wired - Philosophy & Social Aspects 5

Are there parallels between the "moment of insight" in science and the emergence of the "unknowable" in religious faith? Where does scientific insight come from? Award-winning biologist Robert Polla……続きを見る

Seiten 298. Die Quantenphysik schlägt auf wissenschaftlicher Basis das Konzept eines Universums vor, in dem jedes Teilchen durch eine Bindung mit allen anderen verbunden ist, die jedes Gesetz der kl……続きを見る

Come vedrebbe la nostra specie uno scienziato alieno? La scimmia che ha capito l’universo è l’affascinante storia del più strano animale del mondo: l’uomo. E comincia con una domanda: come vedrebbe ……続きを見る

Se la rivoluzione copernicana ha fatto venir meno la centralità della Terra rispetto alla vastità dell’universo, l’evoluzionismo darwiniano ha cambiato per sempre la posizione dell’uomo, ponendolo a……続きを見る

Zu Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts verändert sich durch Entdeckungen und Entwicklungen in Feldern wie den Neurotechnologien und der Hirnforschung, der Gentechnik und synthetischen Biologie, der Protheti……続きを見る

George Spencer Brown, a polymath and author of Laws of Form, brought together mathematics, electronics, engineering and philosophy to form an unlikely bond. This book investigates Design with NOR, t……続きを見る

A necessary communication guide for the “fake news” eraーwith practical advice, strategies, and scripts for engaging in productive political discourse with the misinformed. Flat earthers, anti-vaxxe……続きを見る

This book proposes a conceptual framework for understanding measurement across a broad range of scientific fields and areas of application, such as physics, engineering, education, and psychology. T……続きを見る

A geneticist tells the stories of men, women, and children whose genes have shaped their lives in unexpected ways. It was while listening to a colleague tell the parents of a newborn girl that their……続きを見る

This book’s key purpose is to contribute to the ongoing "theoretical" discussion in the field of international relations (IR) concerning the status of grand theories. However, it also has a wider, c……続きを見る

In 1989 Michael Bishop and Harold Varmus were awarded the Nobel Prize for their discovery that normal genes under certain conditions can cause cancer. In this book, Bishop tells us how he and Varmus……続きを見る

Part 3 of an Amazing series called Dialogues with Earth. Continued Dialogues from Part 2 of "Dialogues with Earth". The series contains 3 parts of Dialogues with Earth. A conversation had started th……続きを見る

Must children born with socially challenging anatomies have their bodies changed because others cannot be expected to change their minds? One of Us views conjoined twinning and other “abnormalities”……続きを見る

Parks and Carrying Capacity is an important new work for faculty, graduate and undergraduate students, and researchers in outdoor recreation, park planning and management, and natural resource conse……続きを見る

Die Autorinnen und Autoren präsentieren in diesem Buch Argumente, die die Unmöglichkeit des Reduktionismus aus philosophischer, naturwissenschaftlicher bzw. mathematisch-logischer Perspektive zu beg……続きを見る

Der Klimawandel schreitet voran, die Gesellschaft ist tief gespalten und der Wirtschaft droht ein Kollaps verheerenden Ausmaßes. Der Komplexitätsforscher Stefan Thurner, Berater der österreichischen……続きを見る

Dalla comparsa del celebre saggio di Darwin sull'Origine della specie (1859) il falso dilemma tra la teoria scientifica dell'evoluzione e la dottrina filosofica e teologica della creazione continua ……続きを見る

This book will introduce methods of prediction that people in Western civilization have almost never heard of. These methods were invented by the best wise men of ancient China. Some used these meth……続きを見る

In this beautiful and unique combination of art and science, this stunningly detailed book examines how the rules of science govern the the world around us, from the rooms in our houses to the plane……続きを見る

Essays on the history of psychedelics, the present renaissance, and visions for an inclusive and equitable future. As psychedelics and psychedelic-assisted therapies explode into the popular conscio……続きを見る

This book develops a new approach to naturalizing phenomenology. The author proposes to integrate phenomenology with the mechanistic framework that offers new methodological perspectives for studyin……続きを見る

Planting the Seeds of Imagination Holly Ordway has established herself as one of the preeminent voices in the field of cultural apologetics. Her ability to engage with the imagination is clearly dem……続きを見る

Em 2009, comemoraram-se os 200 anos do nascimento de C. Darwin e os 150 anos da publicação de seu mais influente livro, A Origem das Espécies. Por ocasião dessas duas importantes datas relativas ao ……続きを見る

The tale of twins being reunited after a long separation is a trope that has been endlessly repeated and reworked across different cultures and throughout history, with each moment adapting the twin……続きを見る

William James’s Pluralism: An Antidote for Contemporary Extremism and Absolutism explores extremism and the related problem of absolutism in the context of the psychology and philosophy of William J……続きを見る

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 My love affair with college began in a hurricane. I’d been in college exactly five weeks when I felt lucky ……続きを見る

Das zentrale Thema der vorliegenden wissenschaftlichen Arbeit ist die Umsetzbarkeit des theoretischen Konzepts des Empowerments für den Praxisalltag in den besonderen Wohnformen der Eingliederungshi……続きを見る

With his revolutionary work The Origin of Species Charles Darwin overthrew contemporary beliefs about Divine Providence and the beginnings of life on earth. Written for the general public of the 185……続きを見る

There is more information in the world than ever before - but who's in control? At the centre sits the Establishment: governments, corporations and powerful individuals who have more knowledge about……続きを見る

A spell-binding quest for the one algorithm capable of deriving all knowledge from data, including a cure for cancer Society is changing, one learning algorithm at a time, from search engines to onl……続きを見る