Davis Baird: 3 books

Book cover of Thing Knowledge

Thing Knowledge

A Philosophy of Scientific Instruments

by Davis Baird
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2004

Western philosophers have traditionally concentrated on theory as the means for expressing knowledge about a variety of phenomena. This absorbing book challenges this fundamental notion by showing how objects themselves, specifically scientific instruments, can express knowledge. As he considers numerous...
Book cover of Valiant, He Endured

Valiant, He Endured

17 Sci-Fi Myths of Insolent Grit

by George Donnelly, Michael DiBaggio, Allan Davis
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2016

From the 1898 Martian Siege of Baltimore to a forlorn AI attack dog on the blue-star-scarred surface of MZ458-C and from the merc-manned Freestead Mayflower off the coast of post-apocalyptic Portland to the man-desperate shores of the Red Sea, here are seventeen science fiction stories of valiant...
Book cover of Open With Care
by Pauline Baird Jones, Genie Davis
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2015

Beware of aliens bearing gifts! Two stories! Two gifts! Open to read the evocative and haunting, ”Riding for Christmas,” and the offbeat and heartwarming, "Up on the Housetop.” Riding For Christmas: A mesmerizing tale of interstellar time travel and romance! Jane...
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