Author: William Kingdon Clifford
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ISBN:
Category : Ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Lectures and Essays: Biographical ; pt. 2, Selections from letters, etc. On some of the conditions of mental development. On theories of the physical forces. On the aims and instruments of scientific thought. Atoms. The first and the last catastrophe. The unseen universe. The philosophy of the pure sciences
Author: William Kingdon Clifford
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Lectures and Essays: Introduction; pt. 1. Biographical; pt. 2, Selections from letters, etc. On some of the conditions of mental development. On theories of the physical forces. On the aims and instruments of scientific thought. Atoms. The first and the last catastrophe. The unseen universe. The phillosophy of the pure sciences
Author: William Kingdon Clifford
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Category : Emotions
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Emotions
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Lectures and Essays by William Kingdon Clifford: Biographical ; pt. 2, Selections from letters, etc. On some of the conditions of mental development. On theories of the physical forces. On the aims and instruments of scientific thought. Atoms. The first and the last catastrophe. The unseen universe. The philosophy of the pure sciences
Author: William Kingdon Clifford
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Lectures and Essays: Biographical ; pt. 2, Selections from letters, etc. On some of the conditions of mental development. On theories of the physical forces. On the aims and instruments of scientific thought. Atoms. The first and the last catastrophe. The unseen universe. The philosophy of the pure sciences
Author: William Kingdon Clifford
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Catalogue of the Library of the Long Island Historical Society, 1863-1893
Author: Long Island Historical Society. Library
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 826
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 826
Book Description
A List of Books in the Reading Room, 1909
Author: John Crerar Library
Publisher:
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Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
American Book Publishing Record Cumulative, 1876-1949
Author: R.R. Bowker Company. Department of Bibliography
Publisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1072
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1072
Book Description
We Have Never Been Modern
Author: Bruno Latour
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674076753
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
With the rise of science, we moderns believe, the world changed irrevocably, separating us forever from our primitive, premodern ancestors. But if we were to let go of this fond conviction, Bruno Latour asks, what would the world look like? His book, an anthropology of science, shows us how much of modernity is actually a matter of faith. What does it mean to be modern? What difference does the scientific method make? The difference, Latour explains, is in our careful distinctions between nature and society, between human and thing, distinctions that our benighted ancestors, in their world of alchemy, astrology, and phrenology, never made. But alongside this purifying practice that defines modernity, there exists another seemingly contrary one: the construction of systems that mix politics, science, technology, and nature. The ozone debate is such a hybrid, in Latour’s analysis, as are global warming, deforestation, even the idea of black holes. As these hybrids proliferate, the prospect of keeping nature and culture in their separate mental chambers becomes overwhelming—and rather than try, Latour suggests, we should rethink our distinctions, rethink the definition and constitution of modernity itself. His book offers a new explanation of science that finally recognizes the connections between nature and culture—and so, between our culture and others, past and present. Nothing short of a reworking of our mental landscape, We Have Never Been Modern blurs the boundaries among science, the humanities, and the social sciences to enhance understanding on all sides. A summation of the work of one of the most influential and provocative interpreters of science, it aims at saving what is good and valuable in modernity and replacing the rest with a broader, fairer, and finer sense of possibility.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674076753
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
With the rise of science, we moderns believe, the world changed irrevocably, separating us forever from our primitive, premodern ancestors. But if we were to let go of this fond conviction, Bruno Latour asks, what would the world look like? His book, an anthropology of science, shows us how much of modernity is actually a matter of faith. What does it mean to be modern? What difference does the scientific method make? The difference, Latour explains, is in our careful distinctions between nature and society, between human and thing, distinctions that our benighted ancestors, in their world of alchemy, astrology, and phrenology, never made. But alongside this purifying practice that defines modernity, there exists another seemingly contrary one: the construction of systems that mix politics, science, technology, and nature. The ozone debate is such a hybrid, in Latour’s analysis, as are global warming, deforestation, even the idea of black holes. As these hybrids proliferate, the prospect of keeping nature and culture in their separate mental chambers becomes overwhelming—and rather than try, Latour suggests, we should rethink our distinctions, rethink the definition and constitution of modernity itself. His book offers a new explanation of science that finally recognizes the connections between nature and culture—and so, between our culture and others, past and present. Nothing short of a reworking of our mental landscape, We Have Never Been Modern blurs the boundaries among science, the humanities, and the social sciences to enhance understanding on all sides. A summation of the work of one of the most influential and provocative interpreters of science, it aims at saving what is good and valuable in modernity and replacing the rest with a broader, fairer, and finer sense of possibility.
The Unseen World and Other Essays
Archaeology, Anthropology, and Interstellar Communication
Author: National Aeronautics Administration
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781501081729
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Addressing a field that has been dominated by astronomers, physicists, engineers, and computer scientists, the contributors to this collection raise questions that may have been overlooked by physical scientists about the ease of establishing meaningful communication with an extraterrestrial intelligence. These scholars are grappling with some of the enormous challenges that will face humanity if an information-rich signal emanating from another world is detected. By drawing on issues at the core of contemporary archaeology and anthropology, we can be much better prepared for contact with an extraterrestrial civilization, should that day ever come.
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781501081729
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Addressing a field that has been dominated by astronomers, physicists, engineers, and computer scientists, the contributors to this collection raise questions that may have been overlooked by physical scientists about the ease of establishing meaningful communication with an extraterrestrial intelligence. These scholars are grappling with some of the enormous challenges that will face humanity if an information-rich signal emanating from another world is detected. By drawing on issues at the core of contemporary archaeology and anthropology, we can be much better prepared for contact with an extraterrestrial civilization, should that day ever come.