During the Cold War, the United States conducted atmospheric tests of nuclear weapons in the Marshall Islands of the Pacific. The total explosive yiel...
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498,35 zł |
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Bombing the Marshall Islands: A Cold War Tragedy
ISBN: 9781107697904 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. During the Cold War, the United States conducted atmospheric tests of nuclear weapons in the Marshall Islands of the Pacific. The total explosive yield of these tests was 108 megatons, equivalent to the detonation of one Hiroshima bomb per day over nineteen years. These tests, particularly Castle Bravo, the largest one, had tragic consequences, including the irradiation of innocent people and the permanent displacement of many native Marshallese. Keith M. Parsons and Robert Zaballa tell the story of the development and testing of thermonuclear weapons and the effects of these tests on their...
During the Cold War, the United States conducted atmospheric tests of nuclear weapons in the Marshall Islands of the Pacific. The total explosive yiel...
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120,57 zł |
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