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Abraham Flexner (1866–1959) was the founding director of the Institute for Advanced Study, one of the world's leading institutions for basic research in the sciences and humanities. Robbert Dijkgraaf, a mathematical physicist who specializes in string theory, is director and Leon Levy Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study. A distinguished public policy adviser and passionate advocate for science and the arts, he is also the cochair of the...
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A searing exposé of the misuses and misrepresentations of science from the time of Galileo continuing through to the present day, this new edition includes updates on the asbestos industry, the chemicals industry, the sugar industry, the agriculture industry (the abuse of antibiotics), and the automobile industry (lead in gasoline). The final chapter has been expanded to include the full-blooded assault on science mounted by the Trump administration....
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How are educational encounters understood, experienced, and lived? How are they conceptualized? How do they shape our being in and of the world? In this time of apparent distance and disconnect, this volume emphasizes the role of contact and connectedness in education, above all by understanding education as encounters, as embodied, sensory experiences. Drawing on a range of theoretical positions that highlight our profound interconnection with things...
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In the seventeenth century, the philosopher Spinoza examined the role emotion played in human survival and culture. Yet, the neurobiological roots of joy and sorrow remained a mystery. Today, we spend countless resources doctoring our feelings with alcohol, prescription drugs, health clubs, therapy, vacation retreats, and other sorts of consumption; yet the inner workings of our minds-what feelings are, how they work, and what they mean-are still...
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In Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity, we explore the ethical, economic, and political implications of this technology. The book examines the potential of AI to create a more equitable and just world, as well as the potential pitfalls of allowing machines to take over human labor. It also provides an overview of the current state of AI and how it has developed over the years, and provides an outlook on its potential future applications.
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Le Québec, comme l'ensemble des provinces canadiennes, a fortement investi dans l'enseignement postsecondaire depuis le début des années 1960. Les cheminements scolaires et la structure du système éducatif en ont été profondément transformés. De nombreuses personnes, en provenance de différentes fractions sociales et d'âges variés, ont davantage investi l'école, particulièrement au niveau des études supérieures. Les progrès en matière...
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¿Qué relación guardan la lucha contra el coronavirus y la Bioestética? ¿Puede esta novedosa disciplina aportar al análisis de la pandemia algo significativo y qué en concreto?
Este texto ofrece respuestas a ambos interrogantes y revela lo fecundo de la belleza y de la unión entre bioética y estética a la hora de considerar de un modo integral el combate frente a la epidemia. Es fruto de una investigación internacional, que reúne a destacados...
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This book on forgiveness, lovingly assembled and written by Michael Delia, is based on the work of Fr. Gerry O'Rourke, a Roman Catholic priest. Of course, all Catholic priests are schooled in the sacrament of forgiveness. Knowing something and believing it is not the same as being able to get your hands on it when you need it most. We know we should forgive, and we may want to forgive, but often we struggle to find a way. Gerry created four questions...
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La importancia de esta obra reside en el atrevimiento para hablar sin ambages de la realidad posible de un apocalipsis. Se trata, pues, de afrontar la historia con realismo.
En este libro que ahora presentamos, René Girard y su interlocutor Benoît Chantre no tratan de sacar un beneficio para su imagen personal o engrosar las listas de los aprendices de profetas. Se adentran en el mundo de uno de los grandes intérpretes de la guerra, Carl von Clausewitz.
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De manera atávica, los biólogos trabajan en laboratorios, hacen trabajo de campo, se especializan en plantas o en insectos, por ejemplo, y ampliamente, hacen ciencia experimental y aplicada. En Colombia y en el mundo hay muy pocos biólogos teóricos y teóricos de la biología; por ejemplo, filósofos de la biología, o biólogos que trabajen en torno a diversas cuestiones de orden teórico y metateórico tales como el origen y la naturaleza de...
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Le cadre éthique et légal de l'enseignement propose une mine d'informations accessibles et concises au personnel enseignant à propos des cadres éthiques et légaux qui s'appliquent à leurs fonctions ainsi qu'à celles des directions d'établissement scolaire. La société exige de ces derniers qu'ils rencontrent certaines attentes en matière de conduite professionnelle, notamment par le truchement de codes de déontologie, de normes de pratique,...
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John Dewey's Experience and Education is an important book, but first-time readers of Dewey's philosophy can find it challenging and not meaningfully related to the contemporary landscape of education. Jeff Frank's Teaching in the Now aims to reanimate Dewey's text-for first-time readers and anyone who teaches the text or is interested in appreciating Dewey's continuing significance-by focusing on Dewey's thinking on preparation.
Frank, through close...
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A comprehensive study of education in the writings of Walter Benjamin.
Walter Benjamin's Antifascist Education is the first comprehensive analysis of educational themes across the entirety of the critical theorist's diverse writings. Starting with Benjamin's early reflections on teaching and learning, Tyson E. Lewis argues that the aesthetic and cultural forms to which Benjamin so often turned-namely, radio broadcasts, children's theatrical productions,...
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El mal, el robo, las relaciones sexuales, el asesinato, la conciencia..., han sido tradicionalmente objeto de la teoría de la moral. Sin embargo, mientras que las tradiciones morales históricas entendieron durante mucho tiempo estos comportamientos, capacidades o características como producto de la formación socioeconómica, la costumbre y la voluntad, la neurociencia contemporánea sitúa directamente la moralidad en el cerebro.
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55) The Body Toxic: How the Hazardous Chemistry of Everyday Things Threatens Our Health and Well-being
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We are running a collective chemical fever that we cannot break. Everyone everywhere now carries a dizzying array of chemical contaminants, the by-products of modern industry and innovation that contribute to a host of developmental deficits and health problems in ways just now being understood. These toxic substances, unknown to our grandparents, accumulate in our fat, bones, blood, and organs as a consequence of womb-to-tomb exposure to industrial...
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What are the five essential ingredients for ensuring all students succeed academically, socially, and behaviorally? This practical guide details each ingredient, why it matters, and how to implement it. The Recipe for Student Well-Being goes beyond the idea of a purchased curriculum to cover how different factors integrate to comprehensively meet students' social, emotional, and behavioral needs as enablers to academic success.
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We have tried our best in this scientific book to prepare analysis regarding great work of literature or even some newly written works by some postmodern poets in a new and psychological way; opening doors into the complex networks of the mind; proving once more that our imagination and creativity can outweigh the rigid AI and its cronies.
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¿Puede un solo libro convertirse en la perfecta introducción para adentrarse en disciplinas tan dispares como la astronomía, la geología, la física, la química y la biología? ¿Puede un trabajo de divulgación científica ofrecer razonamientos y datos precisos, y al mismo tiempo ser tremendamente entretenido? ¿Puede una única obra narrar la historia de los grandes descubrimientos de la ciencia y contarnos también divertidas anécdotas relacionadas...
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Society needs to be organized. We can all agree on that. The question is how to do it. There are two options. One is top down organization by a central authority. The other is to let society organize itself based on natural law. A society like that is called natural society.
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Purpose and Intention
These daily reminders were created for the purpose and intention of
providing participants with concrete lessons about abstract concepts;
providing vocabulary development through high-level thinking skills;
enhancing a positive learning environment;
teaching accountability for one's thoughts, behaviors, and attitudes;
encouraging and motivating participants to be successful;
providing participants...
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