Values in Science, Paperback - ***

The Element introduces the philosophical literature on values in science by examining four questions: (1) How do values influence science? (2) Shou...

Science and Human Values was originally a lecture by Jacob Bronowski at MIT in 1953.

Reducere. This book is a bridge between science and religion. For much of the ancient times until the eighteenth century, all our human issues and answers we...

Reducere. For decades, psychologists, and researchers have studied core values, what Dr. Senka Holzer's calls "psychological DNA." These core values are the ...

Reducere. Named a 2007 Book of Distinction by the Sir John Templeton Foundation. The special edition of this award winning book celebrates the 200th birthday...

This Element traces the origins and development of bioethics, the principles and values involved in the discipline, and the roles of justice among ...

Reducere. Science and faith are often seen as being in opposition. In this book, award-winning sociologist Elaine Howard Ecklund questions this assumption ba...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: John BeaulieuForeword by: David MartinezOUR INTENTIONS CAN BE TUNED TO OUR HIGHEST VALUES.This ground breaking and pioneeri...

Reducere. Do you want to better yourself to your highest potential? Have you been seeking help on how to control your mind, body, and soul and use it for you...

Reducere. Andrew Sayer undertakes a fundamental critique of social science's difficulties in acknowledging that people's relation to the world is one of conc...

Reducere. Asteroid miners Bird and Ben encounter an adrift ship in an asteroid belt that's inhabited by a half-crazy spacer named Dekker. When they tow the s...

Reducere. In a series of ruminations, Edward G. Simmons brings a lifetime's experiences, along with biblical and historical insights, to the ethical problems...

Reducere. Description: Hartman's revolutionary book introduces formal orderly thinking into value theory. It identifies three basic kinds of value, intrinsic...

Ageed Murad grew up in a country where life was very different from that in the West. Unwilling to adhere to the traditions and values of his cultu...

Reducere. In Part II of this series, we cover the elements of statistical modeling, focusing on: validation methodologyprinciples of object-oriented designli...

Reducere. Skillful, sophisticated translations of two of Nietzsche's essential works about the conflict between the moral and aesthetic approaches to life, t...

Reducere. The most advanced and celebrated mind of the 20th Century, without a doubt, is attributed to Albert Einstein. This interesting book allows us to ex...

Reducere. How might science education reflect the values of a socially just and democratic society? How do urban youth living in poverty construct science in...

Reducere. Although science was once seen as the product of individual great men working in isolation, we now realize that, like any other creative activity, ...

Reducere. Haitian Vodou breaks away from European and American heuristic models for understanding a religio-philosophical system such as Vodou in order to fo...

Contributor(s): Editor: Ronald L. NumbersIf we want nonscientists and opinion-makers in the press, the lab, and the pulpit to take a fresh look at ...

The breakdown of democracy, civility, and truth itself.This open access book explores the conscious and unconscious norms, values, and characterist...

Water is scarce in the Lake Eyre Basin in the heart of Australia. Lake Eyre Basin Rivers outlines the environmental, social and economic values of ...

Reducere. A new collection of stories by Yasutaka Tsutsui, award-winning author of works ranging from dark comedy and piercing satire to science fiction and ...

How can you effectively stand up for your values when pressured by your boss, customers, or shareholders to do the opposite? Drawing on actual busi...

Human biology is cultural biology - we develop and live our lives in socially constructed worlds that vary widely in their structure, values, and i...

Publisher: Oxford University Press IncAuthor(s): Andrei P. (Professor of Political Science, Professor of Political Science, San Francisco State Uni...

DescriptionA socialist response to the looming ecological crisis As the Anthropocene advances, people across the red-green political spectrum seek ...

DescriptionPluriverse: A Post-Development Dictionary contains over one hundred essays on transformative initiatives and alternatives to the current...

Presents multiprecision algorithms used in number theory and elsewhere, such as extrapolation, numerical integration, numerical summation (includin...

Towards Rational Education explores how education can become rational by serving character building, rational thinking and the common good. It uses...

Biodiversity has been a key concept in international conservation since the 1980s, yet historians have paid little attention to its origins. Uncove...

Reducere. Despite being in an era that's distant, ancient China set into motion several societal practices and values. Other than that, it also gave birth to...

DescriptionThis book studies the interplay between the geometry and topology of locally symmetric spaces, and the arithmetic aspects of the special...

DescriptionRace and science collide in Cassandra Medley's trenchant drama. Claire is a melanin scientist. She believes people of color are genetica...

Join Ericka on her fabulous journey as she seeks to find her favorite color through the changing seasons. Together we explore how people change the...

Reducere. This excellent volume examines the relationship between archives and libraries and how archivists and librarians can work together. It surveys basi...

Absolute values and their completions - such as the p-adic number fields - play an important role in number theory. In valuation theory, the notion...

The ACT Matrix revolutionized contextual behavioral science. Now, the creators of this pioneering new model present the first detailed, step-by-ste...

Reducere. Of all the math skills children learn in primary grades, telling time and calculating money probably have the most relevance in their daily lives. ...

Reducere. Here is a family guide to classic novels, contemporary fiction, myths and legends, science fiction and fantasy, folktales, Bible stories, picture b...

Reducere. Delivers specific guidelines for implementing human caring within teaching practices along with a wealth of examplesGrounded in the belief that tra...

Reducere. DescriptionThis book is a guide for you on how to use Pandas and Numpy in Python programming language for data analysis. The author begins by helpi...

Reducere. The Long War by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter follows the adventures and travails of heroes Joshua Valiente and Lobsang in an exciting continu...

Reducere. The Spirit Within: "What are you made of?" is the first religious/inspirational book written by James Floyd (author of the Galactic Warriors scienc...

Reducere. At once a spirited defense of Darwinian explanations of biology and an elegant primer on evolution for the general reader, What Evolution Is poses ...

In this highly readable study, one of the great pioneers of modern science examines how people and animals display varieties of emotions via their ...

Supernova presents a series of intertwined and unconventional love stories with a bit of science and spirituality added to the mix. The characters ...

Reducere. Business is Personal helps employees to find meaning at work using strategic principles aimed at humanizing jobs through the work life blend of bot...

Our democracy is founded upon the ideal of giving equal access to human potentialities of life, liberty, and happiness to all its citizens. Today, ...

DescriptionIf money troubles your soul, try this down-to-earth Quaker perspective on economies large and small. The economy, as we usually encounte...

Our brains have been evolutionarily hardwired to think, to make sense, and to understand in simple--but hidden--story terms. You'll discover the Ne...

Reducere. It's often said that evolution is science and creationism is religion. Although this opinion is widely held by the public - including many religiou...

Scientific progress depends on good research, and good research needs good statistics. But statistical analysis is tricky to get right, even for th...

Reducere. The world produces more data than ever. Are you ready for it?In today's data-driven world, you hear about making decisions based on data all the ti...

This book explains the concepts of Ethical Business Practice (EBP) and Ethical Business Regulation (EBR), a new paradigm in compliance and enforcem...

Reducere. This fourth entry in the highly acclaimed Math Girls series focuses on the mathematics of computer science and analysis of algorithms. Algorithms g...

Validation is a critical component to programming clinical trial analysis. Essential to effective validation is the programmer's understanding of t...

Reducere. DescriptionGet ready to create and count in this exciting introduction to math MathArts is an innovative approach that uses creative art projects t...

Reducere. The Inner Dimension examines the philosophical significance of a remarkable family of experiences central to Eastern meditation traditions and repo...

DescriptionWhy "the Muslim question" is really about the West and its own anxieties-not IslamIn this fearless, original book, Anne Norton demolishe...

Reducere. Indisputably recognized as a classic in its field, "Statistics of Extremes" was the first book to exclusively evaluate the relevance of maximum and...

The idea of an exceptional America remains controversial. In this dazzlingly comprehensive collection of essays, some of the nation's best scholars...

Ideologies influence not only our politics, but also our basic societal values, our socialization as individuals, and the way we communicate. As th...

Reducere. A classic of pure mathematics, this advanced graduate-level text explores the intersection of functional analysis and analytic function theory. Clo...

DescriptionThe Value of Ecocriticism offers a brief, incisive overview of the fast-changing field of environmental literary criticism in a bewilder...

Reducere. This classic book will excite students' imaginations while enriching skills in logical thinking. Logic Countdown problems are easy to incorporate i...

Reducere. DescriptionIn a single convenient resource, this revised and updated edition of a classic text organizes and presents clearly the documents of the ...

DescriptionA landmark volume that explores the interconnected nature of technologies and rhetorical practice Rhetorical Machines addresses new appr...

'Subtle and self-reflexive. . . an excellent overview of the debates and issues that have shaped this hugely influential social science' - Guardian...