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The Art of Identification
Forensics, Surveillance, Identity
Since the mid-nineteenth century, there has been a notable acceleration in the development of the techniques used to confirm identity. From fingerprints to photographs to DNA, we have been rapidly amassing novel means of identification, even as personal, individual identity remains a complex chimera.
ISBN-13: 9780271090573 (Hardback)
Publisher: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Rex Ferguson, Melissa M. Littlefield, James Purdon
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Local release date: 04/08/2021
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Categories: Media studies [JFD]Ethical issues: scientific & technological [JFMG]Biotechnology [TCB]

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On Expertise
Cultivating Character, Goodwill, and Practical Wisdom
There is a deep distrust of experts in America today. Influenced by populist politics, many question or downright ignore the recommendations of scientists, scholars, and others with specialized training. It appears that expertise, a critical component of democratic life, no longer appeals to wide swaths of the body politic. On Expertise is a ......
ISBN-13: 9780271092775 (Paperback)
Publisher: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Ashley Rose Mehlenbacher
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Local release date: 01/08/2021
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Categories: Communication studies [GTC]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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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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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]