This book presents the state of the art and today's most significant and re volutionary changes in plastics technology: computer aided design, manufact ure and engineering. It is the first attempt to compile the different appro aches developed in industry and universities and to unifytheir presentation in a logical fashion for the plastics engineer. View More...
In this bold, fascinating book, Eula Biss addresses a chronic condition of fear - fear of the government, the medical establishment, and what may be i n your children's air, food, mattresses, medicines, and vaccines. Reflectin g on her own experience as a new mother, Biss investigates the metaphors an d myths surrounding our conception of immunity and its implications for the individual and the social body. She extends a conversation with other moth ers to meditations on Voltaire's Candide , Bram Stoker's Dracula, Rachel Ca rson's Silent Spring, Susan Sontag's AIDS and Its Metaphors, and beyon... View More...
For centuries, electricity was viewed as little more than a curious propert y of certain substances that sparked when rubbed. Then, in the 1790s, Aless andro Volta began the scientific investigation that ignited an explosion of knowledge and invention, transforming our world. The force that once seeme d inconsequential was revealed to be responsible for everything from the st ructure of the atom to the functioning of our brains. A superb storyteller, Bodanis weaves tales of romance, divine inspiration, and fraud through lucid accounts of scientific breakthrough. The great discoverers come to l... View More...
Scientists around the world are uncovering alarming changes in human reprod uction and health. There is strong evidence that sperm counts have fallen d ramatically. Testicular, prostate and breast cancer are on the increase. Di fferent species are showing signs of feminization or even changing sex. The prime suspect in these findings is the increased exposure to chemicals whi ch can mimic oestrogen and other hormones, chemicals to which we are all ex posed, found in plastics, pesticides and countless modern products. In this account, Deborah Cadbury, an Emmy-award winning producer of science p... View More...
The vitality and accessibility of Fritjof Capra's ideas have made him perha ps the most eloquent spokesperson of the latest findings emerging at the fr ontiers of scientific, social, and philosophical thought. In his internatio nal bestsellers The Tao of Physics and The Turning Point, he juxtaposed phy sics and mysticism to define a new vision of reality. In The Web of Life, C apra takes yet another giant step, setting forth a new scientific language to describe interrelationships and interdependence of psychological, biolog ical, physical, social, and cultural phenomena-the "web of life." Dur... View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Presents contemporary beliefs about Divine Providence and the beginnings of life on earth. Written for the general public of the 1850s, this title provides an account of the scientific theory that lies at the root of our attitude to the universe. View More...
Keats accused Newton of destroying the poetry of the rainbow by explaining the origin of its colours. Dawkins argures that Keats could not have been m ore mistaken, and shows how an understanding of science enhances our wonder at the world around us. This is a "hymn of praise" to the scientific attit ude, often maligned for alienating our relationship with nature. He shows h ow science, properly understood, does not disenchant nature, but rather enh ances the poetry of experience by revealing the workings of the natural wor ld in their full wonder. The book's complementary strand is be a polem... View More...
The last half century has produced an increasing interest in semiotics, the study of signs. As an interdisciplinary field, moreover, semiotics has pro duced a vast literature from many different points of view. As the discours e has expanded, clear definitions and goals become more elusive. Semioticia ns still lack a unified theory of the purposes of semiotics as a discipline as well as a comprehensive rationale for the4 linking of semiosis at the l evels of culture, society, and nature. As Deely suggests in his preface, th e image of the modern semiotic universe is the same as that of astrono... View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. You will never look at the world in the same way after reading As the Futur e Catches You. Juan Enriquez puts you face to face with a series of unprece dented political, ethical, economic, and financial issues, dramatically dem onstrating the cascading impact of the genetic, digital, and knowledge revo lutions on your life. Genetics will be the dominant language of this century. Those who can "spea k it" will acquire direct and deliberate control over... View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Editorial Reviews Review "All said, this handbook is highly recommended, providing as it does an ill ustrative overview of both the opportunities and difficulties inherent in s uch a multidisciplinary, internationally populated field." Daniel Mai in: KULT_online 22/2010 "Mit seiner internationalen Bilanz weist dieser Band auf jeden Fall nach, d ass das kulturelle Gedächtnis eines jener "Konvergenzfelder" ist, auf dem d er interdisziplinäre Austausch e... View More...
This is an illustrated guide to a wonderland of reason where nothing is as it seems, through a maze of mental curiosities and contradictions. It discu sses paradoxes of all types--mathematical, logical, scientific, philosophic al and more. Though many involve sophisticated concepts and logical reasoni ng, none requires a highly technical background-knowledge of ordinary langu age and simple arithmetic will do. Twenty-five stand-alone chapters each pr esent and discuss a different paradox, including: the Barber Paradox; the C rocodile's Dilemma, M. C. Escher's Paradoxes, the Liar Paradox, the P... View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Gathered from the nation's leading publications by award-winning author Tim othy Ferris, The Best American Science Writing 2001 is a dynamic, up-to-dat e collection of essays and articles by America's most prominent thinkers an d writers, addressing the most controversial, socially relevant topics that recent developments in science pose. Among the contributors: Richard Preston examines the contentious business o f decoding the human genome. Malcolm G... View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. The popular book that has helped readers to organize a rigorous survey and evaluate the credibility of other surveys by giving them practical, step-by-step advice, has been updated and revised with new content, references, and examples. The Third Edition of How to Conduct Surveys: A Step-by-Step Guide focuses on the issues in survey research that have become prominent since the publication of the bestselling Second Edition. Writing in a clear and acce... View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. The sleek electronic tools that have become so ubiquitous-laptops, iPods, e Readers, and smart phones-are all powered by lithium batteries. Chances are you've got some lithium on your person right now. But aside from powering a mobile twenty first-century lifestyle, the third element on the periodic table may also hold the key to an environmentally sustainable, oil-independ ent future. From electric cars to a "smart" power grid that can actually st or... View More...
Rubbing to dustjacket, no tears,creases, bookplate inside ffep, o/w clean a nd bright, no markings throughout: First published in 1947 under the editorship of Otto de Lorenzi. Bibliographical footnotes. View More...
Taking us behind the scenes with today's foremost researchers and pioneers, bestselling author Joel Garreau shows that we are at a turning point in hi story. At this moment we are engineering the next stage of human evolution. Through advances in genetic, robotic, information, and nanotechnologies, w e are altering our minds, our memories, our metabolisms, our personalities, our progeny-and perhaps our very souls. Radical Evolution reveals that the powers of our comic-book superheroes already exist, or are in development in hospitals, labs, and research facilities around the country-from the r... View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. The first volume in this annual series of the best writing by Americans, meticulously selected by bestselling author James Gleick, one of the foremost chronicles of scientific social history, debuts with a stellar collection of writers and thinkers. Many of these cutting-edge essays offer glimpses of new realms of discovery and thought, exploring territory that is unfamiliar to most of us, or finding the unexpected in the midst of the familiar. Nobel ... View More...
