Tous les ebooks de la collection "New Human Frontiers" - Polity

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Télécharger le livre : Can Science Make Sense of Life?
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Can Science Make Sense of Life?
Sheila Jasanoff
Since the discovery of the structure of DNA and the birth of the genetic age, a powerful vocabulary has emerged to express science’s growing command over the matter of life. Armed with knowledge of the code that governs all living things, biology and biotechnology are...

Editeur : Polity
Parution : 2019-03-05
Collection : New Human Frontiers
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11,91 €
Télécharger le livre : Should We Colonize Other Planets?
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Should We Colonize Other Planets?
Adam Morton
As humans continue to degrade and destroy our planet’s resources, leading to predictions of total ecological collapse, some (such as the entrepreneur Elon Musk) now suggest that a human colony elsewhere may be our species’ best hope for survival. Adam Morton examines...

Editeur : Polity
Parution : 2018-10-15
Collection : New Human Frontiers
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11,93 €
Télécharger le livre : Will Robots Take Your Job?: A Plea for Consensus
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Will Robots Take Your Job?: A Plea for Consensus
Nigel M. De S. Cameron
The trend that began with ATMs and do-it-yourself checkouts is moving at lightning speed. Everything from driving to teaching to the care of the elderly and, indeed, code-writing can now be done by smart machines. Conventional wisdom says there will be new jobs to...

Editeur : Polity
Parution : 2017-06-23
Collection : New Human Frontiers
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11,86 €
Télécharger le livre : Can Neuroscience Change Our Minds?
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Can Neuroscience Change Our Minds?
Hilary Rose , Steven Rose
Neuroscience, with its astounding new technologies, is uncovering the workings of the brain and with this perhaps the mind. The 'neuro' prefix spills out into every area of life, from neuroaesthetics to neuroeconomics, neurogastronomy and neuroeducation. With its...

Editeur : Polity
Parution : 2016-09-06
Collection : New Human Frontiers
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14,34 €
Télécharger le livre : Can Science Resolve the Nature / Nurture Debate?
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Can Science Resolve the Nature / Nurture Debate?
Margaret M. Lock , Gisli Palsson
Following centuries of debate about "nature and nurture" the discovery of DNA established the idea that nature (genes) determines who we are, relegating nurture (environment) to icing on the cake. Since the 1950s, the new science of epigenetics has demonstrated how...

Editeur : Polity
Parution : 2016-06-20
Collection : New Human Frontiers
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14,88 €
Télécharger le livre : Have Bacteria Won?
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Have Bacteria Won?
Hugh Pennington
Today, we are far less likely to die from infection than at any other time in history, but still we worry about epidemics, the menace of antibiotic resistance and modern 'plagues' like Ebola. In this timely new book, eminent bacteriologist Hugh Pennington explores why...

Editeur : Polity
Parution : 2015-11-12
Collection : New Human Frontiers
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14,17 €
Télécharger le livre : Can Science End War?
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Can Science End War?
Everett Carl Dolman
Free-roaming killer drones stalk the battlespace looking for organic targets. Human combatants are programmed to feel no pain. Highpower microwave beams detonate munitions, jam communications, and cook internal organs.Is this vision of future war possible, or even...

Editeur : Polity
Parution : 2015-10-14
Collection : New Human Frontiers
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14,53 €
Télécharger le livre : Can Science Fix Climate Change?
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Can Science Fix Climate Change?
Mike Hulme
Climate change seems to be an insurmountable problem. Political solutions have so far had little impact. Some scientists are now advocating the so-called 'Plan B', a more direct way of reducing the rate of future warming by reflecting more sunlight back to space,...

Editeur : Polity
Parution : 2014-06-04
Collection : New Human Frontiers
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20,26 €
Télécharger le livre : Are We All Scientific Experts Now?
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Are We All Scientific Experts Now?
Harry Collins
To ordinary people, science used to seem infallible. Scientists were heroes, selflessly pursuing knowledge for the common good. More recently, a series of scientific scandals, frauds and failures have led us to question science’s pre-eminence. Revelations such as...

Editeur : Polity
Parution : 2014-03-28
Collection : New Human Frontiers
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14,24 €