wyszukanych pozycji: 28
LIFELINES
ISBN: 9780099468639 / Angielski / 2005 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Professor Rose confronts the ideology of ultra-Darwinism, which reduces humans to little more than machines for replicating DNA. He offers a bold new perspecitve on biology that acknowledges the essentially complex nature of life.
Professor Rose confronts the ideology of ultra-Darwinism, which reduces humans to little more than machines for replicating DNA. He offers a bold new ...
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87,48 zł |
The Making Of Memory : From Molecules to Mind
ISBN: 9780099449980 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This volume is about the biological processes by which humans - and other animals, learn and remember - and how researchers can explore these mechanisms. Since the first edition of this book won the Science Prize in 1993, research has moved forward and Steven Rose has revised the book, which includes a chapter on how a potential breakthrough has occured in the treatment for Alzheimer's Disease.
This volume is about the biological processes by which humans - and other animals, learn and remember - and how researchers can explore these mechanis...
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92,95 zł |
The Future of the Brain: The Promise and Perils of Tomorrow's Neuroscience
ISBN: 9780195308938 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Brain repair, smart pills, mind-reading machines--modern neuroscience promises to soon deliver a remarkable array of wonders as well as profound insight into the nature of the brain. But these exciting new breakthroughs, warns Steven Rose, will also raise troubling questions about what it means to be human.
In The Future of the Brain, Rose explores just how far neuroscience may help us understand the human brain--including consciousness--and to what extent cutting edge technologies should have the power to mend or manipulate the mind. Rose first offers a panoramic look at what we now... Brain repair, smart pills, mind-reading machines--modern neuroscience promises to soon deliver a remarkable array of wonders as well as profound insig...
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127,44 zł |
21st Century Brain
ISBN: 9780099429777 / Angielski / 2006 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The human brain is the most complex structure in the known universe. Steven Rose explores the evolutionary route by which brains emerged, from the origin of life to today's complex societies. He also investigates how brains develop from a single fertilised egg.
The human brain is the most complex structure in the known universe. Steven Rose explores the evolutionary route by which brains emerged, from the ori...
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87,48 zł |
The Chemistry of Life
ISBN: 9780140272734 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) First published in 1966, THE CHEMISTRY OF LIFE has held its own as a clear and authoritative introduction to the world of biochemistry. This fourth edition has been fully updated and revised to include the latest developments in DNA and protein synthesis, cell regulation, and their social and medical implications.
First published in 1966, THE CHEMISTRY OF LIFE has held its own as a clear and authoritative introduction to the world of biochemistry. This fourth ed...
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66,92 zł |
From the Heart
ISBN: 9781496914552 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 60 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Steve's poems will capture your heart like no other. You are drawn into the imagery, finding yourself spell-bound. From Love to Vietnam, his topics touch everyone. Titles include Comrades in Vietnam, I Can't Take That Touch Away, The Moon is On the River, Words on Awakening, Ancient Window Blinds, Angels, and As I See It Greta. This is a must have for anyone who enjoys poetry
Steve's poems will capture your heart like no other. You are drawn into the imagery, finding yourself spell-bound. From Love to Vietnam, his topics to...
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129,58 zł |
Group Work with Children and Adolescents: Prevention and Intervention in School and Community Systems
ISBN: 9780761901600 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The first section presents group theory and principles of working with children and adolescents in schools. The second section addresses in detail the use of group work for prevention and remediation of specific social problems children face. The third section integrates the first sections and suggests propositions for the future.
The first section presents group theory and principles of working with children and adolescents in schools. The second section addresses in detail the...
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961,44 zł |
Group Work with Children and Adolescents: Prevention and Intervention in School and Community Systems
ISBN: 9780761901617 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The first section presents group theory and principles of working with children and adolescents in schools. The second section addresses in detail the use of group work for prevention and remediation of specific social problems children face. The third section integrates the first sections and suggests propositions for the future.
The first section presents group theory and principles of working with children and adolescents in schools. The second section addresses in detail the...
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665,22 zł |
Can Neuroscience Change Our Minds?
ISBN: 9780745689326 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Neuroscience, with its astounding new technologies, is uncovering the workings of the brain and with this perhaps the mind. The 'neuro' prefix spills out into every area of life, from neuroaesthetics to neuroeconomics, neurogastronomy and neuroeducation. With its promise to cure physical and social ills, government sees neuroscience as a tool to increase the 'mental capital' of the children of the deprived and workless. It sets aside intensifying poverty and inequality, instead claiming that basing children's rearing and education on brain science will transform both the child's and the...
Neuroscience, with its astounding new technologies, is uncovering the workings of the brain and with this perhaps the mind. The 'neuro' prefix spills ...
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54,65 zł |
Alas Poor Darwin : Arguments Against Evolutionary Psychology
ISBN: 9780099283195 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. At the beginning of the 21st century, genes are used to explain almost every aspect of human life, from social inequalities to health, sexuality and criminality. This book offers a criticism of this so-called evolutionary psychology, arguing that it rests on shaky empirical evidence, flawed premises and unexamined political presuppositions. The editors have gathered together some of the most eminent and outspoken critics of this fashionable ideology.
At the beginning of the 21st century, genes are used to explain almost every aspect of human life, from social inequalities to health, sexuality and c...
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87,48 zł |
108 Stories of Taijiquan Healing
ISBN: 9781683724933 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 358 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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91,47 zł |
Inner Voices: 3 AM Poems
ISBN: 9781098598273 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 114 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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39,81 zł |
Thanks For Coming To My Party: January 30th, 2016
ISBN: 9781530064564 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 46 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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192,17 zł |
Effectively Managing and Leading Human Service Organizations
ISBN: 9781412976459 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Effectively Managing Human Service Organizations is and continues to be a highly used core textbook for courses on human service/social work administration. The book is highly practical and takes students through the nuts and bolts of managing a human service agency (from strategic planning, to problem solving, increasing productivity, supervising staff, and seeking funding). Its value and distinction among competing texts is that it offers a practical, skill-building approach, which is well received by students and faculty. The new edition is expanded to included much more content on...
Effectively Managing Human Service Organizations is and continues to be a highly used core textbook for courses on human service/social work administr...
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789,94 zł |
The Witch's Brew, Vol. 7 Issue 1
ISBN: 9781093252606 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 30 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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68,40 zł |
Task Groups in the Social Services
ISBN: 9780803954496 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Following a description of the nature, history and variety of task groups, this book discusses the role of the social worker in these groups, focusing on: the recruitment and composition of groups; participating as a team member; shepherding a group and dealing with problem behaviours within it.
Following a description of the nature, history and variety of task groups, this book discusses the role of the social worker in these groups, focusing...
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961,44 zł |
Lifelines: Life Beyond the Gene
ISBN: 9780195150391 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. A distinct voice in the nature/nurture debate, Rose's series of essays are a response to the biological reductionism of Richard Dawkins's book, The Selfish Gene (OUP, 1990), which insists that all aspects of human life are in our genes, and everything arises as a consequence of natural selection. Rose argues that life depends on the elaborate web of interactions that occur within cells, organisms, and ecosystems, and in which DNA has but one part to play.
A distinct voice in the nature/nurture debate, Rose's series of essays are a response to the biological reductionism of Richard Dawkins's book, The Se...
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469,94 zł |
Economic Analysis of Land Use in Global Climate Change Policy
ISBN: 9780415773089 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Land has long been overlooked in economics. That is now changing. A substantial part of the solution to the climate crisis may lie in growing crops for fuel and using trees for storing carbon. This book investigates the potential of these options to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, estimates the costs to the economy, and analyses the trade-offs with growing food. The first part presents new databases that are necessary to underpin policy-relevant research in the field of climate change while describing and critically assessing the underlying data, the methodologies used, and the first... Land has long been overlooked in economics. That is now changing. A substantial part of the solution to the climate crisis may lie in growing crops... |
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779,55 zł |
Twelve Angry Men
ISBN: 9781474232326 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The Methuen Drama Student Edition of Twelve Angry Men is the first critical edition of Reginald Rose's play, providing the play text alongside commentary and notes geared towards student readers. In New York, 1954, a man is dead and the life of another is at stake. A 'guilty' verdict seems a foregone conclusion, but one member of the jury has the will to probe more deeply into the evidence and the courage to confront the ignorance and prejudice of some of his fellow jurors. The conflict that follows is fierce and passionate, cutting straight to the heart of the issues of civil... The Methuen Drama Student Edition of Twelve Angry Men is the first critical edition of Reginald Rose's play, providing the play text alongsi... |
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57,12 zł |
Not in Our Genes: Biology, Ideology, and Human Nature
ISBN: 9781608467273 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 322 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Informative, entertaining, lucid, forceful, frequently witty . . . never dull . . . should be read and remembered for a long time.---New York Times Book Review -The authors argue persuasively that biological explanations for why we act as we do are based on faulty (in some cases, fabricated) data and wild speculation. . . . It is debunking at its best.---Psychology Today -An important and timely book---Stephen Jay Gould Not in our Genes systematically exposes and dismantles the claims that inequalities--class, race, gender--are the products of... Informative, entertaining, lucid, forceful, frequently witty . . . never dull . . . should be read and remembered for a long time.---New York Ti... |
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82,79 zł |