This book enables readers to dissect ongoing and future controversies in science-informed policy, providing a comprehensive understanding of how consensus is built—or thwarted.
The Anthropocene defines the here-and-now time period on Earth of indelible (and possibly irreversible) human disturbance to the natural world, from habitat destruction and mass extinction to global climate change.
This book explores how thermodynamics, together with its statistical rationalization in terms of constituent atoms, provides a coherent framework for understanding contemporary developments in our increasingly digital world.
This book explores how thermodynamics, together with its statistical rationalization in terms of constituent atoms, provides a coherent framework for understanding contemporary developments in our increasingly digital world.
This book provides a naturalistic account of the problems that led Wilfrid Sellars to formulate two rival images of humans and their place in the world.
This book provides a naturalistic account of the problems that led Wilfrid Sellars to formulate two rival images of humans and their place in the world.
This book is a Weekend Pocketbook on Everything You Should Know About the Timescape Model, a bold alternative to dark energy and the standard story of cosmic acceleration.
Just Don't Give a F*ck - Philosophy For The Unstoppable SelfIf you're tired of being told to "e;stay positive,"e; "e;be grateful,"e; or "e;fit in,"e; this is your book.
This book explores the life and legacy of Francis Bacon, tracing how his vision of mastering nature through knowledge influenced centuries of scientific and technological progress.
This book explores the life and legacy of Francis Bacon, tracing how his vision of mastering nature through knowledge influenced centuries of scientific and technological progress.
This book is a Weekend Pocketbook on Everything You Should Know About Lambda Cold Dark Matter (Lambda-CDM), the standard model cosmologists use to explain the history, structure, and expansion of the universe.
THE TOP TEN SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Bristles with pure, crystalline intelligence, deep knowledge and human sympathy' Richard DawkinsIs modernity really failing?
This new ebook from the author of 'The Music of the Primes' combines a personal insight into the mind of a working mathematician with the story of one of the biggest adventures in mathematics: the search for symmetry.
Over a decade ago, the field of bioethics was established in response to the increased control over the design of living organisms afforded by both medical genetics and biotechnology.
Over a decade ago, the field of bioethics was established in response to the increased control over the design of living organisms afforded by both medical genetics and biotechnology.
From the international best-selling author of Longitude, Galileo's Daughter is the fascinating story of the relationship between the great Italian scientist Galileo and his daughter, Virginia.
THE PATTERN OF REALITY: Dynamic Cyclical Movement Across Scales Governed by Relational Balance is a large-scale philosophical and civilizational work exploring the deeper structural patterns governing existence, consciousness, ecological systems, civilization, psychology, science, and the future of humanity.
Math Idolatry: Canonization of ComplexityDismantle the Fraud of Consensus ScienceThe intuitively bothered reader has already traversed the DPE framework to its structural conclusion:Book 1-3: The establishment of the DPE axiom proved that eternity stands as the default state and time stands as the rupture.
A brilliant young neuroscientist explains how to preserve our minds indefinitely, enabling future generations to choose to revive usJust as surgeons once believed pain was good for their patients, some argue today that death brings meaning to life.
Regal tells the story of the engagement of philosophers, naturalists, and scientists in what we now call "e;cryptozoology,"e; a much longer history than most appreciate.
Regal tells the story of the engagement of philosophers, naturalists, and scientists in what we now call "e;cryptozoology,"e; a much longer history than most appreciate.
This book presents a compelling exploration of the five fundamental elements-soil, air, heat, water, and space-that constitute all animate and inanimate entities on Earth.
This expanded second edition of Scientific Method shows how science works, fails to work or pretends to work by looking at examples from physics, biomedicine, psychology, sociology and economics.
This expanded second edition of Scientific Method shows how science works, fails to work or pretends to work by looking at examples from physics, biomedicine, psychology, sociology and economics.
This book offers a journey through the problems and the progress of the discipline of sociology in the UK and Europe throughout the second half of the twentieth century via an exploration of seven social settings from the life of a now eminent sociologist.
This book offers a journey through the problems and the progress of the discipline of sociology in the UK and Europe throughout the second half of the twentieth century via an exploration of seven social settings from the life of a now eminent sociologist.
The ultimate one-stop guide to the subject, this book takes you on a fascinating journey through the questions that have puzzled humanity for over 2,500 years.
A radically new cosmological view from a groundbreaking neuroscientist who places the human brain at the center of humanity’s universe Renowned neuroscientist Miguel Nicolelis introduces a revolutionary new theory of how the human brain evolved to become an organic computer without rival in the known universe.
