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Alternative Pathways in Science and Industry

Activism, Innovation, and the Environment in an Era of Globalization

Combines theoretical discussion and case studies to demonstrate how social movements and related activism have affected innovation in science, technology, and industry in the United States.
Author David Hess
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Pages 360
eISBN 9780262252201
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American Hegemony and the Postwar Reconstruction of Science in Europe

How the United States used its position as the world's leading scientific and technological power to rebuild European scientific practices and institutions and align them with American interests during the first two decades of the Cold War.
Author John Krige
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Pages 384
eISBN 9780262252478
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Biological Emergences

Evolution by Natural Experiment

A critique of selectionism and the proposal of an alternate theory of emergent evolution that is causally sufficient for evolutionary biology.
Author Robert G. B. Reid
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Pages 535
eISBN 9780262253345
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Brain and Culture

Neurobiology, Ideology, and Social Change

Integrating new research in neurobiology and psychology, an account of how the cultural environment shapes the brain and the implications for social theory of the decrease in neuroplasticity from childhood to adulthood.
Author Bruce E. Wexler
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Pages 319
eISBN 9780262253932
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Building Genetic Medicine

Breast Cancer, Technology, and the Comparative Politics of Health Care

A comparative study of genetic testing for breast and ovarian cancer in the United States and Britain that shows the importance of national context in the development and use of science and technology even in an era of globalization.
Author Shobita Parthasarathy
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Pages 296
eISBN 9780262253208
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Clearing the Air

The Health and Economic Damages of Air Pollution in China

An interdisciplinary, quantitative assessment of the health and economic costs of air pollution in China, and of market-based policies to build environmental protection into economic development.
Author Mun S. Ho, Chris P. Nielsen
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Pages 392
eISBN 9780262252195
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Climate Change

What It Means for Us, Our Children, and Our Grandchildren

Explains what science knows about climate change, how it will affect us, its impact on different areas, and what we can do about it.
Author Joseph F. C. DiMento, Pamela M. Doughman
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Pages 232
eISBN 9780262251419
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Clouds in the Perturbed Climate System

Their Relationship to Energy Balance, Atmospheric Dynamics, and Precipitation

Experts consider the many roles that clouds play in the changing climate—one of the least understood and most puzzling aspects of atmospheric science.
Author Jost Heintzenberg, Robert J. Charlson
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Pages 576
eISBN 9780262012874
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Cogent Science in Context

The Science Wars, Argumentation Theory, and Habermas

A proposal for an interdisciplinary, context-sensitive framework for assessing the strength of scientific arguments that melds Jürgen Habermas's discourse theory and sociological contextualism.
Author William Rehg
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Pages 360
eISBN 9780262257688
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Confronting Consumption

Essays that offer ecological, social, and political perspectives on the problem of overconsumption.
Author Thomas Princen, Michael F. Maniates, Ken Conca
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eISBN 9780262253130
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