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Author: James Hamilton Publisher: Tate Publishing(UK) ISBN: Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 152
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Published to accompany an exhibition at the Tate Gallery from 3rd March to 21st June 1998, this is an account of J.M.W. Turner's social and artistic life which offers insights into the extent to which 19th-century art and science were intertwined.
Author: James Hamilton Publisher: Tate Publishing(UK) ISBN: Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 152
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Published to accompany an exhibition at the Tate Gallery from 3rd March to 21st June 1998, this is an account of J.M.W. Turner's social and artistic life which offers insights into the extent to which 19th-century art and science were intertwined.
Author: Derek Turner Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 1139465058 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 195
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Scientists often make surprising claims about things that no one can observe. In physics, chemistry, and molecular biology, scientists can at least experiment on those unobservable entities, but what about researchers in fields such as paleobiology and geology who study prehistory, where no such experimentation is possible? Do scientists discover facts about the distant past or do they, in some sense, make prehistory? In this book Derek Turner argues that this problem has surprising and important consequences for the scientific realism debate. His discussion covers some of the main positions in philosophy of science - realism, social constructivism, empiricism, and the natural ontological attitude - and shows how they relate to issues in paleobiology and geology. His original and thought-provoking book will be of wide interest to philosophers and scientists alike.
Author: J. Scott Turner Publisher: HarperCollins ISBN: 0062651587 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 340
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A professor, biologist, and physiologist argues that modern Darwinism’s materialist and mechanistic biases have led to a scientific dead end, unable to define what life is—and only an openness to the qualities of "purpose and desire" will move the field forward. Scott Turner contends. "To be scientists, we force ourselves into a Hobson’s choice on the matter: accept intentionality and purposefulness as real attributes of life, which disqualifies you as a scientist; or become a scientist and dismiss life’s distinctive quality from your thinking. I have come to believe that this choice actually stands in the way of our having a fully coherent theory of life." Growing research shows that life's most distinctive quality, shared by all living things, is purpose and desire: maintain homeostasis to sustain life. In Purpose and Desire, Turner draws on the work of Claude Bernard, a contemporary of Darwin revered among physiologists as the founder of experimental medicine, to build on Bernard’s "dangerous idea" of vitalism, which seeks to identify what makes "life" a unique phenomenon of nature. To further its quest to achieve a fuller understanding of life, Turner argues, science must move beyond strictly accepted measures that consider only the mechanics of nature. A thoughtful appeal to widen our perspective of biology that is grounded in scientific evidence, Purpose and Desire helps us bridge the ideological evolutionary divide.
Author: Mara J. Goldman Publisher: University of Chicago Press ISBN: 0226301419 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 374
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In addition, they examine how various environmental knowledge claims are generated, packaged, promoted, and accepted (or rejected) by the different actors involved in specific cases of environmental management, conservation, and development.
Author: Janice N. Harrington Publisher: Thinkingdom ISBN: 1635923603 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 48
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A NSTA/CBC Best STEM Book The curiosity of the first African American entomologist Charles Henry Turner--a scientist who studied bugs--shines in this nonfiction picture book, which showcases his ideas and discoveries about ants, bees, and other insects. Charles Henry Turner's mind itched with questions. Fascinated by animals, bugs, and crustaceans, Turner studied their lives. When books didn't answer his questions, he researched, experimented, and looked for answers on his own, even when faced with racial prejudice. Author Janice Harrington and artist Theodore Taylor III capture the life of this scientist and educator, highlighting his unstoppable curiosity and his passion for insects and biology. The extensive back matter includes an author's note, timeline, bibliography, source notes, and archival images.
Author: Caroline Turner Publisher: Greenleaf Book Group ISBN: 1936909138 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 201
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The evidence is clear: Inclusive cultures and businesses with gender diversity in leadership get better results. Yet women still aren't proportionally represented within the upper ranks of business. This problem has a big price tag, and solving it has a big payoff. Difference Works offers a unique solution by giving leaders and managers the ability to understand and appreciate different approaches to work-and so increase engagement and performance. Combining her own experience as a C-level executive with extensive research and insights on workplace behavior, Caroline Turner provides powerful and practical tools to change any business environment for the better. Readers will gain the profound understanding that difference works.
Author: Gilles Fauconnier Publisher: Basic Books ISBN: 0786725575 Category : Psychology Languages : en Pages : 468
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In its first two decades, much of cognitive science focused on such mental functions as memory, learning, symbolic thought, and language acquisition -- the functions in which the human mind most closely resembles a computer. But humans are more than computers, and the cutting-edge research in cognitive science is increasingly focused on the more mysterious, creative aspects of the mind. The Way We Think is a landmark synthesis that exemplifies this new direction. The theory of conceptual blending is already widely known in laboratories throughout the world; this book is its definitive statement. Gilles Fauconnier and Mark Turner argue that all learning and all thinking consist of blends of metaphors based on simple bodily experiences. These blends are then themselves blended together into an increasingly rich structure that makes up our mental functioning in modern society. A child's entire development consists of learning and navigating these blends. The Way We Think shows how this blending operates; how it is affected by (and gives rise to) language, identity, and concept of category; and the rules by which we use blends to understand ideas that are new to us. The result is a bold, exciting, and accessible new view of how the mind works.
Author: Mark Turner Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA ISBN: 019516539X Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 192
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What will be the future of social science? Where exactly do we stand, and where do we go from here? What kinds of problems should we be addressing, with what kinds of approaches and arguments? In this volume, Mark Turner offers an answer to these pressing questions.
Author: Gillian M. Turner Publisher: The Experiment ISBN: 1615190317 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 290
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Discusses the issues of geomagnetism, including why the Earth's magnetic north differs from its geographic north, how animals use geomagnetism for migration purposes, and the source of the magnetic field.
Author: James Hamilton
Author: James Hamilton
Author: Pamela S. Turner
Author: Derek Turner
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Author: Mara J. Goldman
Author: Janice N. Harrington
Author: Caroline Turner
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Author: Mark Turner
Author: Gillian M. Turner