An introduction to science studies : the philosophical and

An introduction to science studies : the philosophical
and social aspects of science and technology / John
Ziman.-- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1984.
Professor Ziman provides a coherent account of the different
perspectives on science and technology that are normally
studied under various disciplinary heads such as philosophy of
science, sociology of science, and science policy. It is intended
for students embarking on courses in these subjects and
assumes no special knowledge of any science. It is written in a
direct and simple style, and technical language is seldom
introduced. It will appeal to students in a wide range of scientific
disciplines and complements Professor Ziman's earlier books.
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Cobuild advanced dictionary of english / Collins
Cobuild.-- 7a. ed. Boston : National Geographic Learning
: Heinle Cengage Learning, 2012.
All of our explanations, examples, and special features are
based on our constantly updated 4.5-billion-word database of
today's English language, the Collins Corpus, which means that
you can trust Collins COBUILD to help you speak and write
accurate and up-to-date English. COBUILD promotes learning
through Definitions PLUS: -Full-sentence definitions use the
most common context in which target words are found in real
life -Grammatical patterns shown in context help the learner to
use English accurately and naturally -Natural English examples
from the Collins Corpus show the user words as they appear in
everyday English.
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Democratization of expertise? : exploring novel forms
of scientific advice in political decision making /
edited by Sabine Maasen, Peter Weingart.-- Dordrecht :
Springer, 2009.
Scientific knowledge and the ‘experts’ that represent it no
longer command the unquestioned authority and public trust
that was once bestowed upon them, and yet, policy makers are
more dependent on them than ever before. This collection of
essays explores the relations between science and politics with
the instruments of social studies of science, thereby providing
new insights into their re-alignment under a new régime of
governance.
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Diseño y evaluación de proyectos culturales : de la
idea a la acción / David Roselló i Cerezuela.-- 4a. ed.
Barcelona : Ariel, 2007.
El diseño y evaluación de los proyectos culturales es un tema
que ha inquietado y motivado desde siempre a los gestores
culturales. La correcta estructuración de un proyecto es una
condición necesaria para su éxito. Propuestas mal planteadas
desde un inicio tiene muchas probabilidades de fracasar, al
margen de su innegable fortaleza de contenidos. Hoy en día,
los gestores culturales necesitar dominar el diseño de un
proyecto en todas sus fases e incorporar, así como lo hacen
otras profesiones, la exigencia del proyecto a su hábito de
trabajo.
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Fracturas de la memoria : arte y pensamiento crítico /
Nelly Richard.-- Buenos Aires : Siglo XXI, 2007.
Los ensayos aquí reunidos parten del caso chileno, desde el
gobierno de la Unidad Popular y la dictadura de Pinochet hasta
los acuerdos de la transición democrática. Pero van más allá:
revelan la capacidad de intervención del arte y confirman que
el pensamiento radica en la insatisfacción ante la clausura de
la interpretación, en la irrupción (y la disrupción) de una
permanente turbulencia del sentido. Nelly Richard es una
pensadora central en la gestación y en el ejercicio de una
crítica cultural en la que se funden el análisis sociopolítico de
coyunturas históricas decisivas en América Latina, las pasiones
intelectuales y la vocación de estilo.
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Frontiers of complexity : the search for order in a
chaotic world / Peter Coveney, Roger Highfield ;
prefacio Baruch Blumberg.-- New York : Fawcett
Columbine, 1995.
Complexity is a watchword for a new way of thinking about the
behavior of interacting units, whether they are atoms, ants in a
colony, or neurons firing in a human brain. The rise of the
electronic computer provided both the key and the catalyst to
our exploration of complexity.
Compelling in its clarity, far-reaching in its implications, vibrant
with the excitement of new discovery, Frontiers of Complexity is
an arresting account of how far science has come in the past
fifty years and an essential guide to the rapidly approaching
future
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Glosario crítico de gestión cultural / Pedro A. Vives.-2a. ed. Granada : Comares, 2009.
Sin precisar su contenido, la cultura está instalada en el
espacio público y en torno a ella y a sus posibles significados
giran los principales mensajes globales sean estos
esperanzados o pesimistas. A la cultura imputamos obstáculos
imponderables y capacidades infinitas, pero nos resistimos a
asociarla al ámbito de lo concreto porque resulta más práctico,
paradójicamente, que se trate de un paradigma elástico a
escala universal. Seguramente así va a seguir siendo, pues
también forma parte de la mentalidad contemporánea que la
cultura pueda existir desdoblada en imprecisión abstracta y
reducción concreta según convenga al contexto. Este glosario
es una prueba palpable de esa dualidad, y su utilidad si la
alcanza ha de consistir sobre todo en invitar a la reflexión
acerca de las consecuencias «ejecutivas» de este estado de
cosas.
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Handbook of science and technology studies / editors
Sheila Jasanoff.../et al./.-- California : Sage, 1995.
This masterful volume is the first resource in more than 15
years to define, summarize, and synthesize this complex
multidisciplinary, international field. Tightly edited with
contributions by an internationally recognized team of leading
scholars, this volume addresses the crucial contemporary
issues—both traditional and nonconventional—social studies,
political studies, and humanistic studies in this changing field.
Containing theoretical essays, extensive literature reviews, and
detailed case studies, this remarkable volume clearly sets the
standard for the field. It does nothing less than establish itself
as the benchmark, one that will carry the field well into the next
century.
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El imperio de lo efímero : la moda y su destino en las
sociedades modernas / Gilles Lipovetsky.-- 5a. ed.
Barcelona : Editorial Anagrama, 2011.
La moda se inserta en el centro mismo de la modernidad
occidental. El objetivo primero de este libro es el de
reinterpretar este problema en su totalidad. ¿Cómo entender la
aparición de la moda en Occidente? ¿Cómo explicar la
versatilidad de la elegancia? ¿Cuáles son los grandes
momentos históricos, las grandes estructuras que han
determinado la organización social de las apariencias? Hoy en
día, hemos entrado en una segunda fase de la vida secular de
las democracias, organizadas cada vez más por la seducción,
lo efímero, la diferenciación marginal; en la segunda parte del
libro la moda aparece como un instrumento de la consolidación
de la democracia, de las sociedades liberales, como un
vehículo inédito de la dinámica modernizadora.
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Interdisciplinarity and academic libraries / Edited by
Daniel C. Mack, Craig Gibson.-- Chicago : Association
of College and Research Libraries ALA, 2012.
Interdisciplinarity and Academic Libraries offers a variety of
perspectives on transforming academic library programs,
collections and services to meet the evolving challenges of
today’s higher education world. The essays bring an
interdisciplinary perspective to collection development,
information literacy, digital projects and scholarship, knowledge
organization, services for research centers and other timely and
relevant topics. The work is essential for all professional and
LIS education collections.
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Interdisciplinary interaction desgin : a visual guide to
basic theories, models and ideas for thinking and
designing for interactive web design and digital
device experiences / James Pannafino.-- s.l. :
Assiduous Publishing, 2012.
Interaction design has many dimensions to it. It addresses how
people deal with words, read images, explore physical space,
think about time and motion, and how actions and responses
affect human behavior. Various disciplines make up interaction
design, such as industrial design, cognitive psychology, user
interface design and many others. The book uses concise
descriptions, visual metaphors and comparative diagrams to
explain each term’s meaning. Many ideas in this book are
based on timeless principles that will function in varying
contexts.
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Landscape ecology / Richard T. T. Forman, Michel
Godron.-- New York : Wiley, c1986.
This important new work--the first of its kind--focuses on the
distribution patterns of landscape elements or ecosystems; the
flows of animals, plants, energy, mineral nutrients and water;
and the ecological changes in the landscape over time.
Includes over 1,200 references from current ecology,
geography, forestry, and wildlife biologcy literature.
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New modes of governance : developing an integrated
policy approach to science, technology, risk and
environment / edited by Catherine Lyall, Joyce Tait.-Aldershot : Ashgate, 2005.
This timely book describes the new approaches to policy for
science, technology, risk and the environment in the context of
the modern governance agenda. The authors examine the
extent to which governance is integrated, where gaps exist and
where further integration might be helpful for a range of policy
areas. The interdisciplinary approach bridges scientific,
technical and socio-economic research at global, European, UK
and regional levels.
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Not by genes alone : how culture transformed human
evolution / Peter J. Richerson, Robert Boyd.-- Chicago
: The University of Chicago Press, 2006.
Humans are a striking anomaly in the natural world. While we are
similar to other mammals in many ways, our behavior sets us apart.
Our unparalleled ability to adapt has allowed us to occupy virtually
every habitat on earth using an incredible variety of tools and
subsistence techniques. Our societies are larger, more complex, and
more cooperative than any other mammal's. In this stunning
exploration of human adaptation, Peter J. Richerson and Robert Boyd
argue that only a Darwinian theory of cultural evolution can explain
these unique characteristics.
.
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Ocean zoning : making marine management more
effective / Tundi Agardy.-- Washington, D. C. :
Earthscan, 2010.
Our knowledge of the oceans is increasing rapidly, as more
powerful tools for exploration and exploitation make it easier to
locate valuable resources, such as fish stocks, oil and gas
reserves, or sites for wind and hydropower schemes. At the
same time competition for space has intensified, affecting
marine life and people's livelihoods. Much has been written
about marine management using marine protected areas, but
MPAs are only a small subset of spatial management tools
available. MPAs and MPA networks are better seen as starting
points for more comprehensive spatial management, facilitated
by ocean zoning. This logical scaling up from discreet
piecemeal protected areas to larger and more systematic
planning is happening around the world, but few are aware that
we are entering a brave new world in ocean management with
zoning at its core.
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On democracy / Robert A. Dahl.-- Yale : Yale University
Press, 2000.
The last half of the 20th century has been an era of democratic
triumph. The main anti-democratic regimes - communist,
fascist, Nazi - have disappeared, and new democracies are
emerging vigorously or tentatively throughout the world. In this
book, one of the most prominent political theorists of our time
provides a primer on democracy that clarifies what it is, why it is
valuable, how it works, and what challenges it confronts in the
future.
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Prometheus bound : science in a dynamic steady
state / John Ziman.-- Cambridge : Cambridge UP, 1994.
This book is a trenchant analysis of the profound changes that
are taking place in the whole scientific enterprise throughout the
world. The author does not assume the reader has any
technical knowledge of the natural sciences, their history, or
politics, and addresses his book to everybody who is concerned
about the future of science and its place in society.
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The psychology of food choice / edited by Richard
Shepherd, Monique Raats.-- Oxfordshire : Cabi : The
nutrition society, 2006.
One of the central problems in nutrition is the difficulty of getting
people to change their dietary behaviours so as to bring about
an improvement in health. What is required is a clearer
understanding of the motivations of consumers, barriers to
changing diets and how we might have an impact upon dietary
behaviour. This book brings together theory, research and
applications from psychology and behavioural sciences applied
to dietary behaviour. The authors are all international leaders in
their respective fields and together give an overview of the
current understanding of consumer food choice.
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Reassembling the social : an introduction to actornetwork-theory / Bruno Latour.-- Nueva York : Oxford
University Press, 2005.
Reassembling the Social is a fundamental challenge from one
of the world's leading social theorists to how we understand
society and the "social". Bruno Latour's contention is that the
word "social" as used by Social Scientists has become laden
with assumptions to the point where it has become a misnomer.
When the adjective is applied to a phenomenon, it is used to
indicate a stabilized state of affairs, a bundle of ties that in due
course may be used to account for another phenomenon.
Latour also finds the word used as if it described a type of
material, in a comparable way to an adjective such as "wooden"
or
"steely".
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Risks and decisions for conservation and
environmental management / Mark Burgman.-Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005.
This book outlines how to conduct a complete environmental risk
assessment. The first part documents the psychology and philosophy
of risk perception and assessment, introducing a taxonomy of
uncertainty and the importance of context. It provides a critical
examination of the use and abuse of expert judgement and goes on to
outline approaches to hazard identification and subjective ranking that
account for uncertainty and context. The second part of the book
describes technical tools that can assist risk assessments to be
transparent and internally consistent. These include interval arithmetic,
ecotoxicological methods, logic trees and Monte Carlo simulation.
These methods have an established place in risk assessments in
many disciplines and their strengths and weaknesses are explored.
The last part of the book outlines some new approaches, including pbounds and information-gap theory, and describes how quantitative
and subjective assessments can be used to make transparent
decisions.
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Science and technology in world history : an
introduction / James E. McClellan III, Harold Dorn.-2a. ed. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University, 2006.
This book may be the single most influential study of the
historical relationship between science and technology ever
published. Tracing this relationship from the dawn of civilization
through the twentieth century, James E. McClellan III and
Harold Dorn argue that technology as "applied science"
emerged relatively recently, as industry and governments
began funding scientific research that would lead directly to
new or improved technologies. The new edition reorganizes its
treatment of Greek science and significantly expands its
coverage of industrial civilization and contemporary science
and technology with new and revised chapters devoted to
applied science, the sociology and economics of science,
globalization, and the technological systems that underpin
everyday life.
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