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Ivan Illich
An Intellectual Journey
Examines the life and writings of Roman Catholic Church reformer Ivan Illich (1926-2002) in the context of the wider field of cultural criticism that took shape in the 1960s and beyond.
ISBN-13: 9780271088129 (Hardback)
Publisher: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
David Cayley
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Local release date: 02/06/2021
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Categories: Biography: general [BG]Religion & politics [HRAM2]Cultural studies [JFC]Ethical issues: scientific & technological [JFMG]

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The Sculpted Ear
Aurality and Statuary in the West
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ISBN-13: 9780271086934 (Paperback)
Publisher: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Ryan McCormack
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Local release date: 05/05/2021
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Categories: History of art / art & design styles [AC]Music recording & reproduction [AVX]Ethical issues: scientific & technological [JFMG]

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Arguing with Numbers
The Intersections of Rhetoric and Mathematics
As discrete fields of inquiry, rhetoric and mathematics have long been considered antithetical to each other. That is, if mathematics explains or describes the phenomena it studies with certainty, persuasion is not needed. This volume calls into question the view that mathematics is free of rhetoric. Through nine studies of the intersections ......
ISBN-13: 9780271088815 (Hardback)
Publisher: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
James Wynn, G. Mitchell Reyes
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AUD $195.00
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Local release date: 02/04/2021
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Categories: Communication studies [GTC]Ethical issues: scientific & technological [JFMG]Mathematics [PB]Philosophy of mathematics [PBB]

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Electromagnetism and the Metonymic Imagination
Illustrates how the discovery of electromagnetism in 1820 not only led to technological inventions, such as the dynamo and the telegraph, but also legitimized modes of reasoning that manifested a sharper ability to perceive how metonymic relations could reveal the order of things.
ISBN-13: 9780271086064 (Paperback)
Publisher: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Kieran M. Murphy
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Local release date: 03/03/2021
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Categories: Literature: history & criticism [DS]Ethical issues: scientific & technological [JFMG]Electricity, electromagnetism & magnetism [PHK]France [1DDF]

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Scientocracy
The Tangled Web of Public Science and Public Policy
Science can be a force for good, and it has enhanced our lives in countless ways, but even a cursory look at the last century shows that what passes for "science" can be detrimental. This book documents only some of the more recent abuses of science that informed members of the public should be aware of.
ISBN-13: 9781948647496 (Paperback)
Publisher: CATO INSTITUTE
Imprint: CATO INSTITUTE
Patrick J. Michaels, Terence Kealey
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Local release date: 05/02/2020
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Categories: Ethical issues: scientific & technological [JFMG]Central government policies [JPQB]Political economy [KCP]Science funding & policy [PDK]Impact of science & technology on society [PDR]

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The New Kinship
Constructing Donor-Conceived Families
Details how families are made and how bonds are created between families in the brave new world of reproductive technology
ISBN-13: 9780814772034 (Hardback)
Publisher: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Naomi R. Cahn
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Local release date: 06/02/2013
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Categories: Ethical issues: scientific & technological [JFMG]Sociology: family & relationships [JHBK]Family law: children [LNMK]USA [1KBB]