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On The Fringe
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Author : Michael D. Gordin
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2021-03-23
On The Fringe written by Michael D. Gordin and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-23 with History categories.
Everyone has heard of the term "pseudoscience", typically used to describe something that looks like science, but is somehow false, misleading, or unproven. Many would be able to agree on a list of things that fall under its umbrella-- astrology, phrenology, UFOlogy, creationism, and eugenics might come to mind. But defining what makes these fields "pseudo" is a far more complex issue. It has proved impossible to come up with a simple criterion that enables us to differentiate pseudoscience from genuine science. Given the virulence of contemporary disputes over the denial of climate change and anti-vaccination movements--both of which display allegations of "pseudoscience" on all sides-- there is a clear need to better understand issues of scientific demarcation. On the Fringe explores the philosophical and historical attempts to address this problem of demarcation. This book argues that by understanding doctrines that are often seen as antithetical to science, we can learn a great deal about how science operated in the past and does today. This exploration raises several questions: How does a doctrine become demonized as pseudoscientific? Who has the authority to make these pronouncements? How is the status of science shaped by political or cultural contexts? How does pseudoscience differ from scientific fraud? Michael D. Gordin both answers these questions and guides readers along a bewildering array of marginalized doctrines, looking at parapsychology (ESP), Lysenkoism, scientific racism, and alchemy, among others, to better understand the struggle to define what science is and is not, and how the controversies have shifted over the centuries. On the Fringe provides a historical tour through many of these fringe fields in order to provide tools to think deeply about scientific controversies both in the past and in our present.
Physics On The Fringe
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Author : Margaret Wertheim
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2011-11-01
Physics On The Fringe written by Margaret Wertheim and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-01 with Science categories.
For the past fifteen years, acclaimed science writer Margaret Wertheim has been collecting the works of "outsider physicists," many without formal training and all convinced that they have found true alternative theories of the universe. Jim Carter, the Einstein of outsiders, has developed his own complete theory of matter and energy and gravity that he demonstrates with experiments in his backyard,-with garbage cans and a disco fog machine he makes smoke rings to test his ideas about atoms. Captivated by the imaginative power of his theories and his resolutely DIY attitude, Wertheim has been following Carter's progress for the past decade. Centuries ago, natural philosophers puzzled out the laws of nature using the tools of observation and experimentation. Today, theoretical physics has become mathematically inscrutable, accessible only to an elite few. In rejecting this abstraction, outsider theorists insist that nature speaks a language we can all understand. Through a profoundly human profile of Jim Carter, Wertheim's exploration of the bizarre world of fringe physics challenges our conception of what science is, how it works, and who it is for.
On The Fringe
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Author : Donald R. Gallo
language : en
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Release Date : 2003-03
On The Fringe written by Donald R. Gallo and has been published by Turtleback Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-03 with High schools categories.
For use in schools and libraries only. Kids who are geeks, unathletic, poor, emotionally fragile, loners, or unattractive by current standards form the heart of this collection of exceptional stories by well-known authors.--School Library Journal.
On The Fringe
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Author : Donald R. Gallo
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001-01
On The Fringe written by Donald R. Gallo and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-01 with categories.
The Folk Of The Fringe
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Author : Orson Scott Card
language : en
Publisher: Orb Books
Release Date : 2010-04-01
The Folk Of The Fringe written by Orson Scott Card and has been published by Orb Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-04-01 with Fiction categories.
In Orson Scott Card's classic apocalyptic science fiction novel The Folk of the Fringe, only a few nuclear weapons fell in America--the weapons that destroyed the nation were biological and, ultimately, cultural. But in the chaos, the famine, the plague, there existed a few pockets of order. The strongest of them was the state of Deseret, formed from the vestiges of Utah, Colorado, and Idaho. The climate has changed. The Great Salt Lake has filled up to prehistoric levels. But there, on the fringes, brave, hardworking pioneers are making the desert bloom again. A civilization cannot be reclaimed by powerful organizations, or even by great men alone. It must be renewed by individual men and women, one by one, working together to make a community, a nation, a new America. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
On The Fringe
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Author : Donald R. Gallo
language : en
Publisher: Follettbound
Release Date : 2003-03-24
On The Fringe written by Donald R. Gallo and has been published by Follettbound this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-03-24 with categories.
Shaking Hands On The Fringe
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Author : Tiffany Shellam
language : en
Publisher: UWA Publishing
Release Date : 2009
Shaking Hands On The Fringe written by Tiffany Shellam and has been published by UWA Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Art categories.
Encounters between the British and natives at King George's Sound (present day Albany) in 1826.
The Future Of The Fringe
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Author : Michael Buxton
language : en
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
Release Date : 2018-11-01
The Future Of The Fringe written by Michael Buxton and has been published by CSIRO PUBLISHING this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-01 with Technology & Engineering categories.
Peri-urban landscapes are some of the world’s most vulnerable areas. Although they are often thought of simply as land awaiting development, these landscapes retain important natural resources and make valuable contributions to agriculture, water use, biodiversity conservation, landscape preservation and human well-being. Billions of people use them and enjoy their natural values. Their continuing loss threatens to alter our relationships with nature and have a negative impact on the environment. The Future of the Fringe first explores the history of peri-urban areas, international peri-urban policy and practice, and related concepts. It analyses internationally relevant issues such as green belts and urban growth boundaries, regional policy, land supply and price, and the concepts of liveability, attractiveness, well-being and rural amenity. It then examines a range of Australian peri-urban issues, as an extended case study. The book argues for a precautionary approach so that we retain the greatest number of options to adapt during rapid and unprecedented change.
Farming On The Fringe
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Author : Sarah James
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-09-06
Farming On The Fringe written by Sarah James and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-06 with Technology & Engineering categories.
This volume offers a new perspective to debates on local food and urban sustainability presenting the long silenced voices of the small-scale farmers from the productive green fringe of Sydney’s sprawling urban jungle. Providing fresh food for the city and local employment, these culturally and linguistically diverse farmers contribute not only to Sydney’s globalizing demographic and cultural fabric, but also play a critical role in the city’s environmental sustainability. In the battle for urban space housing development threatens to turn these farmlands into sprawling suburbia. In thinking from and with the urban ‘fringe’, this book moves beyond the housing versus farming debate to present a vision for urban growth that is dynamic and alive to the needs of the 21st century city. In a unique bringing together of the twin forces shaping contemporary urbanism - environmental change and global population flows - the voices from the fringe demand to be heard in the debate on future urban food sustainability.
The Fringe Hours
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Author : Jessica N. Turner
language : en
Publisher: Revell
Release Date : 2015-02-17
The Fringe Hours written by Jessica N. Turner and has been published by Revell this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-17 with Religion categories.
Every woman has had this experience: you get to the end of the day and realize you did nothing for you. And if you go days, weeks, or even months in this cycle, you begin to feel like you have lost a bit of yourself. While life is busy with a litany of must-dos--work, parenting, keeping house, grocery shopping, laundry and on and on--women do not have to push their own needs aside. Yet this is often what happens. There's just no time, right? Wrong. In this practical and liberating book, Jessica Turner empowers women to take back pockets of time they already have in their day in order to practice self-care and do the things they love. Turner uses her own experiences and those of women across the country to teach readers how to balance their many responsibilities while still taking time to invest in themselves. She also addresses barriers to this lifestyle, such as comparison and guilt, and demonstrates how eliminating these feelings and making changes to one's schedule will make the reader a better wife, mother, and friend. Perfect for any woman who is doing everything for everyone--except herself--The Fringe Hours is ideal for both individuals and small group use.