О природе вещей
by Т.Л. Кар
Genethics is the most lucid and authoritative guide for general readers to modern genetic technology and the myriad ethical issues it raises.
Историческое описание Московского Новод&
by И. Ф. Токмаков
Airtime - Die Geschichte der Achterbahn aus Sicht der Wissenschaft
by Sacha Szabo
Science and Society (House of Lords Papers, No. 38 (Session 1999-2000))
The Temptations of Evolutionary Ethics
by Professor Paul Lawrence Farber
Einstein, Me and the G.O.D. " the Grand Original Design"
by Kenneth R Stauffer Phd
Creative Space (Studies in Computational Intelligence, #10)
by Andrzej P Wierzbicki and Yoshiteru Nakamori
Creative Space summarizes and integrates the various up-to-date approaches of computational intelligence to knowledge and technology creation including the specific novel feature of utilizing the creative abilities of the human mind, such as tacit knowledge, emotions and instincts, and intuition. It analyzes several important approaches of this new paradigm such as the Shinayakana Systems Approach, the organizational knowledge creation theory, in particular SECI Spiral, and the Rational Theory o...
Основы средневековой религиозности в XII-XIII вk
by Л.П. Карсавин
Harmful Content on the Internet and in Video Games (HC, Session 2007-08, 353-I)
The idea of elegance in science is not necessarily a familiar one, but it is an important one. The use of the term is perhaps most clear-cut in mathematics - the elegant proof - and this is where Ian Glynn begins his exploration. Scientists often share a sense of admiration and excitement on hearing of an elegant solution to a problem, an elegant theory, or an elegant experiment. The idea of elegance may seem strange in a field of endeavour that prides itself in its objectivity, but only if sc...
Why are some countries better than others at science and technology (S&T)? Written in an approachable style, The Politics of Innovation provides readers from all backgrounds and levels of expertise a comprehensive introduction to the debates over national S&T competitiveness. It synthesizes over fifty years of theory and research on national innovation rates, bringing together the current political and economic wisdom, and latest findings, about how nations become S&T leaders. Many experts mista...
The subject of intelligent design has been much in the news in recent months but is often treated in a piecemeal fashion or one-sidedly. This volume highlights points of agreement and disagreement between two leading intellectuals on the subject: William A Dembski, senior fellow with Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture, and Michael Ruse, an internationally known philosopher of science. Each of the contributors presents his or her position in light of the other's, providing reade...
Contemporary life is so deeply reliant upon digital technology that the computer has come to dominate almost every aspect of our culture. What is the philosophical and spiritual significance of this dependence on electronic technology, both for our relationship to nature and for the future of humanity? And, what processes in human perception and awareness have produced the situation we find ourselves in? As Jeremy Naydler elucidates in this penetrating study, we cannot understand the emergence...