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Kostas Kampourakis is a researcher in science education at Université de Genève, where he also teaches the course Biology and Society to biology undergraduates, and various science education classes to teachers and doctoral students. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Science and Education, the co-editor of Newton's Apple and Other Myths about Science (with Ronald L. Numbers, 2015), and the editor of The Philosophy of Biology: A Companion for Educators (2013). His book Understanding Evolution (Cambridge, 2014) was selected as a 2015 Choice Outstanding Academic Title.
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Téléchargez le livre :  Trusting Science
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Trusting Science

Kostas Kampourakis


Oxford University Press

2025-05-16

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In today's world of social media and information overload, certain science topics related to policy decisions, such as vaccination, ignite controversy. Beyond the usual explanations of science denial and ideological battles lies a deeper issue: a...

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Télécharger le livre :  Darwin Mythology
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Darwin Mythology


Kostas Kampourakis


Many historical ?gures have their lives and works shrouded in myth, both in life and long after their deaths. Charles Darwin (1809–82) is no exception to this phenomenon and his hero-worship has become an accepted narrative. This concise, accessible and engaging...

Parution : 2024-06-06
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Understanding Genes


Kostas Kampourakis


What are genes?What do genes do? These questions are not simple and straightforward to answer; at the same time, simplistic answers are quite prevalent and are taken for granted. This book aims to explain the origin of the gene concept, its various meanings both within...

Parution : 2021-11-04
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Télécharger le livre :  Philosophy of Science for Biologists
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Philosophy of Science for Biologists


Kostas Kampourakis , Tobias Uller


Biologists rely on theories, apply models and construct explanations, but rarely reflect on their nature and structure. This book introduces key topics in philosophy of science to provide the required philosophical background for this kind of reflection, which is an...

Parution : 2020-09-24
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Télécharger le livre :  Understanding Evolution
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Understanding Evolution


Kostas Kampourakis


Why do the debates about evolution persist, despite the plentiful evidence for it? Breaking down the notion that public resistance to evolution is strictly due to its perceived conflict with religion, this concise book shows that evolution is in fact a counterintuitive...

Parution : 2020-09-24
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Télécharger le livre :  Uncertainty
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Uncertainty


Kostas Kampourakis , Kevin Mccain


Scientific knowledge is the most solid and robust kind of knowledge that humans have because of the self-correcting character inherent in its own processes. Nevertheless, anti-evolutionists, climate denialists, and anti-vaxxers, among others, question some of the...

Parution : 2019-10-07
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Télécharger le livre :  Making Sense of Genes
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Making Sense of Genes


Kostas Kampourakis


What are genes?What do genes do? These seemingly simple questions are in fact challenging to answer accurately. As a result, there are widespread misunderstandings and over-simplistic answers, which lead to common conceptions widely portrayed in the media, such as the...

Parution : 2017-03-30
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Télécharger le livre :  The Philosophy of Biology
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The Philosophy of Biology


Kostas Kampourakis


This book brings together for the first time philosophers of biology to write about some of the most central concepts and issues in their field from the perspective of biology education. The chapters of the book cover a variety of topics ranging from traditional ones,...

Parution : 2013-06-18
Format(s) : ePub
Éditeur : Springer
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