Science and Society (Avery John Scales)(Paperback)

Science and Society (Avery John Scales)(Paperback)

The latest advances and discoveries in science have made, and continue to make, a huge impact on our lives. This book is a history of the social impact of science and technology from the beginnings of civilization up to the present. The book explains how the key inventions: agriculture, writing and

Large-Scale C++ Volume I: Process and Architecture (Fuller John)(Paperback)

Malware Data Science: Attack Detection and Attribution (Saxe Joshua)(Paperback)

Malware Data Science explains how to identify, analyze, and classify large-scale malware using machine learning and data visualization. Security has become a 'big data' problem. The growth rate of malware has accelerated to tens of millions of new files per year while our networks generate an

Mind, Language and Society: Philosophy in the Real World (Searle John R.)(Paperback)

Industrial Society and Its Future (Kaczynski Theodore John)(Paperback)

In 1971 Dr. Theodore Kaczynski rejected modern society and moved to a primitive cabin in the woods of Montana. There, he began building bombs, which he sent to professors and executives to express his disdain for modern society, and to work on his magnum opus, Industrial Society and Its Future,

New Poetries VIII (McAuliffe John)(Paperback)

A Poetry Book Society Spring 2021 Special Commendation Edited by Michael Schmidt and John McAuliffe, this is the latest in Carcanet's celebrated introductory anthology series presenting work by two dozen poets writing in English from around the world. Jason Allen-Paisant, Chad Campbell, Conor

Introducing Sociology: A Graphic Guide (Nagle John)(Paperback)

Sociology is interested in the way citizens shape a society and the way a society shapes its citizens. Simply, it is the study of how society functions, or how it doesn't. In the series' inimitable style, Introducing Sociology: A Graphic Guide traces the origins of sociology from industrialization,

Science in Society: An Introduction to Social Studies of Science (Bucchi Massimiano)(Paperback)

The world around us is continually being shaped by science, and by society's relationship to it. In recent years sociologists have been increasingly preoccupied with the latter, and now in this fascinating book, Massimiano Bucchi provides a brief introduction to this topical issue. Bucchi provides

Science and Theology (Polkinghorne John C.)(Paperback)

In this short masterpiece, eminent scientist and theologian John Polkinghorne offers an accessible, yet authoritative, introduction to the stimulating field of science and theology. After surveying their volatile historical relationship, he leads the reader through the whole array of questions at

Fundamental Science Key Stage 1: Wings, Paws, Scales and Claws: All About Animal Bodies (Owen Ruth)(Paperback / softback)

Community and Society (Tonnies Ferdinand)(Paperback)

One of the first major studies of sociology, this book explores the clash between small-scale neighborhood-based communities and the large-scale competitive market society. It considers all aspects of life - political, economic, legal, family, religion and culture. Discusses construction of

Minds, Brains and Science (Searle John)(Paperback)

Minds, Brains and Science takes up just the problems that perplex people, and it does what good philosophy always does: it dispels the illusion caused by the specious collision of truths. How do we reconcile common sense and science? John Searle argues vigorously that the truths of common sense and

Can Science Explain Everything? (Lennox John)(Paperback)

Can science explain everything? Many people think so. Science, and the technologies it has spawned, has delivered so much to the world: clean water; more food; better healthcare; longer life. And we live in a time of rapid scientific progress that holds enormous promise for many of the problems we

Classroom Gems: Games, Ideas and Activities for Primary Science (Dabell John)(Paperback / softback)

Scientific Method: How Science Works, Fails to Work, and Pretends to Work (Staddon John)(Paperback)

Nineteenth-Century Germany: Politics, Culture, and Society 1780-1918 (Breuilly John)(Paperback)

John Breuilly brings together a distinguished group of international scholars to examine Germany's history from 1780 to 1918, featuring chapters on economic, demographic and social as well as cultural and intellectual history. There are also chapters on political and military history covering the

Data Science and Analytics (Kumari Sneha)(Pevná vazba)

Data Science and Analytics explores the solutions to problems in society, environment and in industry. With the increase in the availability of data, analytics has now become a major element in both the top line and the bottom line of any organization. This book explores perspectives on how big

Science, Technology, and Society: New Perspectives and Directions (Pittinsky Todd L.)(Paperback)

This book gathers inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary perspectives on the effects that today's advances in science and technology have on issues ranging from government policy-making to how we see the differences between men and women. The chapters investigate how invention and innovation

Principia Amoris: The New Science of Love (Gottman John Mordechai)(Paperback)

Stereotypically, science and emotion are diametric opposites: one is cold and unfeeling, the other soft and nebulous; one is based on proven facts while the other is based on inexplicable feelings and 'never the twain shall meet,' until now. John Gottman delves into the unquantifiable realm of

Big Gods: How Religion Transformed Cooperation and Conflict (Norenzayan Ara)(Paperback)

A groundbreaking account of how religion made society possible How did human societies scale up from tight-knit groups of hunter-gatherers to the large, anonymous, cooperative societies of today--even though anonymity is the enemy of cooperation? How did organized religions with 'Big Gods'--the

Seeing Further - The Story of Science and the Royal Society(Paperback / softback)

Edited and introduced by Bill Bryson, with contributions from Richard Dawkins, Margaret Atwood, Richard Holmes, Martin Rees, Richard Fortey, Steve Jones, James Gleick and Neal Stephenson amongst others, this beautiful, lavishly illustrated book tells the story of science and the Royal Society, from

Sir Scaly Pants and the Dragon Thief (Kelly John)(Pevná vazba)

The Story of Everything: A Parable of Creation and Evolution (Kotre John)(Paperback)

In this beautiful and wise tale John Kotre weaves together the worlds of science and religion. Today we are caught between the two--between a story of creation and design and a story of evolution and emergence. How do we find our way from one to the other? And then what? In The Story of Everything

Society of Mind (Minsky Marvin)(Paperback)

Marvin Minsky -- one of the fathers of computer science and cofounder of the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at MIT -- gives a revolutionary answer to the age-old question: 'How does the mind work?' Minsky brilliantly portrays the mind as a 'society' of tiny components that are themselves