Prometheus – serie
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27 produkter
Classics of Free Thought
Häftad, 1997
341 kr
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A collection of striking essays by great dissenters. The contributors include Hugo Black, Harry A. Blackmun, Clarence Darrow, Charles Darwin, Felix Frankfurter, E. Haldeman-Julius, T. H. Huxley, Robert Ingersoll, Thomas Jefferson, John F. Kennedy, James Madison, Thomas Paine, Eleanor Roosevelt, …
Bermuda Triangle Mystery - Solved
Av Larry Kusche
Häftad, 1995
308 kr
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The mystery of the Bermuda Triangle had been told and retold in books, magazine articles, and on television and radio talk shows for several years when, in 1972, Larry Kusche, then a reference librarian, decided to collect all the information he could find on each incident. He made contact with the …
Ghosts
Häftad, 1996
324 kr
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Throughout history, people have reported seeing "ghosts." But a Victorian ghost is in many respects a very different phenomenon from a ghost in Classical Greece, or in medieval Europe. Finucane surveys reports of ghosts from ancient Greece, the early Christian era, the Reformation, the Victorian …
Humanism
An Introduction
Av Jim Herrick
Häftad, 2005
292 kr
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Humanism is a philosophy that emphasizes the value of human life in all its creative potential within a secular context. Humanism is skeptical of religious beliefs and relies on science as the basis for understanding the universe. Although humanism has become most fully developed in the West, its …
Insider's Guide to Better Nursing Home Care
75 Tips You Should Know
Häftad, 2009
243 kr
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As the baby-boomer generation ages, nursing home care is likely to become a major social problem. New residents will put huge strains on already short staffing at a time when funding to government-assisted homes (75 percent of all nursing homes) is lower than ever. Based on her ten years of …
After Genocide
Bringing the Devil to Justice
Inbunden, 2009
313 kr
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This comprehensive examination of the complex, politicized world of international criminal justice reviews the serious shortcomings of a system that rarely accomplishes its goal of bringing mass murderers to justice. The author,an international lawyer who has worked at The Hague and in the Balkans …
Concrete Planet
The Strange and Fascinating Story of the World's Most Common Man-Made Material
Inbunden, 2011
423 kr
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Concrete: We use it for our buildings, bridges, dams, and roads. We walk on it, drive on it, and many of us live and work within its walls. But very few of us know what it is. We take for granted this ubiquitous substance, which both literally and figuratively comprises much of modern …
Invisible Nature
Healing the Destructive Divide Between People and the Environment
Häftad, 2013
259 kr
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Polls show that most Americans care about environmental quality, yet they often behave as if they do not. Empty houses heated to tropical warmth in the dead of winter and huge car dealerships ablaze with security lighting at midnight are just two examples of conspicuous waste.In Invisible Nature, …
Fairness Instinct: The Robin Hood Mentality and Our Biological Nature
Av L. Sun
Inbunden, 2013
316 kr
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Obelisk and the Englishman
The Pioneering Discoveries of Egyptologist William Bankes
Inbunden, 2015
356 kr
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Scholarly, mischievous, and driven by curiosity about the unknown, William John Bankes (1786-1855) was a complex and talented member of England's landed gentry. A friend of Lord Byron, he achieved recognition on several fronts: as a daring explorer of ancient lands, notably Egypt and Petra; as a …
Last Myth
What the Rise of Apocalyptic Thinking Tells Us About America
Av Matthew Barrett Gross, Mel Gilles
Häftad, 2012
246 kr
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During the first dozen years of the twenty-first century, apocalyptic anticipation in America has leapt from the cultish to the mainstream. Today, nearly 60 percent of Americans believe that the events foretold in the book of Revelation will come true. But many secular readers also seem hungry for …
Beyond the God Particle
Av Leon M. Lederman, Christopher T. Hill
Inbunden, 2013
282 kr
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Two leading physicists discuss the importance of the Higgs Boson, the future of particle physics, and the mysteries of the universe yet to be unraveled.On July 4, 2012, the long-sought Higgs Boson--aka "the God Particle"--was discovered at the world's largest particle accelerator, the LHC, in …
True Genius
The Life and Work of Richard Garwin, the Most Influential Scientist You've Never Heard of
Inbunden, 2017
293 kr
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Called a "true genius" by Enrico Fermi, Richard Garwin has influenced modern life in far-reaching ways, yet he is hardly known outside the physics community. This is the first biography of one of America's great minds--a top physicist, a brilliant technological innovator, and a trusted advisor of …
My Plastic Brain
One Woman's Yearlong Journey to Discover If Science Can Improve Her Mind
Inbunden, 2018
262 kr
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In books like THE HAPPINESS PROJECT, THE NO-SPEND YEAR, and THE YEAR OF YES, individuals have tried a specific experience and then reported on it, sharing the takeaway for the rest of us. In MY PLASTIC BRAIN, Caroline Williams spends a year exploring "neuroplasticity"--the brain's ability to …
Earl Warren
A Life of Truth and Justice
Av D. J. Herda
Inbunden, 2019
293 kr
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How did a conservative Republican end up creating the most liberal Supreme Court in modern history? This new biography of Earl Warren Sr., based on primary sources and previously unpublished material, brings together for the first time family recollections, anecdotes, mementoes, photos, documents, …
