Science For A Fragile World
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Science For A Fragile World
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Author : Robert Northcott
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2025-08-28
Science For A Fragile World written by Robert Northcott and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-08-28 with Business & Economics categories.
The inherent fragility of our world necessitates that a successful model or theory in one instance may fail in another. Offering a novel re-examination of the philosophy of science, Science for a Fragile World advocates for a Case Worker approach to empirical investigation which emphasises practical know-how and informal knowledge.
Fragile Objects
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Author : Pierre-Gilles de Gennes
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-12-06
Fragile Objects written by Pierre-Gilles de Gennes and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-06 with Science categories.
Over the past few decades we have learned a great deal about the behavior of such materials as liquid crystals, emulsions and colloids, polymers, and complex molecules. These materials, called "soft matter" ("matière fragile" in French), have neither the rigid structure and crystalline symmetry of a solid nor the uniformity and disorder of a fluid or a gas. They have unusual and fascinating properties: some change their viscosity at our beck and call; others form layers of two-dimensional liquids; some are polarized, their molecules all oriented in the same direction and turning in unison at our command; others make up the foams, bubbles, waxes, gums, and many other items we take for granted every day. De Gennes, one of the world's leading experts on these strange forms of matter, here addresses topics ranging from soft-matter physics - the formation of rubber, the nature and uses of gum arabic, the wetting and de-wetting of surfaces, and the mysterious properties of bubbles and foams - to the activities of science: the role of individual or team work, the relation of discovery to correction, and the interplay of conscience and knowledge. In the best tradition of science writing, this book teaches us about both our world and ourselves.
Fragile World
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Author : Kerby Rosanes
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2021-03-16
Fragile World written by Kerby Rosanes and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-16 with Games & Activities categories.
*A National Bestseller* From the internationally bestselling artist Kerby Rosanes, an extraordinary coloring book celebrating some of the incredible animals and landscapes that are disappearing around the globe Fragile World is a coloring book to savor, exploring fifty-six endangered, vulnerable, and threatened animals and landscapes—from the Tapanuli orangutan to the hawksbill turtle, from Philippine bat caves to the Baltic Sea. The illustrations are intricate, detailed, and unforgettable, both magisterial and whimsical. And the result is a stunning tribute to Mother Nature. Fragile World is a coloring experience that is at once vintage Kerby and unlike any other.
Economics For A Fragile Planet
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Author : Edward Barbier
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2022-03-31
Economics For A Fragile Planet written by Edward Barbier and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-03-31 with Business & Economics categories.
"Rethinking markets, institutions and governance"--Cover.
Survival Science
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Author : Laura Anderson
language : en
Publisher: Publifye AS
Release Date : 2025-03-05
Survival Science written by Laura Anderson and has been published by Publifye AS this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-03-05 with Science categories.
Survival Science explores the scientific foundations of essential survival skills, revealing how understanding nature's principles is key to thriving in challenging environments. The book focuses on fire-making, food sourcing, and navigation, demonstrating that survival isn't just about instinct, but about applying scientific concepts. Did you know that mastering fire-making involves understanding thermodynamics, or that navigating without a compass relies on keen observation of natural indicators like the stars and wind patterns? The book uniquely deconstructs survival techniques into their fundamental scientific principles, explaining the ""why"" behind each technique, rather than simply providing instructions. Beginning with an introduction to core scientific concepts, the book progresses through chapters dedicated to fire, food, and navigation, examining both traditional and modern techniques. Ultimately, Survival Science emphasizes adaptability and ethical considerations, connecting these skills to broader fields like environmental science and anthropology.
Science As A Quest For Truth
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Author : Bengt Kristensson Uggla
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2024-01-05
Science As A Quest For Truth written by Bengt Kristensson Uggla and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-01-05 with Science categories.
This book presents a unified theory of science by challenging some of the lingering myths and anachronisms associated with our understanding of what it means to be scientific. The book presents a new science narrative focused on the dialectics of discovering/inventing new worlds in an age of hermeneutics, and as an alternative to the prevailing view of the history of science as, largely, a confrontation between science and religion. It argues that the development of modern science is, in a complex way, intertwined with the history of the university, a knowledge institution that throughout the centuries has repeatedly managed to reinvent itself—so successfully, indeed, that it has paradoxically led to a fundamental crisis of identity today. The book suggests that, in order to recognize science as a quest for truth in a globalizing world of cognitive horizontalization, we need to transcend the false alternatives of objectivistic certitude (possessing “the Truth”) and relativistic resignation (“post-truth”) by means of a new focus on collegial practices.
Oracles Of Science
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Author : Karl Giberson
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2009-02-27
Oracles Of Science written by Karl Giberson 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 2009-02-27 with Religion categories.
Oracles of Science examines the popular writings of the six scientists who have been the most influential in shaping our perception of science, how it works, and how it relates to other fields of human endeavor, especially religion. Biologists Stephen Jay Gould, Richard Dawkins, and Edward O. Wilson, and physicists Carl Sagan, Stephen Hawking, and Steven Weinberg, have become public intellectuals, articulating a much larger vision for science and what role it should play in the modern worldview. The scientific prestige and literary eloquence of each of these great thinkers combine to transform them into what can only be called oracles of science. Their controversial, often personal, sometimes idiosyncratic opinions become widely known and perceived by many to be authoritative. Curiously, the leading 'oracles of science' are predominantly secular in ways that don't reflect the distribution of religious beliefs within the scientific community. Many of them are even hostile to religion, creating a false impression that science as a whole is incompatible with religion. Karl Giberson and Mariano Artigas offer an informed analysis of the views of these six scientists, carefully distinguishing science from philosophy and religion in the writings of the oracles. This book will be welcomed by many who are disturbed by the tone of the public discourse on the relationship between science and religion and will challenge others to reexamine their own preconceptions about this crucial topic.
Scientific Integrity And Public Trust
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science. Subcommittee on Energy and Environment
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
Scientific Integrity And Public Trust written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science. Subcommittee on Energy and Environment and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Law categories.
Chemistry
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Author : Vincenzo Balzani
language : en
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
Release Date : 2014
Chemistry written by Vincenzo Balzani and has been published by Royal Society of Chemistry this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Science categories.
This book sets out to introduce chemistry concepts and demystify chemistry showing how it is a major part of our everyday lives.
Warfare In A Fragile World
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Author : Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1980
Warfare In A Fragile World written by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with History categories.
"Among the crucial problems that confront mankind today are those associated with a degraded environment. This book examines the extent to which warfare and other military activities contribute to such degradation. The military capability to damage the environment and to cause ecological disruption has escalated, and there is no sign that the level of conflict in the world is decreasing. The military use and abuse of each of the several major global habitats -- temperate, tropical, desert, arctic, insular, and oceanic -- are evalusated separately in the light of the civil use and abuse of that habitat"--Dust jacket.