New Human Frontiers – serie
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18 produkter
Can Neuroscience Change Our Minds?
Häftad, 2016
238 kr
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Neuroscience, with its astounding new technologies, is uncovering the workings of the brain and with this perhaps the mind. The 'neuro' prefix spills out into every area of life, from neuroaesthetics to neuroeconomics, neurogastronomy and neuroeducation. With its promise to cure physical and social …
Are We All Scientific Experts Now?
Inbunden, 2014
567 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 …
Can Science Fix Climate Change?
A Case Against Climate Engineering
Av Mike Hulme
Inbunden, 2014
567 kr
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Climate change seems to be an insurmountable problem. Political solutions have so far had little impact. Some scientists are now advocating the so-called 'Plan B', a more direct way of reducing the rate of future warming by reflecting more sunlight back to space, creating a thermostat in the sky.In …
Can Science Fix Climate Change?
A Case Against Climate Engineering
Av Mike Hulme
Häftad, 2014
231 kr
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Climate change seems to be an insurmountable problem. Political solutions have so far had little impact. Some scientists are now advocating the so-called 'Plan B', a more direct way of reducing the rate of future warming by reflecting more sunlight back to space, creating a thermostat in the sky.In …
Can Science End War?
Inbunden, 2015
484 kr
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Free-roaming killer drones stalk the battlespace looking for organic targets. Human combatants are programmed to feel no pain. Highpower microwave beams detonate munitions, jam communications, and cook internal organs.Is this vision of future war possible, or even inevitable? In this timely new …
Can Science End War?
Häftad, 2015
147 kr
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Free-roaming killer drones stalk the battlespace looking for organic targets. Human combatants are programmed to feel no pain. Highpower microwave beams detonate munitions, jam communications, and cook internal organs.Is this vision of future war possible, or even inevitable? In this timely new …
Can Neuroscience Change Our Minds?
Inbunden, 2016
770 kr
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Neuroscience, with its astounding new technologies, is uncovering the workings of the brain and with this perhaps the mind. The 'neuro' prefix spills out into every area of life, from neuroaesthetics to neuroeconomics, neurogastronomy and neuroeducation. With its promise to cure physical and social …
Can Science Resolve the Nature / Nurture Debate?
Av Margaret M. Lock, Gisli Palsson
Inbunden, 2016
637 kr
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Following centuries of debate about "nature and nurture" the discovery of DNA established the idea that nature (genes) determines who we are, relegating nurture (environment) to icing on the cake.Since the 1950s, the new science of epigenetics has demonstrated how cellular environments and certain …
Can Science Resolve the Nature / Nurture Debate?
Av Margaret M. Lock, Gisli Palsson
Häftad, 2016
147 kr
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Following centuries of debate about "nature and nurture" the discovery of DNA established the idea that nature (genes) determines who we are, relegating nurture (environment) to icing on the cake.Since the 1950s, the new science of epigenetics has demonstrated how cellular environments and certain …
Have Bacteria Won?
Inbunden, 2015
584 kr
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Today, we are far less likely to die from infection than at any other time in history, but still we worry about epidemics, the menace of antibiotic resistance and modern 'plagues' like Ebola.In this timely new book, eminent bacteriologist Hugh Pennington explores why these fears remain and why they …
Have Bacteria Won?
Häftad, 2015
151 kr
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Today, we are far less likely to die from infection than at any other time in history, but still we worry about epidemics, the menace of antibiotic resistance and modern 'plagues' like Ebola.In this timely new book, eminent bacteriologist Hugh Pennington explores why these fears remain and why they …
Will Robots Take Your Job?: A Plea for Consensus
Inbunden, 2017
568 kr
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The trend that began with ATMs and do-it-yourself checkouts is moving at lightning speed. Everything from driving to teaching to the care of the elderly and, indeed, code-writing can now be done by smart machines. Conventional wisdom says there will be new jobs to replace those we lose – but is it …
Will Robots Take Your Job?: A Plea for Consensus
Häftad, 2017
147 kr
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The trend that began with ATMs and do-it-yourself checkouts is moving at lightning speed. Everything from driving to teaching to the care of the elderly and, indeed, code-writing can now be done by smart machines. Conventional wisdom says there will be new jobs to replace those we lose – but is it …
Can Science Make Sense of Life?
Inbunden, 2018
709 kr
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Since the discovery of the structure of DNA and the birth of the genetic age, a powerful vocabulary has emerged to express science’s growing command over the matter of life. Armed with knowledge of the code that governs all living things, biology and biotechnology are poised to edit, even rewrite, …
Can Science Make Sense of Life?
Häftad, 2018
147 kr
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Since the discovery of the structure of DNA and the birth of the genetic age, a powerful vocabulary has emerged to express science’s growing command over the matter of life. Armed with knowledge of the code that governs all living things, biology and biotechnology are poised to edit, even rewrite, …
Should We Colonize Other Planets?
Av Adam Morton
Inbunden, 2018
486 kr
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As humans continue to degrade and destroy our planet’s resources, leading to predictions of total ecological collapse, some (such as the entrepreneur Elon Musk) now suggest that a human colony elsewhere may be our species’ best hope for survival.Adam Morton examines extra-terrestrial colonization …
Should We Colonize Other Planets?
Av Adam Morton
Häftad, 2018
147 kr
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As humans continue to degrade and destroy our planet’s resources, leading to predictions of total ecological collapse, some (such as the entrepreneur Elon Musk) now suggest that a human colony elsewhere may be our species’ best hope for survival.Adam Morton examines extra-terrestrial colonization …
