What does it mean to be an expert? In "Rethinking Expertise," Harry Collins and Robert Evans offer a radical new perspective on the role of expertise in the practice of science and the public evaluation of technology. Collins and Evans present a Periodic Table of Expertises based on the idea of tacit knowledge-knowledge that we have but cannot explain. They then look at how some expertises are used to judge others, how laypeople judge between experts, and how credentials are used to evaluate them. Throughout, Collins and Evans ask an important question: how can the public make use of...
What does it mean to be an expert? In "Rethinking Expertise," Harry Collins and Robert Evans offer a radical new perspective on the role of experti...
"Mixing science, humor, and grossly irresponsible self-experimentation, Evans paints a vivid picture of how bad habits built the world we know and love." David Wong, author of John Dies at the End History has never been more fun or more intoxicating. Guns, germs, and steel might have transformed us from hunter-gatherers into modern man, but booze, sex, trash talk, and tripping built our civilization.Crackededitor Robert Evans brings his signature dogged research and lively insight to uncover the many and magnificent ways vice has influenced history, from the...
"Mixing science, humor, and grossly irresponsible self-experimentation, Evans paints a vivid picture of how bad habits built the world we know and lov...
In the quiet of the Scottish countryside, a young boy has been killed. Nobody is sure how... or by what. This inexplicable death piques the interest of field biologist Steph Patel who, motivated by the chance of a money maker, pursues the boy's story. Discovered near the secret location of a rewilding project, where geneticists are working to bring back once-extinct predators, the boy's death is suspicious to say the least. But when Steph probes further, things rapidly go south, and she soon finds herself fighting for her life against enemies far more dangerous than anything resurrected...
In the quiet of the Scottish countryside, a young boy has been killed. Nobody is sure how... or by what. This inexplicable death piques the interest...
Literature and the Theater in Shakespeare's Day provides students with the background information they need to fully understand the conditions under which Shakespeare produced his masterpieces. Topics examined in this volume include The Globe Theater, the system of patronage that supported writers, and the important actors and playwrights of the time that influenced Shakespeare's writing.
Coverage includes:
Major writers of Shakespeare's time, including Christopher Marlowe, Thomas Nashe, and Ben Jonson
The Globe and other London...
Literature and the Theater in Shakespeare's Day provides students with the background information they need to fully understand the condition...
