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  • Health, Disease, and Illness

    Concepts in Medicine

    de Arthur L. Caplan, Galen, Maimonodes, Roy Porter, G.S. Rousseau, Samuel A. Cartwright, Georges Canguilhem0, Thomas S. Szaz1, George L. Engel2, Robert A. Aronowitz3, Christopher Boorse4, K. Danner Clouser5, Charles M. Culver6, Bernard Gert7, Roberto Mordacci8, Andrew Sobel9, R.E. Kendell0, Winston Chiong1, Alice Domurat Dreger2, Peter Conrad3, Norma C. Ware4, John T. E. Richardson5, Frances B. McCrea6, Martha Holstein7, Sander Gilman8, George C. Williams9, David Magnus0, Eric T. Juengst1, Peter J. Whitehouse2, Maxwell J. Mehlman3, Thomas H. Murray4, Paul R. Wolpe5 ...
    In the 1850s, "Drapetomania" was the medical term for a disease found among black slaves in the United States. The main symptom was a strange desire to run away from their masters. In earlier centuries gout was understood as a metabolic disease of the affluent, so much so that it became a badge of uppercrust honor—and a medical excuse to avoid hard work. Today, is there such a thing as mental ... Leer más

    $40.49 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Karstology in the Classical Karst

    de Martin Knez, Bojan Otoničar, Metka Petrič, Tanja Pipan, Tadej Slabe, Matej Blatnik0, David C. Culver1, Franci Gabrovšek2, Blaž Kogovšek3, Janja Kogovšek4, Hong Liu5, Cyril Mayaud6, Andrej Mihevc7, Janez Mulec8, Magdalena Năpăruş-Aljančič9, Mitja Prelovšek0, Nataša Ravbar1, Trevor Shaw2, Stanka Šebela3, Nadja Zupan Hajna4 ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book presents the latest advances in karstology by researchers at the ZRC SAZU Karst Research Institute, Slovenia – home of Classical Karst. It features interdisciplinary investigations carried out on the karst surface, subsurface, caves, and associated waters.It covers various topics, such as analysis of karst processes, including the mineralogical and lithological characteristics of ... Leer más

    $152.99 USD

  • Mammoth Cave

    A Human and Natural History

    Edición de Horton H. Hobbs III, Rickard A Olson, Elizabeth G Winkler, David C. Culver ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book reveals the science and beauty of Mammoth Cave, the world's longest cave, which has played an important role in the natural sciences. It offers a comprehensive and interdisciplinary treatment of the cave, combining insights from leading experts in fields ranging from archeology and cultural history to life science and geosciences. The first animals specialized for cave life in North ... Leer más

    $170.99 USD

  • Encyclopedia of Caves

    Edición de William B. White, David C. Culver, Tanja Pipan ...
    Encyclopedia of Caves, Third Edition, provides detailed background information to anyone with a serious interest in caves. This includes students, both undergraduate and graduate, in the earth, biological and environmental sciences, and consultants, environmental scientists, land managers and government agency staff whose work requires them to know something about caves and the biota that inhabit ... Leer más

    $157.99 USD

  • Encyclopedia of Caves

    Edición de William B. White, David C. Culver ...
    Encyclopedia of Caves is a self-contained, beautifully illustrated work dedicated to caves and their unique environments. It includes more than 100 comprehensive articles from leading scholars and explorers in 15 different countries. Each entry is detailed and scientifically sound, yet accessible for students and non-scientists. This large-format reference is enchanced with hundreds of full-color ... Leer más

    $115.99 USD

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  • The Rocks Don't Lie: A Geologist Investigates Noah's Flood

    A Geologist Investigates Noah's Flood

    de David R. Montgomery ...
    How the mystery of the Bible's greatest story shaped geology: a MacArthur Fellow presents a surprising perspective on Noah's Flood.In Tibet, geologist David R. Montgomery heard a local story about a great flood that bore a striking similarity to Noah’s Flood. Intrigued, Montgomery began investigating the world’s flood stories and—drawing from historic works by theologians, natural philosophers, ... Leer más

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  • The Map That Changed the World

    William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology

    de Simon Winchester ...
    From the author of the bestselling The Professor and the Madman comes the fascinating biography of science detailing the story of William Smith, the orphaned son of an English country blacksmith, who became obsessed with creating the world's first geological map and ultimately became the father of modern geology.In 1793 William Smith, a canal digger, made a startling scientific discovery that was ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

  • Rigor Mortis

    How Sloppy Science Creates Worthless Cures, Crushes Hope, and Wastes Billions

    de Richard Harris ...
    An essential book to understanding whether the new miracle cure is good science or simply too good to be trueAmerican taxpayers spend $30 billion annually funding biomedical research, but over half of these studies can't be replicated due to poor experimental design, improper methods, and sloppy statistics. Bad science doesn't just hold back medical progress, it can sign the equivalent of a death ... Leer más

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  • Volcanoes, Earthquakes And Tsunamis: Teach Yourself

    de David Rothery ...
    Volcanoes, Earthquakes and Tsunamis is the essential guide to what causes the most frightening geological events with which we are faced today. It covers plate tectonics, the intricacies of each terrible phenomina, and their effects as well as the impact they have on each other, how they can be predicted and, if possible, controlled.NOT GOT MUCH TIME?One, five and ten-minute introductions to key ... Leer más

    $3.99 USD

  • Superstition

    Belief in the Age of Science

    de Robert L. Park ...
    Why the battle between superstition and science is far from overFrom uttering a prayer before boarding a plane, to exploring past lives through hypnosis, has superstition become pervasive in contemporary culture? Robert Park, the best-selling author of Voodoo Science, argues that it has. In Superstition, Park asks why people persist in superstitious convictions long after science has shown them to ... Leer más

    $16.59 USD

  • Hard Road West

    History and Geology along the Gold Rush Trail

    de Keith Heyer Meldahl ...
    The dramatic journeys of the 19th century Gold Rush come to life in this geologist's tour of the American West and the events that shaped the land.In 1848, news of the discovery of gold in California triggered an enormous wave of emigration toward the Pacific. The dramatic terrain these settlers crossed is so familiar to us now that it is hard to imagine how frightening—even godforsaken—its sheer ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Research Ethics

    A Philosophical Guide to the Responsible Conduct of Research

    de Gary Comstock ...
    Education in the responsible conduct of research typically takes the form of online instructions about rules, regulations, and policies. Research Ethics takes a novel approach and emphasizes the art of philosophical decision-making. Part A introduces egoism and explains that it is in the individual's own interest to avoid misconduct, fabrication of data, plagiarism and bias. Part B explains ... Leer más

    $58.99 USD