The Lure Of Modern Science

Author : Bruce J. West,Bill Deering,William D. Deering
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Science
ISBN : 9810221975

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The Lure of Modern Science by Bruce J. West,Bill Deering,William D. Deering Pdf

The authors describe mostly in non-technical language the development of a new scientific paradigm based on nonlinear deterministic dynamics and fractal geometry. The concepts from these two mathematical disciplines are interwoven with data from the physical, social and life sciences. In this way rather sophisticated mathematical concepts are made accessible through experimental data from various disciplines, and the formalism is relegated to appendices. It is shown that the complexity of natural and social phenomena invariably lead to inverse power law distributions, both in terms of probabilities and spectra. This book tries to show how to think differently about familiar phenomena, such as why the bell-shape curve ought not to be used in teaching or in the characterization of such complex phenomena as intelligence.

Author : Bruce J. West,William D. Deering
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Chaotic behavior in systems
ISBN : 0614078180

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The Lure of Modern Science by Bruce J. West,William D. Deering Pdf

Author : Sheldon Krimsky
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0742543714

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Science in the Private Interest by Sheldon Krimsky Pdf

How can an academic scientist honour knowledge for its own sake, while also using knowledge as a means to generate wealth? This text investigates the trends & effects of modern, commercialised academic science.

Author : Brenda Denzler
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2001-11-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520224322

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The Lure of the Edge by Brenda Denzler Pdf

A scholarly exploration of the "UFO movement" probes life on the fringes of modernity, tracing the fascinating links between science and religion implied by this philosophy.

Author : Gretchen Coombs
Publisher : Intellect (UK)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Art and social action
ISBN : 1789383226

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The Lure of the Social by Gretchen Coombs Pdf

The Lure of the Social is an intimate and personal exploration into the key individuals, institutions, and gatherings that make up the field of socially engaged art. In this book of encounters, the reader follows Gretchen Coombs on her journey through what could be considered the most significant shift in art world practices in the last two decades. The book navigates a spectrum: at one end, the author works closely with socially engaged artists as part of her ethnographic research; at the other, she tries to find critical distance from which to write about their art projects and the institutional structures that support their work, such as art schools and conferences. Readers are introduced to artists, their work, and the key debates and issues facing this emergent field. In the course of her study, Coombs analyzes the contradictions and paradoxes of this field of practice and gives expression to the artists working to make art relevant in times of social and political uncertainty.

Author : Didier Debaise
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780822372424

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Nature as Event by Didier Debaise Pdf

We have entered a new era of nature. What remains of the frontiers of modern thought that divided the living from the inert, subjectivity from objectivity, the apparent from the real, value from fact, and the human from the nonhuman? Can the great oppositions that presided over the modern invention of nature still claim any cogency? In Nature as Event, Didier Debaise shows how new narratives and cosmologies are necessary to rearticulate that which until now had been separated. Following William James and Alfred North Whitehead, Debaise presents a pluralistic approach to nature. What would happen if we attributed subjectivity and potential to all beings, human and nonhuman? Why should we not consider aesthetics and affect as the fabric that binds all existence? And what if the senses of importance and value were no longer understood to be exclusively limited to the human?

Author : Glenn Edward Tyler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 858 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1951
Category : Calvinism
ISBN : MINN:31951001986405A

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The Influence of Calvinism on the Development of Early Modern Science in England and America by Glenn Edward Tyler Pdf

Author : Nicholas Gaskill,A. J. Nocek
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781452943213

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The Lure of Whitehead by Nicholas Gaskill,A. J. Nocek Pdf

Once largely ignored, the speculative philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead has assumed a new prominence in contemporary theory across the humanities and social sciences. Philosophers and artists, literary critics and social theorists, anthropologists and computer scientists have all embraced Whitehead’s thought, extending it through inquiries into the nature of life, the problem of consciousness, and the ontology of objects, as well as into experiments in education and digital media. The Lure of Whitehead offers readers not only a comprehensive introduction to Whitehead’s philosophy but also a demonstration of how his work advances our emerging understanding of life in the posthuman epoch. Contributors: Jeffrey A. Bell, Southeastern Louisiana U; Nathan Brown, U of California, Davis; Peter Canning; Didier Debaise, Free U of Brussels; Roland Faber, Claremont Lincoln U; Michael Halewood, U of Essex; Graham Harman, American U in Cairo; Bruno Latour, Sciences Po Paris; Erin Manning, Concordia U, Montreal; Steven Meyer, Washington U; Luciana Parisi, U of London; Keith Robinson, U of Arkansas at Little Rock; Isabelle Stengers, Free U of Brussels; James Williams, U of Dundee.

Author : Robert Cecil Olby
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1095 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780415019880

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Companion to the History of Modern Science by Robert Cecil Olby Pdf

* A descriptive and analytical guide to the development of Western science from AD 1500, and to the diversity and course of that development first in Europe and later across the world * Presented in clear, non-technical language * Extensive indexes of Subjects and Names `Indeed a companion volume whose 67 essays give pleasure and instruction ... an ambitious and successful work.' - Times Literary Supplement `This work is an essential resource for libraries everywhere. For specialist science libraries willing to keep just one encyclopaedic guide to history, for undergraduate libraries seeking to provide easily accessible information, for the devisers of university curricula, for the modern social historian or even the eclectic scientist taking a break from simply making history, this is the book for you.' - Times Higher Education Supplement `A pleasure to read with a carefully chosen typeface, well organized pages and ample margins ... it is very easy to find one's way around. This is a book which will be consulted widely.' - Technovation `This is a commendably easy book to use.' - British Journal of the History of Science `Scholars from other areas entering this field, students taking the vertical approach and teachers coming from any direction cannot fail to find this an invaluable text.' - History of Science Journal

Author : Todd Mcgowan
Publisher : Watkins Media Limited
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2024-04-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781915672230

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Embracing Alienation by Todd Mcgowan Pdf

The left views alienation as something to be resisted or overcome, but could it actually form the basis of our emancipation? In Embracing Alienation, Todd McGowan offers a completely different take on alienation, claiming that the effort to overcome it is not a radical response to the current state of things but a failure to see the constitutive power of alienation for all of us. Instead of trying to overcome alienation and accede to an unalienated existence, it argues, we should instead redeem alienation as an existential and political program. Engaging with Shakespeare’s great tragedies, contemporary films such as Don’t Worry Darling, and even what occurs on a public bus, as well as thinkers such as Descartes, Hegel, and Marx, McGowan provides a concrete elaboration of how alienation frees people from their situation. Relying on the tradition of dialectical thought and psychoanalytic theory, Embracing Alienation reveals a new way of conceiving how we measure progress — or even if progress should be the aim at all.

Author : Bill Napier
Publisher : Canelo
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2017-11-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781788630436

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The Lure by Bill Napier Pdf

In this thriller from an author who “deftly mix[es] history, science and science fiction,” researchers discover alien life and global conspiracy (Publishers Weekly). A signal from space, a conspiracy on Earth. An underground research station in Eastern Europe is suddenly bombarded with rhythmic bursts of subnuclear particles from beyond Earth—a pattern so complex it can only come from a highly evolved intelligence. As the messages are decoded, the scientists are amazed by the information they reveal: secrets of a technology far in advance of our own, suggesting that a benign civilization wishes to share knowledge with humankind. Surely, the scientists argue, the signal should be acknowledged? But the world’s superpowers have other ideas, and suddenly the scientists find themselves at the heart of a global conspiracy . . . The Lure is an extraordinary and original thriller, perfect for fans of Scott Mariani, Dan Brown and Clive Cussler. Praise for the writing of Bill Napier: “Fans of Dan Brown take note.” —Jack DuBrul, New York Times–bestselling author of the Philip Mercer series “The most exciting book I have ever read.” —Arthur C. Clarke, New York Times–bestselling author of 2001: A Space Odyssey “Fans of Michael Crichton will find a kindred spirit in Napier.” –Publishers Weekly

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1927
Category : Best books
ISBN : UVA:X030511494

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A.L.A. Booklist by Anonim Pdf

Author : David Ray Griffin
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1988-05-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781438404875

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The Reenchantment of Science by David Ray Griffin Pdf

This book describes the move from modern, mechanistic science to a post-modern, organismic science. David Ray Griffin gives voice to a revisionary postmodernism, based on the work of Whitehead and Hartshorne that contrasts with the relativistic, nihilistic postmodernism of Heidegger, Derrida, and Wittgenstein. The book brings together some of today's most creative thinking about science. Griffin's introductory essay summarizes the way in which the mechanistic view led to the disenchantment of science and the various reasons for the reversal of this process in our time. The essays on physics, cosmology, biology, ecology, psychosomatic medicine and parapsychology bring out the various dimensions of the reenchantment of science: the replacement of modern dualism and reductionism with an ecological, organismic paradigm; the priority of internal relations to external; the casal power of experience; the presence of experience, purpose, and intrinsic value throughout nature; influence at a distance; the laws of nature as habits; the presence of a divine whole in all the parts; and the history of the universe as a self-creative, meaningful story. This book gives a powerful voice to this emerging movement's proposals for a postmodern science, spirituality, and world order.

Author : Robert H. Lustig
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2021-05-04
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780063027732

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Metabolical by Robert H. Lustig Pdf

The New York Times bestselling author of Fat Chance explains the eight pathologies that underlie all chronic disease, documents how processed food has impacted them to ruin our health, economy, and environment over the past 50 years, and proposes an urgent manifesto and strategy to cure both us and the planet. Dr. Robert Lustig, a pediatric neuroendocrinologist who has long been on the cutting edge of medicine and science, challenges our current healthcare paradigm which has gone off the rails under the influence of Big Food, Big Pharma, and Big Government. You can’t solve a problem if you don’t know what the problem is. One of Lustig’s singular gifts as a communicator is his ability to “connect the dots” for the general reader, in order to unpack the scientific data and concepts behind his arguments, as he tells the “real story of food” and “the story of real food.” Metabolical weaves the interconnected strands of nutrition, health/disease, medicine, environment, and society into a completely new fabric by proving on a scientific basis a series of iconoclastic revelations, among them: Medicine for chronic disease treats symptoms, not the disease itself You can diagnose your own biochemical profile Chronic diseases are not "druggable," but they are "foodable" Processed food isn’t just toxic, it’s addictive The war between vegan and keto is a false war—the combatants are on the same side Big Food, Big Pharma, and Big Government are on the other side Making the case that food is the only lever we have to effect biochemical change to improve our health, Lustig explains what to eat based on two novel criteria: protect the liver, and feed the gut. He insists that if we do not fix our food and change the way we eat, we will continue to court chronic disease, bankrupt healthcare, and threaten the planet. But there is hope: this book explains what’s needed to fix all three.

Author : Mary Alice Wyman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : Psychology
ISBN : UOM:39015011902247

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The Lure for Feeling by Mary Alice Wyman Pdf