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  • Health, Disease, and Illness

    Concepts in Medicine

    by 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 ... Read more

    $40.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Ethics of Sports Technologies and Human Enhancement

    Edited by Thomas H. Murray, Voo Teck Chuan ...
    This volume presents articles which focus on the ethical evaluation of performance-enhancing technologies in sport. The collection considers whether drug doping should be banned; the rationale of not banning ethically contested innovations such as hypoxic chambers; and the implications of the prospects of human genetic engineering for the notion of sport as a development of ’natural’ talent ... Read more

    $420.00 USD

  • Reproductive Technologies

    A Reader

    by David Adamson, Lori B. Andrews, Robert Boostanfar, Ethics Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Cynthia Ferre, Mary M. Francis, John K. Jain, Gary Jeng, Susan F. Meikle, Eliran Mor, Thomas H. Murray, Richard J. Paulson, G Pennings, Herbert Peterson, J M. Phillips, Peyman Saadat, Laura A. Schieve, Cristin C. Slater, Bonnie Steinbock, James P. Toner, David E. Tourgeman, Lynne S. Wilcox ...
    Series series Readings in Bioethics
    Over a decade ago the field of bioethics was established in response to the increased control over the design of living organisms afforded by both medical genetics and biotechnology. Since its introduction, bioethics has become established as an academic discipline with journals and professional societies, is covered regularly in the media, and affects people everyday around the globe.In response ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Good Sport

    Why Our Games Matter -- and How Doping Undermines Them

    by Thomas H. Murray ...
    Why are fiberglass vaulting poles and hinged skates accepted in sport - while performance-enhancing drugs are forbidden? Are the rules that forbid them arbitrary? Should we level the playing field by allowing all competitors to use drugs that allow them to run faster or longer, leap higher, or lift more? In this provocative exploration of what draws us to sport as participants and spectators, ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Synthetic Biology and Morality

    Artificial Life and the Bounds of Nature

    Edited by Gregory E. Kaebnick, Thomas H. Murray ...
    Series series Basic Bioethics
    A range of views on the morality of synthetic biology and its place in public policy and political discourse.Synthetic biology, which aims to design and build organisms that serve human needs, has potential applications that range from producing biofuels to programming human behavior. The emergence of this new form of biotechnology, however, raises a variety of ethical questions—first and foremost ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

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  • Unsportsmanlike Conduct

    College Football and the Politics of Rape

    by Jessica Luther ...
    A meticulously researched and powerful exposé on the epidemic of cover-up that surrounds sexual assault and college football players."Not to reckon with Luther's book would be an abdication not only of one's moral faculty but also of one's fandom . . . Luther doesn't just want to save future victims; she wants to save college football." — New York Times Book Review"Highly relevant, hard-hitting, ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Physics for Future Presidents: The Science Behind the Headlines

    The Science Behind the Headlines

    by Richard A. Muller ...
    “A triumph.”—Steve Weinberg, Boston GlobeThis is “must-have” information for all presidents—and citizens—of the twenty-first century: Is Iran’s nascent nuclear capability a genuine threat to the West? Are biochemical weapons likely to be developed by terrorists? Are there viable alternatives to fossil fuels that should be nurtured and supported by the government? Should nuclear power be encouraged ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Rigor Mortis

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

    by 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 ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • LEARN HOW TO PLAY CHESS

    by V.GURU PRASAD ...
    Chess is a game played between two opponents on opposite sides of a board containing 64 squares of alternating colors. Each player has 16 pieces: 1 king, 1 queen, 2 rooks, 2 bishops, 2 knights, and 8 pawns. The goal of the game is to checkmate the other king.If you play it right, you can feel how attractive the game is. But, still many people does not know how to play chess. For them I have ... Read more

    $1.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Greatest

    The Quest for Sporting Perfection

    by Matthew Syed, Matthew Syed Consulting Ltd ...
    What can Roger Federer teach us about the secret of longevity?What do the All Blacks have in common with improvised jazz musicians?What can cognitive neuroscientists tell us about what happens to the brains of sportspeople when they perform?And why did Johan Cruyff believe that beauty was more important than winning?Matthew Syed, the 'Sports Journalist of the Year 2016', answers these questions ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

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  • Fool Me Twice

    Fighting the Assault on Science in America

    by Shawn Lawrence Otto ...
    "Whenever the people are well informed," Thomas Jefferson wrote, "they can be trusted with their own government."But what happens in a world dominated by complex science? Are the people still well-enough informed to be trusted with their own government? And with less than 2 percent of Congress with any professional background in science, how can our government be trusted to lead us in the right ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Superstition

    Belief in the Age of Science

    by 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 ... Read more

    $16.59 USD