Science in the Changing World bound with Science at Your Service

Science in the Changing World bound with Science at Your Service
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 321
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ISBN-10 : 9781317699330
ISBN-13 : 1317699335
Rating : 4/5 (30 Downloads)

Synopsis Science in the Changing World bound with Science at Your Service by : Various

Science in the Changing World, first published in 1933, contains a series of broadcasted presentations on the relationship between science and the development of European civilisation in the first half of the 20th century. Specifically, each talk attempts to reflect the crisis through which the world seemed to be passing at the time, and to make an analysis of those forces of transformation in science, art, economics, and social life which were associated most closely with the advent of the ‘scientific’ century. Included among the presenters are such eminent and diverse thinkers as Julian Huxley, Bertrand Russell and Hilaire Belloc. Science at Your Service: First published in 1945, this collection of twelve BBC broadcasts focuses on the influence of science in everyday life, and demonstrates that not all science is remote and theoretical. Each speaker deals with some aspect of mid-20th century scientific advance as it related to subjects of practical importance, from textiles and tunnels to fishing and ship design. Offering a glimpse into the attitudes towards science current in the middle of the Second World War, this brief and accessible collection will be of interest to cultural historians as well as to the general science enthusiast.

Science in the Changing World bound with Science at Your Service

Science in the Changing World bound with Science at Your Service
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 387
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781317699347
ISBN-13 : 1317699343
Rating : 4/5 (47 Downloads)

Synopsis Science in the Changing World bound with Science at Your Service by : Various

Science in the Changing World, first published in 1933, contains a series of broadcasted presentations on the relationship between science and the development of European civilisation in the first half of the 20th century. Specifically, each talk attempts to reflect the crisis through which the world seemed to be passing at the time, and to make an analysis of those forces of transformation in science, art, economics, and social life which were associated most closely with the advent of the ‘scientific’ century. Included among the presenters are such eminent and diverse thinkers as Julian Huxley, Bertrand Russell and Hilaire Belloc. Science at Your Service: First published in 1945, this collection of twelve BBC broadcasts focuses on the influence of science in everyday life, and demonstrates that not all science is remote and theoretical. Each speaker deals with some aspect of mid-20th century scientific advance as it related to subjects of practical importance, from textiles and tunnels to fishing and ship design. Offering a glimpse into the attitudes towards science current in the middle of the Second World War, this brief and accessible collection will be of interest to cultural historians as well as to the general science enthusiast.

Women in Science

Women in Science
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Publisher : Crown Books for Young Readers
Total Pages : 29
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ISBN-10 : 9780593377642
ISBN-13 : 0593377648
Rating : 4/5 (42 Downloads)

Synopsis Women in Science by : Rachel Ignotofsky

The groundbreaking New York Times bestseller, Women in Science by Rachel Ignotofsky, comes to the youngest readers in board format! Highlighting notable women's contributions to STEM, this board book edition features simpler text and Rachel Ignotofsky's signature illustrations reimagined for young readers to introduce the perfect role models to grow up with while inspiring a love of science. The collection includes diverse women across various scientific fields, time periods, and geographic locations. The perfect gift for every curious budding scientist!

Scientific American Nutrition for a Changing World: Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2020-2025 & Digital Update

Scientific American Nutrition for a Changing World: Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2020-2025 & Digital Update
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Publisher : Macmillan Higher Education
Total Pages : 1892
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ISBN-10 : 9781319422950
ISBN-13 : 1319422950
Rating : 4/5 (50 Downloads)

Synopsis Scientific American Nutrition for a Changing World: Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2020-2025 & Digital Update by : Jamie Pope

Written and illustrated in the style of Scientific American magazine, Nutrition in a Changing World, this update includes the latest U.S. dietary guidelines.

Prometheus Bound

Prometheus Bound
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 316
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ISBN-10 : 0521434300
ISBN-13 : 9780521434300
Rating : 4/5 (00 Downloads)

Synopsis Prometheus Bound by : John M. Ziman

A searching critique of the structural changes currently taking place in the scientific community, showing that managerial considerations now threaten to crowd out the creative element in science.

The Sirens of Mars

The Sirens of Mars
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Publisher : Crown
Total Pages : 304
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ISBN-10 : 9781101904824
ISBN-13 : 1101904828
Rating : 4/5 (24 Downloads)

Synopsis The Sirens of Mars by : Sarah Stewart Johnson

“Sarah Stewart Johnson interweaves her own coming-of-age story as a planetary scientist with a vivid history of the exploration of Mars in this celebration of human curiosity, passion, and perseverance.”—Alan Lightman, author of Einstein’s Dreams WINNER OF THE PHI BETA KAPPA AWARD FOR SCIENCE • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • Times (UK) • Library Journal “Lovely . . . Johnson’s prose swirls with lyrical wonder, as varied and multihued as the apricot deserts, butterscotch skies and blue sunsets of Mars.”—Anthony Doerr, The New York Times Book Review Mars was once similar to Earth, but today there are no rivers, no lakes, no oceans. Coated in red dust, the terrain is bewilderingly empty. And yet multiple spacecraft are circling Mars, sweeping over Terra Sabaea, Syrtis Major, the dunes of Elysium, and Mare Sirenum—on the brink, perhaps, of a staggering find, one that would inspire humankind as much as any discovery in the history of modern science. In this beautifully observed, deeply personal book, Georgetown scientist Sarah Stewart Johnson tells the story of how she and other researchers have scoured Mars for signs of life, transforming the planet from a distant point of light into a world of its own. Johnson’s fascination with Mars began as a child in Kentucky, turning over rocks with her father and looking at planets in the night sky. She now conducts fieldwork in some of Earth’s most hostile environments, such as the Dry Valleys of Antarctica and the salt flats of Western Australia, developing methods for detecting life on other worlds. Here, with poetic precision, she interlaces her own personal journey—as a female scientist and a mother—with tales of other seekers, from Percival Lowell, who was convinced that a utopian society existed on Mars, to Audouin Dollfus, who tried to carry out astronomical observations from a stratospheric balloon. In the process, she shows how the story of Mars is also a story about Earth: This other world has been our mirror, our foil, a telltale reflection of our own anxieties and yearnings. Empathetic and evocative, The Sirens of Mars offers an unlikely natural history of a place where no human has ever set foot, while providing a vivid portrait of our quest to defy our isolation in the cosmos.

When We Cease to Understand the World

When We Cease to Understand the World
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Publisher : New York Review of Books
Total Pages : 193
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781681375663
ISBN-13 : 1681375664
Rating : 4/5 (63 Downloads)

Synopsis When We Cease to Understand the World by : Benjamin Labatut

One of The New York Times Book Review’s 10 Best Books of 2021 Shortlisted for the 2021 International Booker Prize and the 2021 National Book Award for Translated Literature A fictional examination of the lives of real-life scientists and thinkers whose discoveries resulted in moral consequences beyond their imagining. When We Cease to Understand the World is a book about the complicated links between scientific and mathematical discovery, madness, and destruction. Fritz Haber, Alexander Grothendieck, Werner Heisenberg, Erwin Schrödinger—these are some of luminaries into whose troubled lives Benjamín Labatut thrusts the reader, showing us how they grappled with the most profound questions of existence. They have strokes of unparalleled genius, alienate friends and lovers, descend into isolation and insanity. Some of their discoveries reshape human life for the better; others pave the way to chaos and unimaginable suffering. The lines are never clear. At a breakneck pace and with a wealth of disturbing detail, Labatut uses the imaginative resources of fiction to tell the stories of the scientists and mathematicians who expanded our notions of the possible.

Curiosity

Curiosity
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 474
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ISBN-10 : 9780226045795
ISBN-13 : 022604579X
Rating : 4/5 (95 Downloads)

Synopsis Curiosity by : Philip Ball

Originally published by Bodley Head, 2012.

Science, the Endless Frontier

Science, the Endless Frontier
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Publisher : Princeton University Press
Total Pages : 186
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ISBN-10 : 9780691201658
ISBN-13 : 069120165X
Rating : 4/5 (58 Downloads)

Synopsis Science, the Endless Frontier by : Vannevar Bush

The classic case for why government must support science—with a new essay by physicist and former congressman Rush Holt on what democracy needs from science today Science, the Endless Frontier is recognized as the landmark argument for the essential role of science in society and government’s responsibility to support scientific endeavors. First issued when Vannevar Bush was the director of the US Office of Scientific Research and Development during the Second World War, this classic remains vital in making the case that scientific progress is necessary to a nation’s health, security, and prosperity. Bush’s vision set the course for US science policy for more than half a century, building the world’s most productive scientific enterprise. Today, amid a changing funding landscape and challenges to science’s very credibility, Science, the Endless Frontier resonates as a powerful reminder that scientific progress and public well-being alike depend on the successful symbiosis between science and government. This timely new edition presents this iconic text alongside a new companion essay from scientist and former congressman Rush Holt, who offers a brief introduction and consideration of what society needs most from science now. Reflecting on the report’s legacy and relevance along with its limitations, Holt contends that the public’s ability to cope with today’s issues—such as public health, the changing climate and environment, and challenging technologies in modern society—requires a more capacious understanding of what science can contribute. Holt considers how scientists should think of their obligation to society and what the public should demand from science, and he calls for a renewed understanding of science’s value for democracy and society at large. A touchstone for concerned citizens, scientists, and policymakers, Science, the Endless Frontier endures as a passionate articulation of the power and potential of science.

Scientific American Nutrition for a Changing World

Scientific American Nutrition for a Changing World
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Publisher : Macmillan Higher Education
Total Pages : 1735
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ISBN-10 : 9781319213305
ISBN-13 : 1319213308
Rating : 4/5 (05 Downloads)

Synopsis Scientific American Nutrition for a Changing World by : Jamie Pope

Nutrition for a Changing World engages students like no other nutrition textbook. Real stories – about real people and real science – are integrated into every chapter, bringing context and relevance to the core science. Infographics in the style of Scientific American magazine are like “science storyboards” that guide students step-by-step through essential processes and concepts. Coverage of timely topics such as gluten-free diets, the diabetes epidemic, and global nutrition exemplify the book’s contemporary approach to nutrition science. Nutrition for Changing World is also the only product for the course to offer automatically graded diet analysis activities. AnalyzeMyDiet provides both a diet tracker and personalized, auto-graded diet analysis activities built to cover a standard 3- to 7-day diet analysis assignment, freeing instructors from hand-grading these projects.