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  • Interdisciplinarity and General Education in the 21st Century

    by Maria Burguete, Jean-Patrick Connerade, Nigel Sanitt, Annette Vogt, Donghui Zhang & Tianying Xuan, Elisa Guberti, Manuel Mota, Baudouin Jurdant, Lui Lam, Ana Paula Moita, Xiao-Fan Luo ...
    Series Book 5 - Science Matters Series
    Scimat (Science Matters) is the new multidiscipline that deals with the science of humans. It aims to raise the scientific level of the humanities by encouraging interaction between humanists and natural scientists. This book Interdisciplinarity and General Education in the 21st Century derives from the fifth international scimat conference of the same title, held in Cascais, Portugal, in October ... Read more

    $29.70 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Scimat Anthology

    Histophysics, Art, Philosophy, Science

    by Lui Lam ...
    Series Book 5 - Science Matters Series
    Scimat (science of human) is a new multidiscipline proposed by Lui Lam in 2007. Scimat treats all studies on human as a unified enterprise. In terms of content, Scimat = Humanities + Social Science + Medical Science. Scimat advocates the use of humanities-science synthesis in understanding humans, and collaboration between the humanists and natural scientists. The ultimate aim of Scimat is to ... Read more

    $134.99 USD

  • Humanities, Science, Scimat

    From Two Cultures to Bettering Humanity

    by Lui Lam ...
    Series Book 4 - Science Matters Series
    The humanities (and social science) are the disciplines that study human, which are essential in helping us to understand ourselves and others and the world around us. Since science is the study of everything in the universe and human is a material system consisting of the same atoms that make up other nonhuman systems, humanities are part of science. Thus, understanding correctly what science is ... Read more

    $120.59 USD

  • All About Science: Philosophy, History, Sociology & Communication

    by Lui Lam, Maria Burguete ...
    Series Book 3 - Science Matters Series
    There is a lot of confusion and misconception concerning science. The nature and contents of science is an unsettled problem. For example, Thales of 2,600 years ago is recognized as the father of science but the word science was introduced only in the 14th century; the definition of science is often avoided in books about philosophy of science. This book aims to clear up all these confusions and ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

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  • The Evolution of Knowledge

    Rethinking Science for the Anthropocene

    by Jürgen Renn ...
    A fundamentally new approach to the history of science and technologyThis book presents a new way of thinking about the history of science and technology, one that offers a grand narrative of human history in which knowledge serves as a critical factor of cultural evolution. Jürgen Renn examines the role of knowledge in global transformations going back to the dawn of civilization while providing ... Read more

    $39.59 USD

  • The Shape of a Life

    One Mathematician's Search for the Universe's Hidden Geometry

    by Shing-Tung Yau, Steve Nadis ...
    A Fields medalist recounts his lifelong effort to uncover the geometric shape—the Calabi-Yau manifold—that may store the hidden dimensions of our universe.Harvard geometer Shing-Tung Yau has provided a mathematical foundation for string theory, offered new insights into black holes, and mathematically demonstrated the stability of our universe. In this autobiography, Yau reflects on his improbable ... Read more

    $20.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Philosophy of Engineering, East and West

    Edited by Carl Mitcham, Bocong LI, Byron Newberry, Baichun ZHANG ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This co-edited volume compares Chinese and Western experiences of engineering, technology, and development. In doing so, it builds a bridge between the East and West and advances a dialogue in the philosophy of engineering. Divided into three parts, the book starts with studies on epistemological and ontological issues, with a special focus on engineering design, creativity, management, ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • You Matter More Than You Think

    Quantum Social Change for a Thriving World

    by Karen O'Brien ...
    Every single one of us matters in the process of transforming our future - but do we really believe that? What if we are underestimating our individual and collective capacity to change ourselves, our cultures, and our systems to create a thriving future for all? Through the lens of quantum social change, Karen O'Brien presents a radically different way of thinking about how we address climate ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Understanding Beliefs

    by Nils J. Nilsson ...
    Series series The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series
    What beliefs are, what they do for us, how we come to hold them, and how to evaluate them.Our beliefs constitute a large part of our knowledge of the world. We have beliefs about objects, about culture, about the past, and about the future. We have beliefs about other people, and we believe that they have beliefs as well. We use beliefs to predict, to explain, to create, to console, to entertain. ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Hawking Incorporated

    Stephen Hawking and the Anthropology of the Knowing Subject

    by Hélène Mialet ...
    These days, the idea of the cyborg is less the stuff of science fiction and more a reality, as we are all, in one way or another, constantly connected, extended, wired, and dispersed in and through technology. One wonders where the individual, the person, the human, and the body are—or, alternatively, where they stop. These are the kinds of questions Hélène Mialet explores in this fascinating ... Read more

    $18.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Earthly Order

    How Natural Laws Define Human Life

    by Saleem H. Ali ...
    The Covid-19 Pandemic has brought forth global anxiety about linkages between the environment and society at a fundamental structural level. Earthly Order: How Natural Laws Define Human Life provides an accessible exposition of the latest foundational knowledge on how natural and social systems science can inform planetary crises. Humanity has either tried to conquer or capitulate to natural order ... Read more

    $25.69 USD

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  • The Great Silence

    Science and Philosophy of Fermi's Paradox

    by Milan M. Ćirković ...
    The Great Silence explores the multifaceted problem named after the great Italian physicist Enrico Fermi and his legendary 1950 lunchtime question "Where is everybody?" In many respects, Fermi's paradox is the richest and the most challenging problem for the entire field of astrobiology and the Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence (SETI) studies. This book shows how Fermi's paradox is ... Read more

    $28.79 USD