Author: Rebecca Culshaw
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
ISBN: 9781556436420
Category : AIDS (Disease)
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
"A former HIV researcher tells the story of her disillusionment with the HIV/AIDS hypothesis and exposes not only its numerous flaws but also problems with the scientific research establishment that enabled this hypothesis to take such a strong, hypnotic hold on the world at large"--Provided by publisher.
Science Sold Out
Author: Rebecca Culshaw
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
ISBN: 9781556436420
Category : AIDS (Disease)
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
"A former HIV researcher tells the story of her disillusionment with the HIV/AIDS hypothesis and exposes not only its numerous flaws but also problems with the scientific research establishment that enabled this hypothesis to take such a strong, hypnotic hold on the world at large"--Provided by publisher.
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
ISBN: 9781556436420
Category : AIDS (Disease)
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
"A former HIV researcher tells the story of her disillusionment with the HIV/AIDS hypothesis and exposes not only its numerous flaws but also problems with the scientific research establishment that enabled this hypothesis to take such a strong, hypnotic hold on the world at large"--Provided by publisher.
Science Bought and Sold
Author: Philip Mirowski
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226538563
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
From essays examining economic welfare to the idea of scientists as agents to the digital aspects of higher education, presents a comprehensive overview of the new directions of this expanding area.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226538563
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
From essays examining economic welfare to the idea of scientists as agents to the digital aspects of higher education, presents a comprehensive overview of the new directions of this expanding area.
The Book of Why
Author: Judea Pearl
Publisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 0465097618
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
A Turing Award-winning computer scientist and statistician shows how understanding causality has revolutionized science and will revolutionize artificial intelligence "Correlation is not causation." This mantra, chanted by scientists for more than a century, has led to a virtual prohibition on causal talk. Today, that taboo is dead. The causal revolution, instigated by Judea Pearl and his colleagues, has cut through a century of confusion and established causality -- the study of cause and effect -- on a firm scientific basis. His work explains how we can know easy things, like whether it was rain or a sprinkler that made a sidewalk wet; and how to answer hard questions, like whether a drug cured an illness. Pearl's work enables us to know not just whether one thing causes another: it lets us explore the world that is and the worlds that could have been. It shows us the essence of human thought and key to artificial intelligence. Anyone who wants to understand either needs The Book of Why.
Publisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 0465097618
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
A Turing Award-winning computer scientist and statistician shows how understanding causality has revolutionized science and will revolutionize artificial intelligence "Correlation is not causation." This mantra, chanted by scientists for more than a century, has led to a virtual prohibition on causal talk. Today, that taboo is dead. The causal revolution, instigated by Judea Pearl and his colleagues, has cut through a century of confusion and established causality -- the study of cause and effect -- on a firm scientific basis. His work explains how we can know easy things, like whether it was rain or a sprinkler that made a sidewalk wet; and how to answer hard questions, like whether a drug cured an illness. Pearl's work enables us to know not just whether one thing causes another: it lets us explore the world that is and the worlds that could have been. It shows us the essence of human thought and key to artificial intelligence. Anyone who wants to understand either needs The Book of Why.
Sold Out
Author: Michelle Malkin
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501115960
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
The #1 New York Times bestselling author and firebrand syndicated columnist Michelle Malkin sets her sights on the corrupt businessmen, politicians, and lobbyists flooding our borders and selling out America’s best and brightest workers. In Sold Out, Michelle Malkin and John Miano name names and expose the lies of those who pretend to champion the middle class, while aiding and abetting massive layoffs of highly skilled American workers in favor of cheap foreign labor. Malkin and Miano will explode some of the most commonly told myths spread in the media like these: Lie #1: America is suffering from an apocalyptic “shortage” of science, technology, engineering, and math workers. Lie #2: US companies cannot function without an unlimited injection of the “highly skilled” and “highly educated” foreign workers, who offer capital and energy that American workers can’t match. Lie #3: America’s best and brightest talents are protected because employers are required to demonstrate that they’ve made every effort to hire American citizens before resorting to foreign labor. For too long, open-borders tech billionaires and their political enablers have escaped tough public scrutiny of their means and motives. It’s time to trade the whitewash for solvent. American workers deserve better and the public deserves the unvarnished truth.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501115960
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
The #1 New York Times bestselling author and firebrand syndicated columnist Michelle Malkin sets her sights on the corrupt businessmen, politicians, and lobbyists flooding our borders and selling out America’s best and brightest workers. In Sold Out, Michelle Malkin and John Miano name names and expose the lies of those who pretend to champion the middle class, while aiding and abetting massive layoffs of highly skilled American workers in favor of cheap foreign labor. Malkin and Miano will explode some of the most commonly told myths spread in the media like these: Lie #1: America is suffering from an apocalyptic “shortage” of science, technology, engineering, and math workers. Lie #2: US companies cannot function without an unlimited injection of the “highly skilled” and “highly educated” foreign workers, who offer capital and energy that American workers can’t match. Lie #3: America’s best and brightest talents are protected because employers are required to demonstrate that they’ve made every effort to hire American citizens before resorting to foreign labor. For too long, open-borders tech billionaires and their political enablers have escaped tough public scrutiny of their means and motives. It’s time to trade the whitewash for solvent. American workers deserve better and the public deserves the unvarnished truth.
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
Author: Mary Roach
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393324826
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
A look inside the world of forensics examines the use of human cadavers in a wide range of endeavors, including research into new surgical procedures, space exploration, and a Tennessee human decay research facility.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393324826
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
A look inside the world of forensics examines the use of human cadavers in a wide range of endeavors, including research into new surgical procedures, space exploration, and a Tennessee human decay research facility.
Multiformity of Science
Author: Jan Such
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004333878
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
Preliminary Material -- PREFACE -- IDEALIZATION AND CONCRETIZATION IN THE NATURAL SCIENCES -- PLATO'S PHILOSOPHY AND THE ESSENCE OF THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD -- THE IDEALIZATIONAL THEORY OF SCIENCE AND PHYSICS OF THE MICROWORLD -- THE IDEALIZATIONAL CONCEPTION OF SCIENCE AND THE STRUCTURE OF THE LAW OF UNIVERSAL GRAVITATION -- ON KINDS OF KNOWLEDGE -- SCIENTIFIC AND EVERYDAY KNOWLEDGE -- UNIVERSALITY OF SCIENTIFIC LAWS -- THE ROLE OF THEORY IN PHYSICAL SCIENCES -- THE LEIBNIZ-EINSTEIN PRINCIPLE OF THE MINIMIZATION OF PREMISES -- ON KINDS OF INTERPRETATION PROCEDURES IN SCIENCE -- THE PROBLEM OF THE RATIONALITY OF SCIENCE -- PRINCIPLES AND KINDS OF SCIENTIFIC RATIONALITY -- THE RATIONALITY OF SCIENCE AND LIMITATIONS OF SCIENTIFIC METHODS -- WHAT HAS CHANGED IN THE PHILOSOPHICAL VIEW OF SCIENCE? -- TYPES OF DETERMINATION VS. THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENCE IN HISTORICAL EPISTEMOLOGY -- RELATION OF CORRESPONDENCE AND LOGICAL CONSEQUENCE -- EXPERIMENT AND SCIENCE -- HEGEL'S HISTORICISM AND CONTEMPORARY CONCEPTIONS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENCE -- ARE THERE DEFINITIVELY FALSIFYING PROCEDURES IN SCIENCE? -- ON THE SO-CALLED COMPLEMENTARY EXPERIMENTS. THE EXAMPLE OF FIZEAU'S AND MICHELSON'S EXPERIMENTS -- TESTABILITY OF KNOWLEDGE AT VARIOUS LEVELS OF ITS DEVELOPMENT -- ATOMISTIC EMPIRICISM OR HOLISTIC EMPIRICISM? -- THE NOTION OF AN AD HOC HYPOTHESIS -- ON THE PECULIARITY OF PHYSICS AND ITS DIVISIONS -- MODELS OF RATIONALITY IN PHYSICS -- TRANSCENDENTAL PHILOSOPHY AND PHYSICS OF THE MICROWORLD -- THE UNIVERSALITY OF SCIENTIFIC LAWS AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE UNIVERSE -- ASPECTS OF THE PROBLEM OF THE SPATIOTEMPORAL INFINITY OF THE WORLD -- THE PECULIAR STATUS OF COSMOLOGY AS A SCIENCE -- THE ORIGIN OF THE UNIVERSE AND CONTEMPORARY COSMOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY -- NEWTON'S FIELDS OF STUDY AND METHODOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES -- HEGEL AND CONTEMPORARY NATURAL SCIENCES -- UNITY OR VARIETY OF NATURE? -- THE PLACE OF PROCESSES IN THE STRUCTURE OF REALITY -- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND THE CURRENT TRENDS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CULTURE -- HEGEL'S CATEGORY OF TOTALITY AND HIS CONCEPT OF STATE -- THE BEING OF BEINGS IN HEIDEGGER'S SEIN UND ZEIT -- REFERENCES -- POZNAŃ STUDIES IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE SCIENCES AND THE HUMANITIES.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004333878
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
Preliminary Material -- PREFACE -- IDEALIZATION AND CONCRETIZATION IN THE NATURAL SCIENCES -- PLATO'S PHILOSOPHY AND THE ESSENCE OF THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD -- THE IDEALIZATIONAL THEORY OF SCIENCE AND PHYSICS OF THE MICROWORLD -- THE IDEALIZATIONAL CONCEPTION OF SCIENCE AND THE STRUCTURE OF THE LAW OF UNIVERSAL GRAVITATION -- ON KINDS OF KNOWLEDGE -- SCIENTIFIC AND EVERYDAY KNOWLEDGE -- UNIVERSALITY OF SCIENTIFIC LAWS -- THE ROLE OF THEORY IN PHYSICAL SCIENCES -- THE LEIBNIZ-EINSTEIN PRINCIPLE OF THE MINIMIZATION OF PREMISES -- ON KINDS OF INTERPRETATION PROCEDURES IN SCIENCE -- THE PROBLEM OF THE RATIONALITY OF SCIENCE -- PRINCIPLES AND KINDS OF SCIENTIFIC RATIONALITY -- THE RATIONALITY OF SCIENCE AND LIMITATIONS OF SCIENTIFIC METHODS -- WHAT HAS CHANGED IN THE PHILOSOPHICAL VIEW OF SCIENCE? -- TYPES OF DETERMINATION VS. THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENCE IN HISTORICAL EPISTEMOLOGY -- RELATION OF CORRESPONDENCE AND LOGICAL CONSEQUENCE -- EXPERIMENT AND SCIENCE -- HEGEL'S HISTORICISM AND CONTEMPORARY CONCEPTIONS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENCE -- ARE THERE DEFINITIVELY FALSIFYING PROCEDURES IN SCIENCE? -- ON THE SO-CALLED COMPLEMENTARY EXPERIMENTS. THE EXAMPLE OF FIZEAU'S AND MICHELSON'S EXPERIMENTS -- TESTABILITY OF KNOWLEDGE AT VARIOUS LEVELS OF ITS DEVELOPMENT -- ATOMISTIC EMPIRICISM OR HOLISTIC EMPIRICISM? -- THE NOTION OF AN AD HOC HYPOTHESIS -- ON THE PECULIARITY OF PHYSICS AND ITS DIVISIONS -- MODELS OF RATIONALITY IN PHYSICS -- TRANSCENDENTAL PHILOSOPHY AND PHYSICS OF THE MICROWORLD -- THE UNIVERSALITY OF SCIENTIFIC LAWS AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE UNIVERSE -- ASPECTS OF THE PROBLEM OF THE SPATIOTEMPORAL INFINITY OF THE WORLD -- THE PECULIAR STATUS OF COSMOLOGY AS A SCIENCE -- THE ORIGIN OF THE UNIVERSE AND CONTEMPORARY COSMOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY -- NEWTON'S FIELDS OF STUDY AND METHODOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES -- HEGEL AND CONTEMPORARY NATURAL SCIENCES -- UNITY OR VARIETY OF NATURE? -- THE PLACE OF PROCESSES IN THE STRUCTURE OF REALITY -- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND THE CURRENT TRENDS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CULTURE -- HEGEL'S CATEGORY OF TOTALITY AND HIS CONCEPT OF STATE -- THE BEING OF BEINGS IN HEIDEGGER'S SEIN UND ZEIT -- REFERENCES -- POZNAŃ STUDIES IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE SCIENCES AND THE HUMANITIES.
Persuading Scientists
Author: Hamid Ghanadan
Publisher: Rockbench Publishing
ISBN: 9781605440125
Category : Marketing
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Publisher: Rockbench Publishing
ISBN: 9781605440125
Category : Marketing
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Catalytic Experiences
Author: Hamid Ghanadan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780997523706
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780997523706
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Professor Astro Cat's Human Body Odyssey
Author: Dr. Dominic Walliman
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1911171917
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The latest Professor Astro Cat adventure is perfect for curious young scientists who want to learn more about the ins and outs of the human body! Are our ears supposed to be a weird shape? Why do we sneeze? What is the point in having skin? The human body is one of the most complicated things in the Universe. Join Professor Astro Cat and the whole gang as they journey through all the wondrous parts of the human body, with the help of writer Dominic Walliman himself! From head to toe and everywhere in-between, there's nothing left out of this fascinating human body odyssey!
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1911171917
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The latest Professor Astro Cat adventure is perfect for curious young scientists who want to learn more about the ins and outs of the human body! Are our ears supposed to be a weird shape? Why do we sneeze? What is the point in having skin? The human body is one of the most complicated things in the Universe. Join Professor Astro Cat and the whole gang as they journey through all the wondrous parts of the human body, with the help of writer Dominic Walliman himself! From head to toe and everywhere in-between, there's nothing left out of this fascinating human body odyssey!
Why We Get Sick
Author: Randolph M. Nesse, MD
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307816001
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
The next time you get sick, consider this before picking up the aspirin: your body may be doing exactly what it's supposed to. In this ground-breaking book, two pioneers of the science of Darwinian medicine argue that illness as well as the factors that predispose us toward it are subject to the same laws of natural selection that otherwise make our bodies such miracles of design. Among the concerns they raise: When may a fever be beneficial? Why do pregnant women get morning sickness? How do certain viruses "manipulate" their hosts into infecting others? What evolutionary factors may be responsible for depression and panic disorder? Deftly summarizing research on disorders ranging from allergies to Alzheimer's, and form cancer to Huntington's chorea, Why We Get Sick, answers these questions and more. The result is a book that will revolutionize our attitudes toward illness and will intrigue and instruct lay person and medical practitioners alike.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307816001
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
The next time you get sick, consider this before picking up the aspirin: your body may be doing exactly what it's supposed to. In this ground-breaking book, two pioneers of the science of Darwinian medicine argue that illness as well as the factors that predispose us toward it are subject to the same laws of natural selection that otherwise make our bodies such miracles of design. Among the concerns they raise: When may a fever be beneficial? Why do pregnant women get morning sickness? How do certain viruses "manipulate" their hosts into infecting others? What evolutionary factors may be responsible for depression and panic disorder? Deftly summarizing research on disorders ranging from allergies to Alzheimer's, and form cancer to Huntington's chorea, Why We Get Sick, answers these questions and more. The result is a book that will revolutionize our attitudes toward illness and will intrigue and instruct lay person and medical practitioners alike.