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Natural particulars :nature and the disciplines in Renaissance Europe
This volume examines the transformation in ways of studying naturethat took place in Western Europe during the fifteenth and sixteenthcenturies. This volume examines the transformation in ways of studying nature that took place in Western Europe during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Some of the essays trace particular textual traditions, while others follow the development of scholarly…
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- 1 online resource (xi, 426 pages) :illustrations.
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Why nuclear disarmament matters /
From the former UN head weapons inspector in Iraq, a plea for a renewed global disarmament movement.
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- 1 online resource (95 pages).
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Meaning in Life: The harmony of nature and spirit
An acclaimed philosopher suggests that the art of living well employs the same principles as those that exist in all artistic creativity.This final book in Irving Singer's Meaning in Life trilogy studies the interaction between nature and the values that define human spirituality. It examines the ways in which we overcome the suffering in life by resolving our sense of being divided between the…
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- 9780262259200
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- 1 online resource (xix, 222 pages).
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Meaning in Life: The creation of value
What is meaning in life? Does anything really matter? How can a life achieve lasting significance? How can we explain the human propensity to struggle for ideals? How is meaning related to contentment, happiness, joy? Is meaning something we discover, or do we create it? What is the nature of value, and what are its sources in human experience? Can there be a meaning in life without religious f…
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- 9780262259187
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- 1 online resource (xxv, 158 pages).
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The allure of machinic life Cybernetics, Artificial Life, and the New AI
This account of the creation of new forms of life and intelligence in the sciences of cybernetics, artificial life and artificial intelligence analyses both their similarities and their differences in actualising life. The author draws on the work of scientists as well as work in contemporary philosophy and cultural theory.
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Measuring Happiness: The Economics of Well-Being
An investigation of the happiness-prosperity connection and whether economists can measure well-being.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262323710
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- 1 online resource (x, 212 pages)
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Life, death, and other inconvenient truths :a realist's view of the human con…
"Short essays that touch many topics-anxiety, consciousness, death, happiness, morality, stupidity, & truth-that make the case for realism & help set expectations with regard to the human condition"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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Tritium on Ice: The Dangerous New Alliance of Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Power
The dangers of a United States government plan to abandon its fifty-year policy of keeping civilian and military uses of nuclear technology separate.In December 1998, Energy Secretary Bill Richardson announced that the U.S. planned to begin producing tritium for its nuclear weapons in commercial nuclear power plants. This decision overturned a fifty-year policy of keeping civilian and military …
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- 9780262268233
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- 1 online resource (x, 234 pages) :illustrations
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American urban form :a representative history
An illustrated history of the American city's evolution from sparsely populated village to regional metropolis.American Urban Form--the spaces, places, and boundaries that define city life--has been evolving since the first settlements of colonial days. The changing patterns of houses, buildings, streets, parks, pipes and wires, wharves, railroads, highways, and airports reflect changing patter…
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- 9780262301671
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Greening Berlin :the co-production of science, politics, and urban nature
How plant and animal species conservation became part of urban planning in Berlin, and how the science of ecology contributed to this change.Although nature conservation has traditionally focused on the countryside, issues of biodiversity protection also appear on the political agendas of many cities. One of the emblematic examples of this now worldwide trend has been the German city of Berlin,…
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