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  • Interstellar Dreams

    Volume 1

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    No one could have predicted that Fei Wei could have such a strong power not only because of his exceptional physique, but also because of the ultimate killing skill that he had been hiding all this time, Spiritual Force. Just by relying on this terrifying Spiritual Force, he had killed countless powerful experts along the way, and also because of this title of hiring the Mercenary King, it ... Read more

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  • The Explanatory Autonomy of the Biological Sciences

    by Wei Fang ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Science
    This book argues for the explanatory autonomy of the biological sciences. It does so by showing that scientific explanations in the biological sciences cannot be reduced to explanations in the fundamental sciences such as physics and chemistry and by demonstrating that biological explanations are advanced by models rather than laws of nature.To maintain the explanatory autonomy of the biological ... Read more

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  • Social Attitudes in Contemporary China

    Series series Routledge Contemporary China Series
    Unlike many studies of social attitudes, which are based on large scale quantitative surveys, or which focus on the attitude of elites, this book considers the views of ordinary people, and is based on in-depth, qualitative interviews. This approach results in rich, nuanced data, and is especially helpful for highlighting ambivalent attitudes, where respondents may hold positive and negative views ... Read more

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  • Principles of Polymer Design and Synthesis

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    Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
    How can a scientist or engineer synthesize and utilize polymers to solve our daily problems? This introductory text, aimed at the advanced undergraduate or graduate student, provides future scientists and engineers with the fundamental knowledge of polymer design and synthesis to achieve specific properties required in everyday applications. In the first five chapters, this book discusses the ... Read more

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  • How China Escaped the Poverty Trap

    by Yuen Yuen Ang ...
    Series series Cornell Studies in Political Economy
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  • Mind in Life

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    How is life related to the mind? The question has long confounded philosophers and scientists, and it is this so-called explanatory gap between biological life and consciousness that Evan Thompson explores in Mind in Life.Thompson draws upon sources as diverse as molecular biology, evolutionary theory, artificial life, complex systems theory, neuroscience, psychology, Continental Phenomenology, ... Read more

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  • Rural Migrants in Urban China

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    Series series Routledge Contemporary China Series
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  • A Middle Class Without Democracy

    Economic Growth and the Prospects for Democratization in China

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    What kind of role can the middle class play in potential democratization in such an undemocratic, late developing country as China? To answer this profound political as well as theoretical question, Jie Chen explores attitudinal and behavioral orientation of China's new middle class to democracy and democratization. Chen's work is based on a unique set of data collected from a probability-sample ... Read more

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  • The Extended Mind

    The Emergence of Language, the Human Mind, and Culture

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