Unnatural Science
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The Unnatural Nature Of Science
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Author : Lewis Wolpert
language : en
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Release Date : 2014-05-15
The Unnatural Nature Of Science written by Lewis Wolpert and has been published by Faber & Faber this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-15 with Science categories.
This book shows that many of our understandings about scientific thought can be corrected once we realise just how "unnatural" science actually is. Quoting scientists from Aristotle to Einstein, the author argues that scientific ideas are, with rare exceptions, counter-intuitive and that common sense often makes no sense at all. A passionate advocate of the beauty and importance of science, the author examines a range of issues, including why science and technology are quite different, why psychoanalysis is not properly scientific and why philosophers and sociologists have made so little contribution to understanding science's true nature. He demonstrates the folly of holding scientists responsible for many of society's problems, and the equal folly of looking to science for a miracle cure.
Unnatural
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Author : Philip Ball
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2011-02-10
Unnatural written by Philip Ball and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02-10 with Science categories.
Can we make a human being? The question has been asked for many centuries, and has produced recipes ranging from the clay golem of Jewish legend to the mass-produced test-tube babies in Brave New World. Unnatural delves beneath the surface of the cultural history of 'anthropoeia' - the artificial creation of people - to explore what it tells us about our views on life, humanity, creativity and technology, and the soul. Philip Ball traces the threads that link the legendary inventor Daedalus, Goethe's tragic Faust, the automata-making magicians of E.T.A. Hoffman and Mary Shelley's Victor Frankenstein. He argues that these old tales and myths are alive and well, subtly manipulating the current debates about assisted conception, embryo research and human cloning, which have at last made the idea of 'making people' into flesh and blood reality.
Unnatural Science
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Author : Laura Steward Heon
language : en
Publisher: Te Neues Publishing Company
Release Date : 2000
Unnatural Science written by Laura Steward Heon and has been published by Te Neues Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Architecture categories.
A massive installation in the newly built and widely acclaimed Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art. Unnatural Science fills 70,000 square feet of gallery space. This awe-inspiring exhibit is comprised of art created over the past 15 years that exploits scientific narratives and aesthetics, particularly those drawn from genetics. The fifteen works of sculpture, photography, collage and mixed media that make up the exhibition are exquisitely reproduced in this catalog, which features full-page color plates and comprehensive descriptions of each work along with biographies of the artists.Humorous and irreverent, though scientifically well-informed, these works owe much to the playful art of Marcel Duchamp in their use of science as a springboard for fantasy. The depictions of maple trees, taxidermy, human genetic material, chemical reactions, the food chain, and other scientifically based phenomena are both poetic and profound, beautiful and visionary. Drawn from various artists, dealers, collectors and museums from all over the world, the works in Unnatural Science hail a significant trend in contemporary art-one that not only demystifies, but poeticizes science.
Unnatural Nature Of Science
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Author : Wolpert L Staff
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993-02-01
Unnatural Nature Of Science written by Wolpert L Staff and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-02-01 with categories.
Iq And Mental Testing
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Author : Brian Evans
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981
Iq And Mental Testing written by Brian Evans and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with Education categories.
The Unnatural World
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Author : David Biello
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2017-12-12
The Unnatural World written by David Biello and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-12 with Nature categories.
An environmental journalist examines the world humanity has created through climate change and chronicles the scientists, billionaires, and ordinary people who are working toward saving the planet.
Perspectives On Classification In Synthetic Sciences
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Author : Julia R. S. Bursten
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-06-26
Perspectives On Classification In Synthetic Sciences written by Julia R. S. Bursten and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-26 with History categories.
This volume launches a new series of contemporary conversations about scientific classification. Most philosophical conversations about kinds have focused centrally or solely on natural kinds, that is, kinds whose existence is not dependent on the scientific process of synthesis. This volume refocuses conversations about classification on unnatural, or synthetic, kinds via extensive study of three paradigm cases of unnatural kinds: nanomaterials, stem cells, and synthetic biology.
Unnatural Harvest
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Author : Ingeborg Boyens
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
Unnatural Harvest written by Ingeborg Boyens and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Business & Economics categories.
Advertisers may want us to believe that our food is produced on picturesque farms, but the cold reality is that the plants and animals we consume may be the result of genetic engineering in the laboratories of multinational corporations. Biotechnology brings with it implications for human and animal health, the threat of environmental damage, a possible redefining of our global food system and a Pandora's box of ethical questions. But the consuming public remains virtually unaware of the genetic alterations of their food and what that may hold in store. Thoroughly researched and accessibly written, "Unnatural Harvest" holds nothing back in telling us how the food we now serve ourselves and our children may be altered and why we should be very concerned.
Unnatural Selection
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Author : Peter Healey
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2012-05-04
Unnatural Selection written by Peter Healey and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-04 with Science categories.
With ever-advancing scientific understanding and technological capabilities, humanity stands on the brink of the potential next stage of evolution: evolution engineered by us. Nanotechnology, biotechnology, information technology and cognitive science offer the possibility to enhance human performance, lengthen life-span and reshape our inherited physical, cognitive and emotional identities. But with this promise come huge risks, complex choices and fundamental ethical questions: about evolution; about what it is to be human; and about control over, and the distribution of benefits from, new technology. Written by a range of experts in science, technology, bioethics and social science, Unnatural Selection examines the range of technological innovations offering lives that purport to be longer, stronger, smarter and happier, and asks whether their introduction is likely to lead to more fulfilled individuals and a fairer world. The breadth of approaches and perspectives make important reading for anyone who cares about the implications of humanity engineering its own evolution.
The Unnatural Selection Of Our Species
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Author : Torill Kornfeldt
language : en
Publisher: Lindhardt og Ringhof
Release Date : 2024-07-09
The Unnatural Selection Of Our Species written by Torill Kornfeldt and has been published by Lindhardt og Ringhof this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-07-09 with Science categories.
In 2018, the first genetically modified children were born. Now we have the tools to reshape the future of our species. With a pair of genetic scissors known as CRISPR, we can select the traits of our children, avoid ageing, or cure disease. With that ability comes new risks, forcing us to face hard ethical questions. Torill Kornfeldt has travelled the world to meet the people driving this research forward. She has visited fertility clinics in South Korea, oncologists in China who are experimenting on sick patients, and biohackers in the US who want to make the new technology available to everyone. In The Unnatural Selection of Our Species, she asks: How can we handle these new tools that could change our genetic material? 'Well written, knowledgeable, and engaging – exactly how really good popular science is supposed to be' Gustav Källstrand, Nobel Centre Torill Kornfeldt is a Swedish science journalist with a background in biology. She has worked in the science department of Sweden's leading morning newspaper Dagens Nyheter and at the science branch of the Swedish public radio. There she created the successful radio show Tekniksafari (Tech Safari) on new technology changing society. Her main focus is on how emerging bioengineering and technology will shape our future.