Other Sciences category: 9579 books
Derrida after the End of Writing
Political Theology and New Materialism
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2017
What are we to make of Jacques Derrida’s famous claim that “every other is every other,” if the other could also be an object, a stone or an elementary particle? Derrida’s philosophy is relevant not just for human ethical language and animality, but to profound developments in the physical...
Symmetry Discovered
Concepts and Applications in Nature and Science
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2012
Symmetry provides an insight into the way nature works and is often used by scientists and technologists to help solve problems. Symmetry has numerous other applications as well — with more being discovered all the time in science, the arts and other fields of human endeavor.This classic work provides...
Measurement, Realism and Objectivity
Essays on Measurement in the Social and Physical Sciences
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The institutionalization of History and Philosophy of Science as a distinct field of scholarly endeavour began comparatively earl- though not always under that name - in the Australasian region. An initial lecturing appointment was made at the University of Melbourne immediately after the Second World...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2017
This book enriches our views on representation and deepens our understanding of its different aspects. It arises out of several years of dialog between the editors and the authors, an interdisciplinary team of highly experienced researchers, and it reflects the best contemporary view of representation...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2017
Unlike other narrowly focused books, Reactive Oxygen Species in Biology and Human Health provides a comprehensive overview of ROS. It covers the current status of research and provides pointers to future research goals. Additionally, it authoritatively reviews the impact of reactive oxygen species...
Assessment of Climate Change in the Southwest United States
A Report Prepared for the National Climate Assessment
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2013
Prepared for the 2013 National Climate Assessment and a landmark study in terms of its breadth and depth of coverage, this report blends the contributions of 120 experts in climate science, economics, ecology, engineering, geography, hydrology, planning, resources management, and other disciplines to...
by David Siderovski
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2004
Regulators of G Protein Signaling, Part B continues the in-depth treatment of the topic and covers the RSG protein superfamily including RZ, R4, R7, R12, RhoGEF, and GRK, as well as other heterotrimeric G-protein signaling regulators.
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RZ Subfamily
R4 Subfamily
R7...
by Baby Professor
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2017
While it’s fun to say that it’s a rainy day, or a sunny day, and so on; it’s better to understand how those happen. There’s no need to get too technical and scientific about it. This educational book weeds out the big words and replaces them with a vocabulary that’s appropriate for 2nd graders. Your child needs to know how the world moves so grab a copy now!
The Restless Clock
A History of the Centuries-Long Argument over What Makes Living Things Tick
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2016
Today, a scientific explanation is not meant to ascribe agency to natural phenomena: we would not say a rock falls because it seeks the center of the earth. Even for living things, in the natural sciences and often in the social sciences, the same is true. A modern botanist would not say that plants...
The Last Lost World
Ice Ages, Human Origins, and the Invention of the Pleistocene
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2012
An enlightening investigation of the Pleistocene’s dual character as a geologic time—and as a cultural idea
The Pleistocene is the epoch of geologic time closest to our own. It’s a time of ice ages, global migrations, and mass extinctions—of woolly rhinos, mammoths, giant ground sloths,...
Body, Text, and Science
The Literacy of Investigative Practices and the Phenomenology of Edith Stein
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2013
What is "scientific" about the natural and human sciences? Precisely this: the legibility of our worlds and the distinctive reading strategies that they provoke. That account of the essence of science comes from Edith Stein, who as HusserI's assistant 1916-1918 labored in vain to bring his...
Convergence
The Idea at the Heart of Science
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2017
“Those seeking a grand overview of science’s greatest hits over the past century will find it here” (The Washington Post). Peter Watson’s bold history of science offers a powerful argument—that the many disparate scientific branches are converging on the same truths.
Convergence is...
by Erling Norrby
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2013
Each year the Nobel Prizes in the natural sciences reveal amazing discoveries. New milestones in the relentless advance of science are identified. The growth of knowledge and its evolution can be researched in the Nobel archives where nominations are kept secret for 50 years after the awards have...
by Baby Professor
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2017
Kids will be learning about the atmosphere in this big book for small learners. Learning about the atmosphere will lead to an appreciate of what it does and how to take care of it. If a child knows the purpose of an object, he/she can take a more active role in protecting it. So what are you waiting for? Grab a copy today!