Shawn Ottos provocative audio book investigates the historical, social, philosophical, political, and emotional reasons for why and how evidence-based politics are in decline and authoritarian politics are once again on the rise, and...
Science--Social aspects
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Author:Ferreira, Pedro G.Summary:"Ferreira masterfully portrays the science and scientists behind general relativity's star-crossed history and argues that even now we are only just beginning to realize its vitality as a tool for understanding the cosmos."-Scientific...
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Author:Ravetz, Jerome R.Summary:Science is still the great intellectual adventure, but now it is also seen as an instrument of profit, power, and privilege. Wrongly used, it might yet make the 21st century our last. To make sense of all this, we need to let go of old...
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Author:Erickson, MarkSummary:Science occupies an ambiguous space in contemporary society. Scientific research is championed in relation to tackling environmental issues and diseases such as cancer and dementia, and science has made important contributions to today'...
- Author:Adcock, Tina, Jones-Imhotep, EdwardSummary:
Science and technology have shaped not only economic empires and industrial landscapes, but also the identities, anxieties, and understandings of people living in modern times. Made Modern draws together leading scholars from a wide...
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Author:Schwarcz, JoeSummary:An entertaining and digestible volume that demystifies science... Eat this and live to 100. Don't, and die. Today, hyperboles dominate the media, which makes parsing science from fiction an arduous task when deciding what to eat, what...
- Author:Suzuki, David T.Summary:
From Naked Ape to Super Species takes an unflinching look at where we are at this unprecedented moment in history. Suzuki and Dressel reveal that a clear and present environmental danger is staring us in the face, a danger that is...
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Author:Cayley, DavidSummary:If science is neither cookery, nor angelic virtuosity, then what is it? Modern societies have tended to take science for granted as a way of knowing, ordering, and controlling the world, where everything was subject to science, but...
- Author:Lapointe, PascalSummary:
Comment vulgariser ? Comment faire en sorte que, pour le lecteur ou le téléspectateur, la science ne soit pas vue comme un corps extraterrestre, mais bien comme une partie intégrante de notre société ? Peut-on vulgariser même si on n’a...
