The Future Of Nature
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The Future Of Nature
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Author : Libby Robin
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2013-10-22
The Future Of Nature written by Libby Robin and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-22 with Nature categories.
DIVAn innovative anthology that offers a global perspective on how people think about predicting the future of life on Earth/div
Future Nature
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language : en
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Release Date : 2003
Future Nature written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with categories.
The Nature Of Tomorrow
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Author : Michael Rawson
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2021-11-16
The Nature Of Tomorrow written by Michael Rawson and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-16 with Nature categories.
An examination of how Western visions of endless future growth have contributed to the global environmental crisis For centuries, the West has produced stories about the future in which humans use advanced science and technology to transform the earth. Michael Rawson uses a wide range of works that include Francis Bacon’s New Atlantis, the science fiction novels of Jules Verne, and even the speculations of think tanks like the RAND Corporation to reveal the environmental paradox at the heart of these narratives: the single-minded expectation of unlimited growth on a finite planet. Rawson shows how these stories, which have long pervaded Western dreams about the future, have helped to enable an unprecedentedly abundant and technology-driven lifestyle for some while bringing the threat of environmental disaster to all. Adapting to ecological realities, he argues, hinges on the ability to create new visions of tomorrow that decouple growth from the idea of progress.
The Nature Of The Future
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Author : Emily Pawley
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2022-06-07
The Nature Of The Future written by Emily Pawley and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-07 with Business & Economics categories.
"In the seemingly mundane Northern farm of early America and the people who sought to improve its productivity and efficiency, Emily Pawley finds a world rich with innovative practices and marked by a developing interrelationship between scientific knowledge, industrial methods, and capitalism. Agricultural "improvers" became increasingly scientistic, driving tremendous increases in the range and volume of agricultural output-and transforming American conceptions of expertise, success, and exploitation. Pawley's focus on soil, fertilizer, apples, mulberries, agricultural fairs, and experimental stations shows each nominally dull subject to have been an area of intellectual ferment and sharp contestation: mercantile, epistemological, and otherwise"--
Nature Action And The Future
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Author : Katrina Forrester
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2018-01-25
Nature Action And The Future written by Katrina Forrester 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 2018-01-25 with History categories.
Leading scholars of political thought demonstrate how the history of political ideas makes sense of environmental politics and climate change.
Future Nature
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Author : William Mark Adams
language : en
Publisher: Earthscan
Release Date : 2003
Future Nature written by William Mark Adams and has been published by Earthscan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Biodiversity conservation categories.
First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Technological Nature
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Author : Peter H. Kahn, Jr.
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2011-02-25
Technological Nature written by Peter H. Kahn, Jr. and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02-25 with Science categories.
Why it matters that our relationship with nature is increasingly mediated and augmented by technology. Our forebears may have had a close connection with the natural world, but increasingly we experience technological nature. Children come of age watching digital nature programs on television. They inhabit virtual lands in digital games. And they play with robotic animals, purchased at big box stores. Until a few years ago, hunters could "telehunt"—shoot and kill animals in Texas from a computer anywhere in the world via a Web interface. Does it matter that much of our experience with nature is mediated and augmented by technology? In Technological Nature, Peter Kahn argues that it does, and shows how it affects our well-being. Kahn describes his investigations of children's and adults' experiences of cutting-edge technological nature. He and his team installed "technological nature windows" (50-inch plasma screens showing high-definition broadcasts of real-time local nature views) in inside offices on his university campus and assessed the physiological and psychological effects on viewers. He studied children's and adults' relationships with the robotic dog AIBO (including possible benefits for children with autism). And he studied online "telegardening" (a pastoral alternative to "telehunting"). Kahn's studies show that in terms of human well-being technological nature is better than no nature, but not as good as actual nature. We should develop and use technological nature as a bonus on life, not as its substitute, and re-envision what is beautiful and fulfilling and often wild in essence in our relationship with the natural world.
Science And Nature
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Author : Carolyn Merchant
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-11-07
Science And Nature written by Carolyn Merchant and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-07 with Social Science categories.
Science and Nature brings together the work and insights of historian Carolyn Merchant on the history of science, environmental history, and ethics. The book explores her ideas about the interconnections among science, women, nature, and history as they have emerged over her academic lifetime. Focusing on topics such as "The Death of Nature," the Scientific Revolution, women in the history of science and environment, and partnership ethics, it synthesizes her writings and sets out a vision for the twenty-first century. Anyone interested in the interactions between science and nature in the past, present, and future will want to read this book. It is an ideal text for courses on the environment, environmental history, history of science, and the philosophy of science.
Humans And The Natural Environment
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Author : Dana Desonie
language : en
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Release Date : 2008
Humans And The Natural Environment written by Dana Desonie and has been published by Infobase Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Earth sciences categories.
Presents eye-opening facts in a manner accessible to young readers, using full-color photographs and illustrations, readable text, and helpful sidebars.
The Future Of Human Nature
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Author : Jürgen Habermas
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2014-10-15
The Future Of Human Nature written by Jürgen Habermas and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-15 with Philosophy categories.
Recent developments in biotechnology and genetic research are raising complex ethical questions concerning the legitimate scope and limits of genetic intervention. As we begin to contemplate the possibility of intervening in the human genome to prevent diseases, we cannot help but feel that the human species might soon be able to take its biological evolution in its own hands. ‘Playing God’ is the metaphor commonly used for this self-transformation of the species, which, it seems, might soon be within our grasp. In this important new book, Jürgen Habermas – the most influential philosopher and social thinker in Germany today – takes up the question of genetic engineering and its ethical implications and subjects it to careful philosophical scrutiny. His analysis is guided by the view that genetic manipulation is bound up with the identity and self-understanding of the species. We cannot rule out the possibility that knowledge of one’s own hereditary factors may prove to be restrictive for the choice of an individual’s way of life and may undermine the symmetrical relations between free and equal human beings. In the concluding chapter – which was delivered as a lecture on receiving the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade for 2001 – Habermas broadens the discussion to examine the tension between science and religion in the modern world, a tension which exploded, with such tragic violence, on September 11th.