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In What is Science?, Jaffe seeks to define science conceptually. Understanding our environment and ourselves is and has been the most important intellectual activity of mankind. It was only after the emergence of the empirical science (i.e. experiment...

This book is an English translation of Die Lehre von der Bildentstehung im Mikroskop von Ernst Abbe, the only published detailed account of Abbe's theory of image formation in the microscope. The original German edition, written and published by Otto...

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How can we know about the lives of our ancestors who lived 30,000, or 300,000, or 3 million years ago? In "The Extraordinary Story of Human Origins", Piero and Alberto Angela address the many difficulties and challenges that scientists face in assembling...

Clements adroitly strips away the comfortable notion that science and religion can forever be conveniently positioned in their own domains - the world of empirical analysis occupying the former, while spiritual concerns hold the attention of the latter...

Scientists tend to look for the 'right way' to do things. We are used to chasing after formulas and theories that describe the behavior of the universe, and this expectation that there is a 'right answer' tends to permeate much of what we do.But the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681407418Author Jodi Wheeler-ToppenFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint National Science Teachers AssociationPublisher National Science Teachers...

Globalization and the possibility of bioterrorist acts have highlighted the pressing need for the development of theoretical and practical mathematical frameworks that may be useful in our systemic efforts to anticipate, prevent, and respond to acts of...

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Bioconsensus is a rapidly evolving scientific field in which consensus methods, often developed for use in social choice theory, are adapted for such areas of the biological sciences as taxonomy, systematics, and evolutionary and molecular biology...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780816068470Author PannoFormat HardbackPage Count 228Imprint Facts On File IncPublisher Facts On File IncWeight(grams) 540g

The standard guide to fruit-growing success.Despite the harsh climate that prevails in the Upper Midwest, even amateur gardeners can successfully grow fruit when armed with some basic information. Focusing on Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, South Dakota, and...

Time is money, Benjamin Franklin once said, and in a reading of European philosophy, this text shows how true this adage is. A history of philosophy of time, and a comparison of ways of conceiving the temporal, this work attempts to unravel the...

Countering critics who charge that postmodern positions on language, authority, and power cannot inform effective political responses, this compelling analysis employs these same methods to examine antinuclear politics. Star Wars (the movie and the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780022840747Author McGraw HillFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint McGraw-Hill Inc.,USPublisher McGraw-Hill Education - EuropeWeight(grams)...

Shakes up postmodern criticism with paradigms from the social and techno-sciences.Shakes up postmodern criticism with paradigms from the social and techno-sciences.The rubric of systems theory brings together conceptual models and approaches in the...

A new view of what's "wild," and a new path for environmentalism.At the very heart of American respect for nature, historically and philosophically, is the notion of the wild. This notion comes under scrutiny in Wild Ideas, a collection of essays that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781088259009Author Johnny NevermindFormat PaperbackPage Count 236Imprint IngramSparkPublisher IngramSparkWeight(grams) 322gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

This first comprehensive study of social insects since the 1930s includes more than 250 illustrations and covers all aspects of classification, evolution, anatomy, physiology, and behavior of the social insects-social wasps and bees, ants, termites...

In common with most other advanced capitalist economies of the Global North, the UK has experienced a decline in the manufacturing industry and an increase in the service sector in recent decades. At the same time, there has been a substantial...

Information and communication technology (ICT) makes it possible to bring information to everyone who wants to learn. Rapid advances in technology offer strong support for using ICT in teaching. Online education can intensify and improve students'...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780022840730Author McGraw HillFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint McGraw-Hill Inc.,USPublisher McGraw-Hill Education - EuropeWeight(grams)...

The World interweaves two stories-of our interactions with nature and with each other. The environment-centered story is about humans distancing themselves from the rest of nature and searching for a relationship that strikes a balance between...

In recent times, the science of ecology has been rejuvenated and has moved to a central position in biology. This volume contains eighteen original, major contributions by leaders in the field, all associates of the late Robert MacArthur, whose work has...

Humanity reaps the many advantages of science while bemoaning the frequent misapplications and abuses of modern technology. Yet, far too many of us admit to possessing little, if any, real knowledge of what scientists actually do, why they do it, or...

Scientists are famous for believing in the proven and peer-accepted, the very ground that pioneering artists often subvert; they recognize correct and incorrect where artists see only true and false. And yet in some individuals, crossover learning...

Living with Wildlife in the Pacific Northwest is all about coexisting with the animals commonly found in gardens, ponds, attics, crawl spaces, and other places where humans and wildlife cross paths throughout Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia.From...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780547053462Author Natalie AngierFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Houghton MifflinPublisher Houghton MifflinDimensions(mm) 210mm * 140mm * 17mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993173004Author Guy FarrowFormat PaperbackPage Count 28Imprint Wrinkley Knee PublicationsPublisher Wrinkley Knee Publications

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780888152640Author Herman DooyeweerdFormat PaperbackPage Count 46Imprint Paideia PressPublisher Paideia PressWeight(grams) 50gDimensions(mm) 178mm * 127mm *...

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Journalist James Haught grew up in an Appalachian farm town in the 1930's and clearly remembers the use of outdoor plumbing, kerosene lamps, handle pumps, and horses and wagons. He now does his work at a video terminal, with a roof dish that fills the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780471138129Author Charles M. WynnFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint John Wiley & Sons IncPublisher Turner Publishing CompanyWeight(grams)...

working mechanisms and to develop the overall governance framework in which we operate. Catherine Geslain-Laneelle Executive Director European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) Parma, March 2008 Acknowledgements This book and the General Framework for the...

The general theme of the 10th International Joseph A. Schumpeter Society Conf- ence, held during June 9th-12th, 2004 at Universita` Luigi Bocconi, Milan, was the exploration of the dynamics of industries driven by the highly interrelated processes of...

Uncovering common threads across types of science skepticism to show why these controversial narratives stick and how we can more effectively counter them through storytelling Science v. Story analyzes four scientific controversies-climate change,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781977132581Author Lisa M Bolt SimonsFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Pebble BooksPublisher Pebble BooksWeight(grams) 200gDimensions(mm) 224mm * 168mm *...

The Raja Ampat islands are another example of a highly diverse coral ecosystem under threat. Such regions stand out not only because of their species richness, endemism and habitat level diversity, but also because of their relatively pristine condition...

This volume provides an abundance of valuable information on emerging eco-friendly technology and its potential role in combating climate change via agroforesty. The volume begins by describing the recent understanding of the scenario of climate change...

Succeed in biology with LABORATORY MANUAL FOR NON-MAJORS BIOLOGY, 6E, International Edition! Through hands-on lab experience, this biology laboratory manual reinforces biology concepts to help you get a better grade. Exercises, pre-lab questions, and...