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  • The New Political Sociology of Science The New Political Sociology of Science
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    The New Political Sociology of Science

    In the twenty-first century, the production and use of scientific knowledge is more regulated, commercialized, and participatory than at any other time. The stakes in understanding those changes are high for scientist and nonscientist alike: they...
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  • Impure Cultures Impure Cultures
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    Impure Cultures

    How are the worlds of university biology and commerce blurring? Many university leaders see the amalgamation of academic and commercial cultures as crucial to the future vitality of higher education in the United States. In Impure Cultures, Daniel Lee...
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  • Anticipatory Corpse, The Anticipatory Corpse, The
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    Anticipatory Corpse, The

    In this original and compelling book, Jeffrey P. Bishop, a philosopher, ethicist, and physician, argues that something has gone sadly amiss in the care of the dying by contemporary medicine and in our social and political views of death, as shaped by our...
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  • Dance Psychology Dance Psychology
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    Dance Psychology

    Dance Psychology is the study of dance and dancers from a scientific, psychological perspective. Written by Dr Peter Lovatt (AKA Dr Dance), this Dance Psychology textbook provides a general introduction to the Psychology of Dance and then it delves in to...
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  • They Shimmer Within They Shimmer Within
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    They Shimmer Within

    The use of psychedelic drugs plants is rising, and with it the number of reports narrating encounters with otherworldly visionary beings. Approaches to these experiences have often been literal, archetypal or dismissive. Evolutionary psychology and the...
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  • The Spacetime Origin of the Universe The Spacetime Origin of the Universe
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    The Spacetime Origin of the Universe

    This book describes the basic concept of the Universal Spacetime Theory (UST). During its development I was stimulated by many scientific ideas proposed since the dawn of science that I described briefly in Chapter 1. In the UST, these ideas took on a...
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  • Data Mining Healthcare and Clinical Databases Data Mining Healthcare and Clinical Databases
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    Data Mining Healthcare and Clinical Databases

    This text will demonstrate the different data mining techniques and how they can be used to investigate patient records and public health records with the dual objective of decreasing costs while improving the quality of care. In this chapter, we give a...
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  • Under the Nurse's Cap Under the Nurse's Cap
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    Under the Nurse's Cap

    An older male struggles through BSN nursing school. This collection of stories about classes and clinicals combines the seriousness of patient pathology with the humor often present behind the scenes.
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  • Your Cat is Dead Your Cat is Dead
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    Your Cat is Dead

    You Cat is Dead: Unlocking the Secrets to the Quantum Universe reveals the secret codes to the world around us from the nature of the subatomic world to our entire universe. As a scientific book written in plain language by an every day nuclear engineer...
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  • "Dad, I'm Sorry I'm Autistic" "Dad, I'm Sorry I'm Autistic"
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    "Dad, I'm Sorry I'm Autistic"

    A father's perspective on raising an autistic child, and exposing the failures of the medical community in their use of medication as a treatment. Essential information every parent needs to know, especially those with special needs children.
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    Science and Technical Writing

    With this new edition, Science and Technical Writing confirms its position as the definitive style resource for thousands of established and aspiring technical writers. Editor Philip Rubens has fully revised and updated his popular 1992 edition, with...
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  • The Good Life in a Technological Age The Good Life in a Technological Age
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    The Good Life in a Technological Age

    Bringing together scholars from a cross-section of disciplines, this volume combines an empirical investigation of technology and its social, psychological, and political effects, and a philosophical analysis and evaluation of the implications of...
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  • Arguing About Science Arguing About Science
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    Arguing About Science

    Arguing About Science is an outstanding, engaging introduction to the essential topics in philosophy of science, edited by two leading experts in the field. This exciting and innovative anthology contains a selection of classic and contemporary readings...
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  • Exercise and Eating Disorders Exercise and Eating Disorders
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    Exercise and Eating Disorders

    Eating disorders (EDs) have become a social epidemic in the developed world. This book addresses the close links between EDs and exercise, helping us to understand why people with EDs often exercise to excessive and potentially harmful levels. This is...
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  • On the Meaning of Life On the Meaning of Life
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    On the Meaning of Life

    The question 'What is the meaning of life?' is one of the oldest and most difficult questions we have ever asked ourselves. John Cottingham asks why we are so preoccupied with this question and assesses some attempts to answer it.
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  • Expanding Boundaries Expanding Boundaries
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    Expanding Boundaries

    This book challenges the common European notions about African migration to Europe and offers a holistic understanding of the current situation in Africa. It advocates a need to rethink Africa-Europe relations and view migration and borders as a resource...
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  • Microbial Mitigation of Stress Response of Food Legumes Microbial Mitigation of Stress Response of Food Legumes
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    Microbial Mitigation of Stress Response of Food Legumes

    Microbial Mitigation of Stress Responses of Food Legumes provides knowledge on the impact of abiotic and biotic stress on the agriculture of grain legumes especially pulses and it critically reviews the cutting-edge research in exploring plant microbe...
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  • A Gardner's Workout A Gardner's Workout
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    A Gardner's Workout

    For many decades, Martin Gardner, the Grand Master of mathematical puzzles, has provided the tools and projects to furnish our all-too-sluggish minds with an athletic workout. Gardner's problems foster an agility of the mind as they entertain. This...
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  • Robots Unlimited Robots Unlimited
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    Robots Unlimited

    Consider this: Robots will one day be able to write poetry and prose so touching that it will make men weep; compose dozens or even hundreds of symphonies that will rival the work of Mozart; judge a court case with absolute impartiality and fairness; or...
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  • Saunders Mac Lane Saunders Mac Lane
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    Saunders Mac Lane

    Saunders Mac Lane was an extraordinary mathematician, a dedicated teacher, and a good citizen who cared deeply about the values of science and education. In his autobiography, he gives us a glimpse of his "life and times," mixing the highly personal with...
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  • Sense and Nonsense of Statistical Inference Sense and Nonsense of Statistical Inference
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    Sense and Nonsense of Statistical Inference

    This volume focuses on the abuse of statistical inference in scientific and statistical literature, as well as in a variety of other sources, presenting examples of misused statistics to show that many scientists and statisticians are unaware of, or...
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  • A Reformulation of Dialectical Materialism A Reformulation of Dialectical Materialism
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    A Reformulation of Dialectical Materialism

    The main work in this book is "A Reformulation of Dialectical Materialism", which incorporates feminist theory into the traditional Marxist presentation of the science of dialectical materialism. An appendix to the main work discusses the question of...
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  • ALGHE ALGHE
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    ALGHE

    RICERCA SCIENTIFICA SULL'AFFASCINANTE MONDO DELLE ALGHE
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  • Construction of Human Kinds Construction of Human Kinds
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    Construction of Human Kinds

    Ron Mallon explores how thinking and talking about kinds of person can bring those kinds into being. Social constructionist explanations of human kinds like race, gender, and homosexuality are commonplace in the social sciences and humanities, but what...
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  • They All Laughed... They All Laughed...
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    They All Laughed...

    An enlightening and fun look at scientific discoveries and the often wacky and accidental ways in which they have led to some of the most important inventions--by award-winning journalist Ira Flatow.
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  • On the Art and Craft of Doing Science
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    On the Art and Craft of Doing Science

    A scientist's personal reflections on how to harness creativity and curiosity to generate new ideas and discover the unexpectedLike any creative endeavor, science can be a messy and chaotic affair. On the Art and Craft of Doing Science shares the...
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    One Fold at a Time Origami
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    One Fold at a Time Origami

    Super simple origami models from an experienced paper folding instructor!Paul Jackson has been teaching origami for 40 years and knows from experience that many people struggle to follow the folding instructions for origami models. He has created an...
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    Typology
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    Typology

    Patterns resonate and reveal themselves in this unique photographic essay featuring objects from the six museums associated with the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture (HMSC). The museums' encyclopaedic collections hold great significance in...
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    Human/Nature

    A lyrical work of creative nonfiction, Human/Nature is an exploration of how and why we think about the natural world the way we do.Everything we think about nature is deeply cultural. And much of what we imagine is based on outdated, irrelevant, or...
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  • The Xenotext
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    The Xenotext

    "Many artists seek to attain immortality through their art, but few would expect their work to outlast the human race and live on for billions of years. As Canadian poet Christian Bk has realized, it all comes down to the durability of your materials...
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  • Collins Modern Classics - Fermat's Last Theorem
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    Collins Modern Classics - Fermat's Last Theorem

    The extraordinary story of the solving of a puzzle that has confounded mathematicians since the 17th century. The solution of Fermat’s Last Theorem is the most important mathematical development of the 20th century. In 1963 a schoolboy browsing in his...
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  • How Innovation Works
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    How Innovation Works

    ‘Ridley is spot-on when it comes to the vital ingredients for success’ Sir James DysonBuilding on his bestseller The Rational Optimist, Matt Ridley chronicles the history of innovation, and how we need to change our thinking on the subject. Innovation...
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    Remote Work Revolution

    LONGLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES & MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR“I often talk about the importance of trust when it comes to work: the trust of your employees and building trust with your customers. This book provides a blueprint for how to...
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  • How Long Is A Piece Of String?
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    How Long Is A Piece Of String?

    A fascinating book, from a leading maths educator and demystifier, that shows how maths is relevant to our everyday lives.  Have you ever wondered how the meter in a taxi works? Or why a lift takes so long to respond to your call? Is there a...
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    Darwin Devolves

    The scientist who has been dubbed the “Father of Intelligent Design” and author of the groundbreaking book Darwin’s Black Box contends that recent scientific discoveries further disprove Darwinism and strengthen the case for an intelligent creator. In...
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    What Have You Changed Your Mind About?

    Even geniuses change their minds sometimes.Edge (www.edge.org), the influential online intellectual salon, recently asked 150 high-powered thinkers to discuss their most telling missteps and reconsiderations: What have you changed your mind about The...
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    What Are You Optimistic About?

    The nightly news and conventional wisdom tell us that things are bad and getting worse. Yet despite dire predictions, scientists see many good things on the horizon. John Brockman, publisher of Edge (www.edge.org), the influential online salon,...
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