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33 produkter
Origins
The Darwin College Lectures
Av A. C. Fabian
Häftad, 2005
357 kr
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We all have a natural interest in our own origins and, by extension, the origins of the world in which we live. In this volume, the first in The Darwin College Lectures Series, a distinguished team of international authorities reports on the latest research on the origins of the most fundamental …
Ways of Communicating
Av D. H. Mellor
Häftad, 2005
360 kr
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Ways of Communicating is a stimulating exploration of the single most powerful force that gives humankind its control over the natural world - the communication between us. So integral a part of everyday life as to be taken for granted, yet so multi-faceted as to be notoriously slippery to describe …
Evolution
Society, Science and the Universe
Av A. C. Fabian
Häftad, 2006
357 kr
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Cutting across boundaries of art and science, evolution is a fundamental process that has beguiled thinkers through the ages. This collection draws together world-renowned thinkers and communicators with their own intriguing insights. In these essays they offer a feast of dazzling thoughts and …
Memory
Av Darwin College, Patricia Fara m. fl.
Häftad, 2006
373 kr
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This engaging volume for the general reader explores how individuals and societies remember, forget and commemorate events of the past. The collection of eight essays takes an interdisciplinary approach to address the relationships between individual experience and collective memory, with leading …
Understanding Catastrophe
Häftad, 2006
341 kr
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Understanding Catastrophe examines the immense and varied impact that catastrophic change can have on the development of life on earth. Opening with a remarkable account of supernovae and the nature of stellar catastrophe, it then examines the way evolution itself can proceed through genetic jumps …
Sound
Av Patricia Kruth, Henry Stobart
Häftad, 2007
357 kr
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This highly informative and fascinating book brings together perspectives on sound by leading experts from a wide variety of disciplines. These include anthropology, physiology, zoology, physics, music, phonetics and film. Through crossing disciplinary boundaries, the volume hopes to inspire a …
Darwin
Av William Brown, Andrew C. Fabian
Häftad, 2010
373 kr
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Charles Darwin can easily be considered one of the most influential scholars of his time. His thoughts, ideas, research and writings have had a far reaching impact and influence on modern thought in the arts, on society, and in science. With contributions from leading scholars, this collection of …
Risk
Av Layla Skinns, Michael Scott m. fl.
Häftad, 2011
368 kr
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Recent events from the economic downturn to climate change mean that there has never been a better time to be thinking about and trying to better understand the concept of risk. In this book, prominent and eminent speakers from fields as diverse as statistics to classics, neuroscience to …
Serendipity
Fortune and the Prepared Mind
Häftad, 2010
373 kr
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Since 1986 Darwin College, Cambridge has organised a series of annual public lectures built around a single theme approached in a multi-disciplinary way. These essays were developed from the 2008 lectures, which explored the idea of serendipity - the relationship between good fortune and the …
The Changing World
Av Patricia Fara, Peter Gathercole m. fl.
Häftad, 2012
373 kr
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This book was originally published in 1996. At the time of publication, a number of unexpected and far-reaching events had transformed the world. In rapid succession the disintegration of the Communist bloc reconfigured international relationships, while the ending of apartheid symbolised human …
Ways of Communicating
Av D. H. Mellor
Inbunden, 1991
1171 kr
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Ways of Communicating is a stimulating exploration of the single most powerful force that gives humankind its control over the natural world - the communication between us. So integral a part of everyday life as to be taken for granted, yet so multi-faceted as to be notoriously slippery to describe …
The Fragile Environment
The Darwin College Lectures
Häftad, 1991
373 kr
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The Fragile Environment explores the impact of the human species on its environment and deals with such topical and urgent questions as the death of forests, acid rain and pollution, desertification, the greenhouse effect and other disruptions to the global climate. The eight contributors, all …
What is Intelligence?
Av Jean Ed Khalfa, Jean Khalfa
Häftad, 1996
357 kr
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This is a fascinating exploration of the nature and power of human intelligence, and the way it has singled us out from the rest of the animal kingdom. Human success in the face of the rigours of the physical world and human dominance within the animal kingdom are due to intelligence: those tools …
Memory
Av Darwin College, Patricia Fara m. fl.
Inbunden, 1998
732 kr
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This engaging volume for the general reader explores how individuals and societies remember, forget and commemorate events of the past. The collection of eight essays takes an interdisciplinary approach to address the relationships between individual experience and collective memory, with leading …
Predicting the Future
Häftad, 2005
373 kr
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Auguries, oracles, omens ... and software simulation. From antiquity to the electronic age, Predicting the Future examines humankind's obsessive urge to look beyond the present in the hope of controlling events in the days to come. Opening with Stephen Hawking's predictions about the billion year …
Evidence
Av Andrew Bell, John Swenson-Wright m. fl.
Häftad, 2008
357 kr
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Eight distinguished experts from a wide range of disciplines consider the nature and the use of evidence in the modern world. Peter Lipton begins the book by analysing evidence in general philosophical terms. Carlo Ginzurg then examines the ambiguities of historical evidence. Vincent Courtillot …
Survival
The Survival of the Human Race
Häftad, 2007
276 kr
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This fascinating and accessible book examines the survival of the human race from a broad range of viewpoints. Through in-depth examinations of a number of very distinct aspects of human life, the book covers topics ranging from the preservation of Empires, to the challenges of maintaining cultural …
Space
In Science, Art and Society
Av François Penz, Gregory Radick m. fl.
Inbunden, 2004
393 kr
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What is space? This fascinating journey of exploration begins in our own minds - the space within our brains. We discover how space is used in sign language and in architecture, before moving on to the virtual space created in an imaginary computer-generated world. The delineation of space has been …
Conflict
Av Martin Jones, Andrew Fabian
Inbunden, 2006
298 kr
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Conflict, sadly, is part of our everyday life; experienced at home, in the workplace, on our TV screens. But is it an inevitable part of the fabric of our existence? In this volume, eight experts examine conflict at many levels, from the workings of genes to the evolution of galaxies. Evolutionary …
Identity
Av Giselle Walker, Elisabeth Leedham-Green
Häftad, 2010
429 kr
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There is a spectrum of identities: from the mathematical, through cases where specific criteria matter, to the complex or intuitive cases where we can recognise identity but don't know what the criteria should be. In a series of essays by senior figures in the sciences and humanities, this book …
Blood
Av Iosifina Foskolou, Martin Jones
Häftad, 2022
246 kr
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Blood is life, its complex composition is finely attuned to our vital needs and functions. Blood can also signify death, while 'bloody' is a curse. Arising from the 2021 Darwin College Lectures, this volume invites leading thinkers on the subject to explore the many meanings of blood across a …
Enigmas
Av Emily Joan Ward, Robin Reuvers
Häftad, 2022
246 kr
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Arising from the 2020 Darwin College Lectures, this book presents eight essays from prominent public intellectuals on the theme of Enigmas. Each author examines this theme through the lens of their own particular area of expertise, together constituting an illuminating and diverse interdisciplinary …
Foresight
Av Lawrence W. Sherman, David Allan Feller
Häftad, 2016
373 kr
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How do attempts to foresee the future actually change it? For thousands of years, humans have called upon foresight to shape their own actions in order to adapt and survive; as Charles Darwin revealed in his theory of natural selection, the capacity to do just that is key to the origin of species. …
Life
Av William Brown, Andrew Fabian
Häftad, 2014
373 kr
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Life is a compelling addition to the Darwin College Lecture Series, in which eight distinguished authors each present an essay from their area of expertise devoted to the theme of 'life'. The book forges connections between art, science and the humanities in a vibrant and thought-provoking …
Power
Av Alan Blackwell, David MacKay
Häftad, 2014
366 kr
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In this book, first published in 2006, seven internationally renowned writers address the theme of Power from the perspective of their own disciplines. Energy expert Mary Archer begins with an exploration of the power sources of our future. Astronomer Neil Tyson leads a tour of the orders of …
Beauty
Av Lauren Arrington, Zoe Leinhardt m. fl.
Häftad, 2013
373 kr
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Beauty challenges conventional approaches to the subject through an interdisciplinary approach that forges connections between the arts, sciences and mathematics. Classical, conventional aspects of beauty are addressed in subtle, unexpected ways: symmetry in mathematics, attraction in the animal …
Games
Conflict, Competition, and Cooperation
Av David Blagden, Mark de Rond
Häftad, 2018
334 kr
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The essays from prominent public intellectuals collected in this volume reflect an array of perspectives on the spectrum of conflict, competition, and cooperation, as well as a wealth of expertise on how games manifest in the world, how they operate, and how social animals behave inside them. They …
Development
Mechanisms of Change
Av Torsten Krude, Sara T. Baker
Häftad, 2018
341 kr
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This volume collects essays from prominent intellectuals and public figures based on talks given at the 2015 Darwin College Lectures on the theme of 'development'. The writers are world-renowned experts in such diverse fields as architecture, astronomy, biology, climate science, economy, …
Extremes
Av Duncan Needham, Julius Weitzdörfer
Häftad, 2019
272 kr
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Humanity is confronted by and attracted to extremes. Extreme events shape our thinking, feeling, and actions; they echo in our politics, media, literature, and science. We often associate extremes with crises, disasters, and risks to be averted, yet extremes also have the potential to lead us …
Power
Av Alan Blackwell, David MacKay
Inbunden, 2006
219 kr
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In this book, first published in 2006, seven internationally renowned writers address the theme of Power from the perspective of their own disciplines. Energy expert Mary Archer begins with an exploration of the power sources of our future. Astronomer Neil Tyson leads a tour of the orders of …
