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41 produkter
Rethinking Expertise
Av Harry Collins, Robert Evans
Häftad, 2009
322 kr
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What does it mean to be an expert? In "Rethinking Expertise", Harry Collins and Robert Evans offer a radical new perspective on the role of expertise in the practice of science and the public evaluation of technology. Collins and Evans present a Periodic Table of Expertises based on the idea of …
Tacit and Explicit Knowledge
Häftad, 2012
279 kr
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Much of what we know we cannot say. And much of what we do we cannot describe. For example, how do we know how to ride a bike when we can't explain how we do it? These abilities, which we are unable to articulate, were labeled "tacit knowledge" by chemist and philosopher Michael Polanyi, but here …
Gravity's Ghost and Big Dog
Scientific Discovery and Social Analysis in the Twenty-First Century
Häftad, 2014
296 kr
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Gravity's Ghost and Big Dog brings to life science's efforts to detect cosmic gravitational waves. These ripples in space-time are predicted by general relativity, and their discovery will not only demonstrate the truth of Einstein's theories but also transform astronomy. Although no gravitational …
Gravity's Ghost
Scientific Discovery in the Twenty-first Century
Inbunden, 2010
424 kr
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In theory, at least, gravitational waves do exist. We are constantly bathed in gravitational radiation, which is generated when stars explode or collide and a portion of their mass becomes energy that ripples out like a disturbance on the surface of a serene pond. But unfortunately no gravitational …
Gravity's Ghost
Scientific Discovery in the Twenty-first Century
E-bok, 2010
928 kr
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In theory, at least, gravitational waves do exist. We are constantly bathed in gravitational radiation, which is generated when stars explode or collide and a portion of their mass becomes energy that ripples out like a disturbance on the surface of a serene pond. But unfortunately no gravitational …
Rethinking Expertise
Av Robert Evans, Harry Collins
E-bok, 2008
626 kr
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What does it mean to be an expert? In Rethinking Expertise , Harry Collins and Robert Evans offer a radical new perspective on the role of expertise in the practice of science and the public evaluation of technology. Collins and Evans present a Periodic Table of Expertises based on the idea of …
Dr. Golem
How to Think about Medicine
Av Harry Collins, Trevor Pinch
Häftad, 2008
270 kr
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Dr. Golem explores some of the mysteries and complexities of medicine while untangling the inherent conundrums of scientific research and highlighting its vagaries. In eight chapters devoted to case studies of modern medicine, Harry Collins and Trevor Pinch consider the prevalence of …
Dr. Golem
How to Think about Medicine
Av Trevor Pinch, Harry Collins
E-bok, 2008
511 kr
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A creature of Jewish mythology, a golem is an animated being made by man from clay and water who knows neither his own strength nor the extent of his ignorance. Like science and technology, the subjects of Harry Collins and Trevor Pinch''s previous volumes, medicine is also a golem, and this Dr. …
Changing Order
Replication and Induction in Scientific Practice
Häftad, 1992
288 kr
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This fascinating study in the sociology of science explores the way scientists conduct, and draw conclusions from, their experiments. The book is organized around three case studies: replication of the TEA-laser, detecting gravitational rotation, and some experiments in the paranormal. "In his …
Gravity's Shadow
The Search for Gravitational Waves
Häftad, 2004
535 kr
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According to the theory of relativity, we are constantly bathed in gravitational radiation. When stars explode or collide, a portion of their mass becomes energy that disturbs the very fabric of the space-time continuum like ripples in a pond. But proving the existence of these waves has been …
Gravity's Shadow
The Search for Gravitational Waves
E-bok, 2010
1175 kr
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According to the theory of relativity, we are constantly bathed in gravitational radiation. When stars explode or collide, a portion of their mass becomes energy that disturbs the very fabric of the space-time continuum like ripples in a pond. But proving the existence of these waves has been …
Tacit and Explicit Knowledge
E-bok, 2010
541 kr
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Much of what humans know we cannot say. And much of what we do we cannot describe. For example, how do we know how to ride a bike when we can’t explain how we do it? Abilities like this were called “tacit knowledge” by physical chemist and philosopher Michael Polanyi, but here Harry Collins …
One Culture?
A Conversation about Science
Av Jay A. Labinger, Harry Collins
Häftad, 2001
296 kr
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Combatants from one or other of the "two cultures" (Science versus the arts and humanities) in the so-called "Science Wars" have launcehed bitter attacks but have seldom engaged in constructive dialogue about central issues. This book is about an exchange of opinions and ideas rather than a trading …
One Culture?
A Conversation about Science
Av Harry Collins, Jay A. Labinger
E-bok, 2010
630 kr
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So far the "Science Wars" have generated far more heat than light. Combatants from one or the other of what C. P. Snow famously called "the two cultures" (science versus the arts and humanities) have launched bitter attacks but have seldom engaged in constructive dialogue about the central issues. …
Shape of Actions
Av Martin Kusch, Harry Collins
E-bok, 1999
358 kr
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What can humans do? What can machines do? How do humans delegate actions to machines? In this book, Harry Collins and Martin Kusch combine insights from sociology and philosophy to provide a novel answer to these increasingly important questions.The authors begin by distinguishing between two basic …
Bad Call
Av Christopher Higgins, Robert Evans m. fl.
E-bok, 2016
492 kr
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How technologies can get it wrong in sports, and what the consequences are—referees undermined, fans heartbroken, and the illusion of perfect accuracy maintained. Good call or bad call, referees and umpires have always had the final say in sports. Bad calls are more visible: plays are televised …
Gravity's Kiss
E-bok, 2017
246 kr
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A fascinating account, written in real time, of the unfolding of a scientific discovery: the first detection of gravitational waves. Scientists have been trying to confirm the existence of gravitational waves for fifty years. Then, in September 2015, came a “very interesting event” (as the cautious …
Shape of Actions
What Humans and Machines Can Do
Av Harry Collins, Martin Kusch
Häftad, 1999
439 kr
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Are We All Scientific Experts Now?
Inbunden, 2014
568 kr
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To ordinary people, science used to seem infallible. Scientists were heroes, selflessly pursuing knowledge for the common good. More recently, a series of scientific scandals, frauds and failures have led us to question science’s pre-eminence. Revelations such as Climategate, or debates about the …
Are We All Scientific Experts Now?
Häftad, 2014
217 kr
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To ordinary people, science used to seem infallible. Scientists were heroes, selflessly pursuing knowledge for the common good. More recently, a series of scientific scandals, frauds and failures have led us to question science’s pre-eminence. Revelations such as Climategate, or debates about the …
Are We All Scientific Experts Now?
E-bok, 2014
245 kr
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To ordinary people, science used to seem infallible. Scientists were heroes, selflessly pursuing knowledge for the common good. More recently, a series of scientific scandals, frauds and failures have led us to question science’s pre-eminence. Revelations such as Climategate, or debates about the …
The Golem at Large
What You Should Know about Technology
Av Harry Collins, Trevor Pinch
Häftad, 2014
285 kr
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In the very successful and widely discussed first volume in the Golem series, The Golem: What You Should Know about Science, Harry Collins and Trevor Pinch likened science to the Golem, a creature from Jewish mythology, a powerful creature which, while not evil, can be dangerous because it is …
Artifictional Intelligence
Against Humanity's Surrender to Computers
Inbunden, 2018
766 kr
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Recent startling successes in machine intelligence using a technique called ‘deep learning’ seem to blur the line between human and machine as never before. Are computers on the cusp of becoming so intelligent that they will render humans obsolete? Harry Collins argues we are getting ahead of …
Artifictional Intelligence
Against Humanity's Surrender to Computers
Häftad, 2018
267 kr
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Recent startling successes in machine intelligence using a technique called ‘deep learning’ seem to blur the line between human and machine as never before. Are computers on the cusp of becoming so intelligent that they will render humans obsolete? Harry Collins argues we are getting ahead of …
Artifictional Intelligence
Against Humanity''s Surrender to Computers
E-bok, 2018
287 kr
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Recent startling successes in machine intelligence using a technique called ‘deep learning’ seem to blur the line between human and machine as never before. Are computers on the cusp of becoming so intelligent that they will render humans obsolete? Harry Collins argues we are getting ahead of …
Why Democracies Need Science
Av Harry Collins, Robert Evans
Inbunden, 2017
672 kr
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We live in times of increasing public distrust of the main institutions of modern society. Experts, including scientists, are suspected of working to hidden agendas or serving vested interests. The solution is usually seen as more public scrutiny and more control by democratic institutions – …
Why Democracies Need Science
Av Harry Collins, Robert Evans
Häftad, 2017
239 kr
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We live in times of increasing public distrust of the main institutions of modern society. Experts, including scientists, are suspected of working to hidden agendas or serving vested interests. The solution is usually seen as more public scrutiny and more control by democratic institutions – …
