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From Being to Doing. The Origins of the Biology of Cognition.
Humberto R. Maturana , and Bernhard Poerksen Manufacturer: Carl Auer International ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 3896704486 |
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At the beginning of the last century, physicists revolutionised the scientific view of the world. Today biologists are radically transforming our understanding of the processes of life and cognition. Probing the mysteries of the mind, they have been able to prove that, in the act of knowing, the observer and the observed, subject and object, are inextricably enmeshed. The world we live in is not independent from us; we literally bring it forth ourselves. One of the protagonists of this new kind of thinking is the internationally renowned neurobiologist and systems theorist Humberto R. Maturana who was interviewed for several weeks by Bernhard Poerksen, journalist, and communication scientist. In this book, they explore the limits of our cognitive powers, discuss the truth in perception, the biology of love, and give, all in all, an introduction to systemic thinking that is down to earth, imaginative, and rich in anecdote.
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Doing Biology
Joel B. Hagen , Douglas Allchin , and Fred Singer Manufacturer: Benjamin Cummings ProductGroup: Book Binding: Textbook Binding Similar Items: ASIN: 0673996387 |
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Doing Without Adam and Eve: Sociobiology and Original Sin (Theology and the Sciences)
Patricia A. Williams Manufacturer: Augsburg Fortress Publishers ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0800632850 |
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In this provocative new addition to the acclaimed Theology and the Sciences series, Patricia Williams assays the doctrine of original sin with a scientific lens and offers an alternative Christian account of human nature's sinfulness and redemption based on sociobiology.Focusing on the Genesis 2 and 3 account, Williams shows how its historical interpretation in early Christianity not only misread the text but derived an idea of being human profoundly at odds with experience and contemporary science. After gauging Christianity's several competing notions of human natureProtestant, Catholic, and Orthodoxagainst contemporary biology, Williams turns to sociobiological accounts of the evolution of human dispositions toward reciprocity and limited cooperation as a source of human good and evil. From this vantage point, she offers new interpretations of the problem of evil, original sin, and the Christian doctrine of atonement.
Frank in its assessment of traditional misunderstandings, Williams's work challenges theologians and all Christians to reassess this linchpin doctrine and its implications for Christian theology.
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Doing Science: Innovative Curriculum for the Life Sciences
Neal A. Glasgow Manufacturer: Corwin Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0803964773 |
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"Offers new views and strategies to enliven the teaching of science by incorporating the investigative aspects of the subject. Bound to provide invaluable help in solving a very serious national problem." William J. Lennarz, Professor and Chairman Dept. of Biochemistry and Cell Biology State University of New York at Stony Brook Provides science teaches with innovative ways to involve students in working on dynamic, real-world problems and projects. This probmel-based, student-centered approach to "doing science" focuses on life science learning and includes lessons from biology, chemistry, and physics. This holistic method has been incorporated into the national standards for science education. Includes practical examples on how to: * Utilize the natural curiosity, concern, and creativity of students to turn them into active participants in instruction, instead of passive recipients * Design and develop problem and activity scenarios, and assess and evaluate the end results * Teach students where and how to collect and analyze data in order to find the solutions to questions and problems * Recruit and incorporate community mentors into your students' projects Addresses issues of liability and includes sample projects, policies, and release and permission forms. The author provides all the tools you need to turn life sciences into a "living" science.
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Turning Kids on to Science in the Home: Book 4, Living Things : Easy to Follow Recipes for Doing 50 Science Activities on Plants and Human Biology C
Tik L. Liem Manufacturer: Science Inquiry Enterprise ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1878106074 |
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Dialectic: or, The Art of Doing Philosophy A Study Edition of the 1811 Notes (American Academy of Religion Texts and Translations Series)
Friedrich D. E. Schleiermacher Manufacturer: An American Academy of Religion Book ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 078850293X |
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This is the first English translation of Schleiermacher's Dialectic, the first of his eight forays into the foundations of thinking that aims at knowing. This text, representing Schleiermacher's succinct preparatory notes for his 1811 lectures, offers a remarkably apt introduction to his thought at the onset of the modern age. This study edition features extensive notes and commentary by the translator, and indexes of names and places, subjects and concepts.
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Doing Biology
Susan Tresman Manufacturer: Nelson Thornes Ltd ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0174481551 |
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Seeing & doing science - with video. (using video as a teaching tool)(includes related articles) (Science for Everyone: It's in Your Hands) (Cover Story): An article from: Instructor (1990)
Michelle Abel Berger Manufacturer: Scholastic, Inc. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B000920U9A Release Date: 2005-07-28 |
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This digital document is an article from Instructor (1990), published by Scholastic, Inc. on March 1, 1994. The length of the article is 1624 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Vertical movement of mud crab megalopae (Scylla serrata) in response to light: Doing it differently down under [An article from: Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology]
J.A.C. Webley , and R.M. Connolly Manufacturer: Elsevier ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B000PDSRVG |
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This digital document is a journal article from Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, published by Elsevier in 2007. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Biology 4e and Doing Biology Bundle
Neil A. Campbell Manufacturer: Benjamin-Cummings Publishing Company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: 0805384588 |
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Clusters of Atoms and Molecules II: Solvation and Chemistry of Free Clusters, and Embedded, Supported and Compressed Clusters (Springer Series in Chemical Physics)
Manufacturer: Springer ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0387569588 |
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Atomic & Molecular Clusters
Roy L. Johnston Manufacturer: CRC ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0748409319 |
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Cluster physics is the foundation of the increasingly important field of nanotechnology. Clusters, ranging in size from a few to many millions of atoms, constitute a fascinating field of research in physics, chemistry and materials science. They are formed by most of the elements of the Periodic Table, and the types of bonding and the resultant clusters are equally as varied. This book introduces atomic clusters, ranging from weakly-bonded clusters of argon to strongly-bonded carbon clusters and metal nano-particles. It includes worked examples to enable lecturers and students to gauge their understanding and progress. Atomic and Molecular Clusters describes the experimental generation, detection and interrogation of clusters and theoretical approaches developed to aid understanding of their physical properties. It classifies clusters according to their bonding types and gives examples of present and possible future applications of clusters in electronic, optical and magnetic devices.
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Atomic And Molecular Cluster Research
Manufacturer: Nova Science Publishers ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 1594548641 |
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Atomic and Molecular Clusters (Studies in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry)
Manufacturer: Elsevier Publishing Company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 044488193X |
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Atomic and Nuclear Clusters: Proceedings of the Second International Conference at Santorini, Greece June 28-July 2, 1993
G. S. Anagnostatos Manufacturer: Springer ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 3540591605 |
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Atomic clusters and nanoparticles. Agregats atomiques et nanoparticules: Les Houches Session LXXIII 2-28 July 2000 (Les Houches - Ecole d'Ete de Physique Theorique)
Manufacturer: Springer ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 3540429085 |
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This book focusses on basic science, but it also addresses engineers interested in new materials. Experiments on metal clusters are reviewed in two long pedagogically written articles. The theoretical courses cover three main domains: (1) electronic properties of metallic clusters and nanostructures, (2) phases and phase changes of small systems, and (3) chemical processes in nanoscale systems. Furthermore, interested readers, researchers as well as graduate students will find articles on density functional theory, magnetic properties of clusters, and computer simulations of cluster dynamics. In addition, the book addresses chemical processes, pairing correlation effects and also biological systems.
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Chemical Reactions in Clusters (Topics in Physical Chemistry)
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0195090047 |
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This book covers important new developments of the last five years in the area of cluster chemistry, presenting an excellent view of the successes and shortcomings of both current state-of-the-art theory and experiment. Each chapter, contributed by a leading expert, places heavy emphasis on theory without which the detailed analysis of the spectroscopic and kinetic results would be compromised. The cluster reactions reviewed in this work include electron and proton transfer reactions, hot atom reactions, vibrational predissociation, radical reactions, and ionic reactions. Some of the theories applied throughout the text are product state distribution determinations, state-to-state dynamical information, and access to the transition stage of the reaction. The discussions serve as a benchmark of how far the field has come since the mid 1980's and will be a good update for students and researchers interested in this area of physical chemistry.
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Clustering Phenomena in Atoms and Nuclei (Springer Series in Nuclear and Particle Physics)
M. Brenner , and T. Loonroth Manufacturer: Springer ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0387551018 |
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Clusters And Nano-assemblies: Physical And Biological Systems
P. Jena , S. N. Khanna , B. K. Rao , and International Symposium on Clusters And Manufacturer: World Scientific Publishing Company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 9812563318 |
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Clusters and Small Particles: In Gases and Plasmas (Graduate Texts in Contemporary Physics)
Boris M. Smirnov Manufacturer: Springer ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0387988343 |
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This book discusses small particles or clusters of atoms, molecules, as well as systems consisting of them. These are systems too large to be analyzed by the methods of particle dynamics, but too small to treated by the standard statistical techniques. The goal is to analyze the properties of such finite aggregates and their behavior in gases and plasmas, and to investigate processes that involve such clusters. The presentation is based on lectures and seminar problems for graduate students; the main part of the book thus includes more than 200 problems, each of them illustrating a specific aspect of finite systems of bound atoms and their behavior in gases and plasmas. Topics covered include: collisions, charge transfer, chemical reactions, condensed systems and their structures, kinetics of cluster growth, excited clusters, the transition from clusters to bulk particles, and small particles, dust, and aerosols in plasmas. Some reference data for corresponding parameters of systems under consideration are given in the problems and in the appendices. The book will be of interest to physicists, astrophysicists, and chemists.Books:
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