Author: Stanley Silverman
Publisher: Theatre Communications Grou
ISBN: 9781559360210
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Includes: Love & Science, Hotel for Criminals (The American Imagination), Africanus Instructus and Yiddisher Teddy Bears.
Science Not Silence
Author: Stephanie Fine Sasse
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262038102
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Signs, artwork, stories, and photographs from the March for Science Movement and community. In January 2017, an idea on social media launched the global March for Science movement. In a few short months, more than 600 cities, 250 partners, and countless volunteers banded together to organize a historical event that drew people of all backgrounds, interests, and political leanings. On April 22, 2017, more than one million marchers worldwide took to the streets to stand up for the importance of science in society and their own lives—and each of them has a story to tell. Through signs, artwork, stories, and photographs, Science Not Silence shares some of the voices from the March for Science movement. From Antarctica to the North Pole, from under the sea to the tops of mountains, whether alone or alongside thousands, people marched for science. A citizen scientist with advanced ALS spent countless hours creating an avatar using technology that tracks his eye movements so that he could give a speech. Couples carrying babies born using in vitro fertilization dressed them in shirts that said “Made By Science.” The former U.S. Chief Data Scientist spoke about what really makes America great. Activists championed the ways science should serve marginalized communities. Artists created stunning signs, patients marched with the doctors who saved them, and scientists marched with the community that supports them. Every story is a call to action. The march was just the beginning. Now the real work begins. Science Not Silence celebrates the success of the movement, amplifies the passion and creativity of its supporters, and reminds everyone how important it is to keep marching.
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262038102
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Signs, artwork, stories, and photographs from the March for Science Movement and community. In January 2017, an idea on social media launched the global March for Science movement. In a few short months, more than 600 cities, 250 partners, and countless volunteers banded together to organize a historical event that drew people of all backgrounds, interests, and political leanings. On April 22, 2017, more than one million marchers worldwide took to the streets to stand up for the importance of science in society and their own lives—and each of them has a story to tell. Through signs, artwork, stories, and photographs, Science Not Silence shares some of the voices from the March for Science movement. From Antarctica to the North Pole, from under the sea to the tops of mountains, whether alone or alongside thousands, people marched for science. A citizen scientist with advanced ALS spent countless hours creating an avatar using technology that tracks his eye movements so that he could give a speech. Couples carrying babies born using in vitro fertilization dressed them in shirts that said “Made By Science.” The former U.S. Chief Data Scientist spoke about what really makes America great. Activists championed the ways science should serve marginalized communities. Artists created stunning signs, patients marched with the doctors who saved them, and scientists marched with the community that supports them. Every story is a call to action. The march was just the beginning. Now the real work begins. Science Not Silence celebrates the success of the movement, amplifies the passion and creativity of its supporters, and reminds everyone how important it is to keep marching.
DuckTales: Silence and Science
Author: Steve Behling
Publisher: IDW Publishing
ISBN: 9781684056699
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Uncle Scrooge, Donald Duck, Huey, Dewey, Louie, Webby, and Launchpad are all back in a collection of brand-new stories based on the new Disney Channel series! In "Silence is Golden," all Donald wants to do is take a nap in peace, but there is too much noise and too many distractions at McDuck Manor for him to do so. But when he remembers a magical artifact that cancels out all noise, he springs into action. However, the artifact works a little too well, as not only does it cut out all the noise at the manor, it cuts out all noise on the entire planet! Then, in "Phantom Science," Gyro Gearloose deals with a possible ghost in the Money Bin. But is it really a ghost, or is it one of Gyro's experiments gone (typically) awry?! Finally, in "Where No Duck Has Gone Before... Sort Of," Huey, Dewey, and Louie are excited to attend this year's Duckburg Science Fiction and Comic Convention, which just happens to be going on at the same time as the Duckburg Froyo Convention! Will Launchpad be able to get the boys to the show on time, or will factors beyond their control come into play? And, more importantly, who will get to be captain when they all cosplay their favorite TV show, Space Battle Zero in the Year 5000?
Publisher: IDW Publishing
ISBN: 9781684056699
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Uncle Scrooge, Donald Duck, Huey, Dewey, Louie, Webby, and Launchpad are all back in a collection of brand-new stories based on the new Disney Channel series! In "Silence is Golden," all Donald wants to do is take a nap in peace, but there is too much noise and too many distractions at McDuck Manor for him to do so. But when he remembers a magical artifact that cancels out all noise, he springs into action. However, the artifact works a little too well, as not only does it cut out all the noise at the manor, it cuts out all noise on the entire planet! Then, in "Phantom Science," Gyro Gearloose deals with a possible ghost in the Money Bin. But is it really a ghost, or is it one of Gyro's experiments gone (typically) awry?! Finally, in "Where No Duck Has Gone Before... Sort Of," Huey, Dewey, and Louie are excited to attend this year's Duckburg Science Fiction and Comic Convention, which just happens to be going on at the same time as the Duckburg Froyo Convention! Will Launchpad be able to get the boys to the show on time, or will factors beyond their control come into play? And, more importantly, who will get to be captain when they all cosplay their favorite TV show, Space Battle Zero in the Year 5000?
The Great Silence
Author: Milan M. Ćirković
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192552872
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
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 intricately connected with many fields of learning, technology, arts, and even everyday life. It aims to establish the strongest possible version of the problem, to dispel many related confusions, obfuscations, and prejudices, as well as to offer a novel point of entry to the many solutions proposed in existing literature. Milan Cirkovic argues that any evolutionary worldview cannot avoid resolving the Great Silence problem in one guise or another.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192552872
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
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 intricately connected with many fields of learning, technology, arts, and even everyday life. It aims to establish the strongest possible version of the problem, to dispel many related confusions, obfuscations, and prejudices, as well as to offer a novel point of entry to the many solutions proposed in existing literature. Milan Cirkovic argues that any evolutionary worldview cannot avoid resolving the Great Silence problem in one guise or another.
The Eerie Silence
Author: Paul Davies
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0547488491
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
“Refreshing . . . A penetrating analysis of the assumptions that underlie SETI and the entire enterprise of searching for life beyond Earth.” —Chris McKay, Nature Fifty years ago, a young astronomer named Frank Drake first pointed a radio telescope at nearby stars in the hope of picking up a signal from an alien civilization. Thus began one of the boldest scientific projects in history, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). After a half-century of scanning the skies, however, astronomers have little to report but an eerie silence—eerie because many scientists are convinced that the universe is teeming with life. Physicist and astrobiologist Paul Davies has been closely involved with SETI for three decades and chairs the SETI Post-Detection Taskgroup, charged with deciding what to do if we’re suddenly confronted with evidence of alien intelligence. He believes the search so far has fallen into an anthropocentric trap—assuming that an alien species will look, think, and behave much like us. In this provocative book Davies refocuses the search, challenging existing ideas of what form an alien intelligence might take, how it might try to communicate with us, and how we should respond if it does. “Paul Davies gives us a panoramic view of the quickening search for cosmic company—a fascinating tale stuffed with novel ideas about the nature of intelligence far beyond our own.” —Seth Shostak, Senior Astronomer, SETI Institute “An immensely readable investigation of the SETI enterprise . . . [A] wonderful book.” —New Scientist “A far-ranging look at what might happen here on Earth when we make first contact. Highly recommended for both science fiction and astronomy buffs.” —Publishers Weekly
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0547488491
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
“Refreshing . . . A penetrating analysis of the assumptions that underlie SETI and the entire enterprise of searching for life beyond Earth.” —Chris McKay, Nature Fifty years ago, a young astronomer named Frank Drake first pointed a radio telescope at nearby stars in the hope of picking up a signal from an alien civilization. Thus began one of the boldest scientific projects in history, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). After a half-century of scanning the skies, however, astronomers have little to report but an eerie silence—eerie because many scientists are convinced that the universe is teeming with life. Physicist and astrobiologist Paul Davies has been closely involved with SETI for three decades and chairs the SETI Post-Detection Taskgroup, charged with deciding what to do if we’re suddenly confronted with evidence of alien intelligence. He believes the search so far has fallen into an anthropocentric trap—assuming that an alien species will look, think, and behave much like us. In this provocative book Davies refocuses the search, challenging existing ideas of what form an alien intelligence might take, how it might try to communicate with us, and how we should respond if it does. “Paul Davies gives us a panoramic view of the quickening search for cosmic company—a fascinating tale stuffed with novel ideas about the nature of intelligence far beyond our own.” —Seth Shostak, Senior Astronomer, SETI Institute “An immensely readable investigation of the SETI enterprise . . . [A] wonderful book.” —New Scientist “A far-ranging look at what might happen here on Earth when we make first contact. Highly recommended for both science fiction and astronomy buffs.” —Publishers Weekly
Shouting Won't Help
Author: Katherine Bouton
Publisher: Sarah Crichton Books
ISBN: 1429953373
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
For twenty-two years, Katherine Bouton had a secret that grew harder to keep every day. An editor at The New York Times, at daily editorial meetings she couldn't hear what her colleagues were saying. She had gone profoundly deaf in her left ear; her right was getting worse. As she once put it, she was "the kind of person who might have used an ear trumpet in the nineteenth century." Audiologists agree that we're experiencing a national epidemic of hearing impairment. At present, 50 million Americans suffer some degree of hearing loss—17 percent of the population. And hearing loss is not exclusively a product of growing old. The usual onset is between the ages of nineteen and forty-four, and in many cases the cause is unknown. Shouting Won't Help is a deftly written, deeply felt look at a widespread and misunderstood phenomenon. In the style of Jerome Groopman and Atul Gawande, and using her experience as a guide, Bouton examines the problem personally, psychologically, and physiologically. She speaks with doctors, audiologists, and neurobiologists, and with a variety of people afflicted with midlife hearing loss, braiding their stories with her own to illuminate the startling effects of the condition. The result is a surprisingly engaging account of what it's like to live with an invisible disability—and a robust prescription for our nation's increasing problem with deafness. A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of 2013
Publisher: Sarah Crichton Books
ISBN: 1429953373
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
For twenty-two years, Katherine Bouton had a secret that grew harder to keep every day. An editor at The New York Times, at daily editorial meetings she couldn't hear what her colleagues were saying. She had gone profoundly deaf in her left ear; her right was getting worse. As she once put it, she was "the kind of person who might have used an ear trumpet in the nineteenth century." Audiologists agree that we're experiencing a national epidemic of hearing impairment. At present, 50 million Americans suffer some degree of hearing loss—17 percent of the population. And hearing loss is not exclusively a product of growing old. The usual onset is between the ages of nineteen and forty-four, and in many cases the cause is unknown. Shouting Won't Help is a deftly written, deeply felt look at a widespread and misunderstood phenomenon. In the style of Jerome Groopman and Atul Gawande, and using her experience as a guide, Bouton examines the problem personally, psychologically, and physiologically. She speaks with doctors, audiologists, and neurobiologists, and with a variety of people afflicted with midlife hearing loss, braiding their stories with her own to illuminate the startling effects of the condition. The result is a surprisingly engaging account of what it's like to live with an invisible disability—and a robust prescription for our nation's increasing problem with deafness. A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of 2013
The Art and Science of Being Still
Author: Douglas D Zaccanelli
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN: 1504392930
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
Why should you read this book? Being Still is not another psychological theory or way to cope with depression. Quite the opposite, as a mental health and healing method it runs counter to the psychologies and therapies now being used in treating stress and depression. Whether you are just down and in a stressed out place in your life or you are dealing with deep and chronic depression, this book has been written for you. In this book there is healing information that you may never have considered. For instance, it explains why you will never think, talk, therapy, medicate or meditate away depression. It will demonstrate the mental dynamics that prove that the more you think and talk about those intrusive thoughts the worse they will get. It explains how and why thinking and talking about them only magnifies the problems. The things taught here will help you to understand what is really going on in your head. You will also learn how and why simply stilling your thoughts is the way to overcome stress and depression. The reason for the success in healing for so many of those that practice this method can be summed up by quoting a Vietnam Veteran that had been dealing with depression and PTSD for over 40 years. After attending Mr. Zaccanellis class at a VA facility and practicing Being Still for a few weeks he was heard to say, I cant believe it was that simple.
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN: 1504392930
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
Why should you read this book? Being Still is not another psychological theory or way to cope with depression. Quite the opposite, as a mental health and healing method it runs counter to the psychologies and therapies now being used in treating stress and depression. Whether you are just down and in a stressed out place in your life or you are dealing with deep and chronic depression, this book has been written for you. In this book there is healing information that you may never have considered. For instance, it explains why you will never think, talk, therapy, medicate or meditate away depression. It will demonstrate the mental dynamics that prove that the more you think and talk about those intrusive thoughts the worse they will get. It explains how and why thinking and talking about them only magnifies the problems. The things taught here will help you to understand what is really going on in your head. You will also learn how and why simply stilling your thoughts is the way to overcome stress and depression. The reason for the success in healing for so many of those that practice this method can be summed up by quoting a Vietnam Veteran that had been dealing with depression and PTSD for over 40 years. After attending Mr. Zaccanellis class at a VA facility and practicing Being Still for a few weeks he was heard to say, I cant believe it was that simple.
Silencing Science
Author: Shaun C. Hendy
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780947492878
Category : Freedom of information
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780947492878
Category : Freedom of information
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Silence of the Spheres
Author: Harry G. Lang
Publisher: Praeger
ISBN: 0897893689
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A deaf scientist, who teaches deaf physics students, writes about deaf people throughout history who overcame negative attitudes to contribute significantly to various fields of science. He also discusses education, including the establishment of Gallaudet University, and suggests ways representation of deaf people could be increased in the scientific community.
Publisher: Praeger
ISBN: 0897893689
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A deaf scientist, who teaches deaf physics students, writes about deaf people throughout history who overcame negative attitudes to contribute significantly to various fields of science. He also discusses education, including the establishment of Gallaudet University, and suggests ways representation of deaf people could be increased in the scientific community.
Without Hesitation
Author: Gerald A. Maguire
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781929773114
Category : Stuttering
Languages : en
Pages : 93
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781929773114
Category : Stuttering
Languages : en
Pages : 93
Book Description
Love & Science
Author: Stanley Silverman
Publisher: Theatre Communications Grou
ISBN: 9781559360210
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Includes: Love & Science, Hotel for Criminals (The American Imagination), Africanus Instructus and Yiddisher Teddy Bears.
Publisher: Theatre Communications Grou
ISBN: 9781559360210
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Includes: Love & Science, Hotel for Criminals (The American Imagination), Africanus Instructus and Yiddisher Teddy Bears.