Author : Robert Kanigel
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 25,65 MB
Release : 1993-11-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780801847578
Robert Kanigel takes us into the heady world of a remarkable group of scientists working at the National Institutes of Health and the Johns Hopkins University: a dynasty of American researchers who for over forty years have made Nobel Prize- and Lasker Award-winning breakthroughs in biomedical science.
Author : Dorion Sagan
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,58 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780816681358
Refreshingly nonconformist and polemically incisive, Cosmic Apprentice challenges readers to reject both dogma and cliché and instead recover the intellectual adventurousness that should--and can once again--animate both science and philosophy. Informed by a countercultural sensibility, a deep engagement with speculative thought, and a hardheaded scientific skepticism, it advances controversial positions on such seemingly sacrosanct subjects as evolution and entropy.
Author : Elif Shafak
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 43,4 MB
Release : 2016-05-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0143108301
A colorful, magical tale set during the height of the Ottoman Empire, from the acclaimed author of The Island of Missing Trees (a Reese's Book Club Pick) Chosen for Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall’s “Reading Room” Book Club In this novel, Turkey’s preeminent female writer spins an epic tale spanning nearly a century in the life of the Ottoman Empire. In 1540, twelve-year-old Jahan arrives in Istanbul. As an animal tamer in the sultan’s menagerie, he looks after the exceptionally smart elephant Chota and befriends (and falls for) the sultan’s beautiful daughter, Princess Mihrimah. A palace education leads Jahan to Mimar Sinan, the empire’s chief architect, who takes Jahan under his wing as they construct (with Chota’s help) some of the most magnificent buildings in history. Yet even as they build Sinan’s triumphant masterpieces—the incredible Suleymaniye and Selimiye mosques—dangerous undercurrents begin to emerge, with jealousy erupting among Sinan’s four apprentices. A memorable story of artistic freedom, creativity, and the clash between science and fundamentalism, Shafak’s intricate novel brims with vibrant characters, intriguing adventure, and the lavish backdrop of the Ottoman court, where love and loyalty are no match for raw power.
Author : Cyril S. Belshaw
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 11,87 MB
Release : 2016-06-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1483138704
The Sorcerer's Apprentice: An Anthropology of Public Policy sees the community in a global and national view, raises a statement saying that society itself is policy making, and asks what societies can achieve if they did things differently. The book is divided into five parts. Part I: Policy and Anthropology discusses the challenge of policy and explains how anthropology is a social science. Part II: Analysis of World Society covers the analysis and policy of the village universe; the urban contribution; elements of the nation state; international connections, and the ""supra-nation"". Part III: Movement in the Social System includes the innovation and genesis of ideas; resources and their management; change, conflict, and resistance. Part IV: Styles of Action discusses the process of technical assistance; politics and conflict; the relationship between the politician and the social scientist; the mastery of judgment; and the organization of social sciences. Part V: Values and Options talks about the values choice, and the problems of science. The text is recommended for sociologists, anthropologists, and politicians, especially those who would like to know the importance of the social studies, its relation to society and politics, and the global community.
Author : James A. Owen
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 18,28 MB
Release : 2011-01-06
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0857070339
Seven years after the events of The Shadow Dragons, John, Jack and Charles are finally able to return to their beloved Archipedlago of Dreams. But even as their return is celebrated by old friends, new concerns shadow the reunion, namely the threat of Echthroi, the primordial Shadow, but, perhaps even worse, the apparent splintering of Time itself. Now, the Caretakers must fight against their most fearsome enemy ever and attempt to restore Time. They must journey through a forgotten door from the destroyed Keep of Time in order to seek out the Dragon's Apprentice. If they fail, it will mean the end of both of the worlds. But success will carry its own price - a price that may be too high even for the Caretakers to bear.
Author : Аркадий Натанович Стругацкий
Publisher :
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 14,44 MB
Release : 1981
Category : Science fiction
ISBN : 9780026152204
Author : Technomic Publishing Company
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 24,59 MB
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Author : Chris Moriarty
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 32,23 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0547581351
In early 20th-century New York, Sacha Kessler's ability to see witches earns him an apprenticeship to the police department's star Inquisitor, Maximillian Wolf. With fellow apprentice Lily Astral, Sacha investigates who is trying to kill Thomas Edison.
Author : LADYBIRD
Publisher : Ladybird Books
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 20,24 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Adventure fiction
ISBN : 9781409390183
Based on the number one virtual world for kids, this is a Club Penguin Pick Your Path adventure, where you decide how the story ends! Gary the Gadget Guy is always creating new inventions that will make penguins' lives easier - and more fun! In this book, kids help Gary with his latest invention. Will they help him come up with a fantastic invention, or will the project go terribly awry? The choice is yours ...... Collect all the Pick Your Path books in the series, and go online to unlock Club Penguin items with each book.
Author : Joseph Agassi
Publisher : Rodopi
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 32,17 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9042024348
Both a Popper biography and an autobiography, Agassi's "A Philosopher's Apprentice" tells the riveting story of his intellectual formation in 1950s London, a young brilliant philosopher struggling with an intellectual giant - father, mentor, and rival, all at the same time. His subsequent rebellion and declaration of independence leads to a painful break, never to be completely healed. No other writer has Agassi's psychological insight into Popper, and no other book captures like this one the intellectual excitement around the Popper circle in the 1950s and the struggles of the 1960s and 1970s - personal, academic, political, all important philosophically. Agassi's Popper - whether one agrees with it or not - is an enormous contribution to scholarship. This second revised edition includes also Popper's and Agassi's last correspondence and, in a postscript it shows Agassi leafing through Popper's archives, reaching a sort of reconciliation, an appropriate ending to the drama. A must read. Malachi Hacohen, Duke University
