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Télécharger le livre :  If Science is to Save Us
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If Science is to Save Us


Martin Rees


There has never been a time when ‘following the science’ has been more important for humanity. At no other point in history have we had such advanced knowledge and technology at our fingertips, nor had such astonishing capacity to determine the future of our planet. But...

Parution : 2022-09-07
Format(s) : ePub
Éditeur : Polity
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Télécharger le livre :  Understanding How Science Explains the World
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Understanding How Science Explains the World


Kevin Mccain


All people desire to know. We want to not only know what has happened, but also why it happened, how it happened, whether it will happen again, whether it can be made to happen or not happen, and so on. In short, what we want are explanations. Asking and answering...

Parution : 2022-07-07
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Télécharger le livre :  Should We Colonize Other Planets?
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Should We Colonize Other Planets?


Adam Morton


As humans continue to degrade and destroy our planet’s resources, leading to predictions of total ecological collapse, some (such as the entrepreneur Elon Musk) now suggest that a human colony elsewhere may be our species’ best hope for survival. Adam Morton examines...

Parution : 2018-10-15
Format(s) : ePub
Éditeur : Polity
Collection : New Human Frontiers
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Télécharger le livre :  Will Robots Take Your Job?: A Plea for Consensus
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Will Robots Take Your Job?: A Plea for Consensus


Nigel M. De S. Cameron


The trend that began with ATMs and do-it-yourself checkouts is moving at lightning speed. Everything from driving to teaching to the care of the elderly and, indeed, code-writing can now be done by smart machines. Conventional wisdom says there will be new jobs to...

Parution : 2017-06-23
Format(s) : ePub
Éditeur : Polity
Collection : New Human Frontiers
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Télécharger le livre :  Can Neuroscience Change Our Minds?
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Can Neuroscience Change Our Minds?


Hilary Rose , Steven Rose


Neuroscience, with its astounding new technologies, is uncovering the workings of the brain and with this perhaps the mind. The 'neuro' prefix spills out into every area of life, from neuroaesthetics to neuroeconomics, neurogastronomy and neuroeducation. With its...

Parution : 2016-09-06
Format(s) : ePub
Éditeur : Polity
Collection : New Human Frontiers
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Télécharger le livre :  Can Science End War?
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Can Science End War?


Everett Carl Dolman


Free-roaming killer drones stalk the battlespace looking for organic targets. Human combatants are programmed to feel no pain. Highpower microwave beams detonate munitions, jam communications, and cook internal organs.Is this vision of future war possible, or even...

Parution : 2015-10-14
Format(s) : ePub
Éditeur : Polity
Collection : New Human Frontiers
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Télécharger le livre :  Are We All Scientific Experts Now?
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Are We All Scientific Experts Now?


Harry Collins


To ordinary people, science used to seem infallible. Scientists were heroes, selflessly pursuing knowledge for the common good. More recently, a series of scientific scandals, frauds and failures have led us to question science’s pre-eminence. Revelations such as...

Parution : 2014-03-28
Format(s) : ePub
Éditeur : Polity
Collection : New Human Frontiers
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Télécharger le livre :  Reinventing the Sacred
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Reinventing the Sacred


Stuart A Kauffman


Consider the woven integrated complexity of a living cell after 3.8 billion years of evolution. Is it more awe-inspiring to suppose that a transcendent God fashioned the cell, or to consider that the living organism was created by the evolving biosphere? As the eminent...

Parution : 2008-01-10
Format(s) : ePub
Éditeur : Basic Books
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