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  • Pathways, Potholes, and the Persistence of Women in Science

    Reconsidering the Pipeline

    by Enobong Hannah Branch, Sharla Alegria, Mindy Anderson-Knott, Catherine White Berheide, Mary Frank Fox, Lisa Frehill, Rachel Gordon, Patricia Wonch Hill, Laura Hirshfield, Apriel K. Hodari0, Mary Anne Holmes1, Kathryn Kline2, Lily Ko3, Julia McQuillan4, Maria Ong5, Cassaundra Rodriguez6, Timothy Sacco7, Laurel Smith-Doerr8, Angela Stoutenburgh9, Margaret Usdansky0, Kathrin Zippel1 ...
    Training for and pursuing a career in science can be treacherous for women; many more begin than ultimately complete at every stage. Characterizing this as a pipeline problem, however, leads to a focus on individual women instead of structural conditions. The goal of the book is to offer an alternative model that better articulates the ideas of agency, constraint, and variability along the path to ... Read more

    $46.99 USD

  • Investigating Interdisciplinary Collaboration

    Theory and Practice across Disciplines

    by Scott Frickel, Mathieu Albert, Barbara Prainsack, Helga Nowotny, Dave McBee, Erin Leahey, Gregory J. Downey, Noah Weeth Feinstein0, Daniel Lee Kleinman1, Sigrid Peterson2, Chisato Fukuda3, Laurel Smith-Doerr4, Jennifer Croissant5, Itai Vardi6, Timothy Sacco7, Elise Paradis8, Ayelet Kuper9, Aaron Panofsky0, Ryan Light1, jimi adams2, Ali O. Ilhan3, Cyrus C.M. Mody4, Hauke Reisch5, Angela Cassidy6 ...
    Series series The American Campus
    Interdisciplinarity has become a buzzword in academia, as research universities funnel their financial resources toward collaborations between faculty in different disciplines. In theory, interdisciplinary collaboration breaks down artificial divisions between different departments, allowing more innovative and sophisticated research to flourish. But does it actually work this way in practice ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • The Handbook of Science and Technology Studies, fourth edition

    Edited by Ulrike Felt, Rayvon Fouche, Clark A. Miller, Laurel Smith-Doerr ...
    The fourth edition of an authoritative overview, with all new chapters that capture the state of the art in a rapidly growing field.Science and Technology Studies (STS) is a flourishing interdisciplinary field that examines the transformative power of science and technology to arrange and rearrange contemporary societies. The Handbook of Science and Technology Studies provides a comprehensive and ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

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  • The Discoverers

    by Daniel J. Boorstin ...
    Series Book 2 - Knowledge Series
    An original history of man's greatest adventure: his search to discover the world around him. In the compendious history, Boorstin not only traces man's insatiable need to know, but also the obstacles to discovery and the illusion that knowledge can also put in our way. Covering time, the earth and the seas, nature and society, he gathers and analyzes stories of the man's profound quest to ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Connections

    by James Burke ...
    Connections is a brilliant examination of the ideas, inventions, and coincidences that have culminated in the major technological achievements of today.How did the popularity of underwear in the twelfth century lead to the invention of the printing press? How did the waterwheel evolve into the computer? How did the arrival of the cannon lead eventually to the development of movies?In this highly ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • The Renaissance

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Jerry Brotton ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    More than ever before, the Renaissance stands as one of the defining moments in world history. Between 1400 and 1600, European perceptions of society, culture, politics and even humanity itself emerged in ways that continue to affect not only Europe but the entire world. This wide-ranging exploration of the Renaissance sees the period as a time of unprecedented intellectual excitement and cultural ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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  • An Introduction to Data Science

    by Jeffrey S. Saltz, Jeffrey Morgan Stanton ...
    An Introduction to Data Science is an easy-to-read, gentle introduction for advanced undergraduate, certificate, and graduate students coming from a wide range of backgrounds into the world of data science. After introducing the basic concepts of data science, the book builds on these foundations to explain data science techniques using the R programming language and RStudio® from the ground up. ... Read more

    $70.19 USD

  • The Lever of Riches

    Technological Creativity and Economic Progress

    by Joel Mokyr ...
    In a world of supercomputers, genetic engineering, and fiber optics, technological creativity is ever more the key to economic success. But why are some nations more creative than others, and why do some highly innovative societies--such as ancient China, or Britain in the industrial revolution--pass into stagnation? Beginning with a fascinating, concise history of technological progress, Mokyr ... Read more

    $15.19 USD

  • SURVEY & QUESTIONNAIRE DESIGN

    Collecting Primary Data to Answer Research Questions

    by Justin Doran, Ann Kirby, Jane Bourke ...
    "SURVEY & QUESTIONNAIRE DESIGN: Collecting Primary Data to Answer Research Questions" presents practice-oriented guidance on survey and questionnaire design, as well as exercises and video presentations, to assist you in your research. It is based on lecture notes and hand-outs used by the authors in the various classes they have taught over the past number of years. Within the research process, ... Read more

    $20.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Brilliant

    The Evolution of Artificial Light

    by Jane Brox ...
    This "superb history" of artificial light traces the evolution of society—"invariably fascinating and often original . . . [it] amply lives up to its title" ( Publishers Weekly, starred review).In Brilliant, Jane Brox explores humankind's ever-changing relationship to artificial light, from the stone lamps of the Pleistocene to the LEDs embedded in fabrics of the future. More than a survey of ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Research Methods

    by Steve Chapman, Patrick McNeill, Patrick McNeill ...
    Since its first edition in 1985, Patrick McNeill's Research Methods has become a classic introductory text for students of sociology at A level and in undergraduate courses as well as for a range of specialists in education, business, social care and medicine who need a brief but authoritative account of how sociologists set about conducting research.After a brief overview of the history of ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • A Companion to Survey Research

    by Michael D. Ornstein ...
    A Companion to Survey Research provides a critical overview and guide to survey methods. Rather than a set of formulas, survey design is understood as a craft where the translation of research questions into a questionnaire, sample design and data collection strategy is based on understanding how respondents answer questions and their willingness to complete a survey.Following an account of the ... Read more

    $87.29 USD