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UNINA9910451984903321 |
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Taverne Dick |
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The march of unreason : science, democracy, and the new fundamentalism / / Dick Taverne |
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Oxford, [England] ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2005 |
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©2005 |
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1-280-75300-5 |
9786610753000 |
0-19-153951-1 |
1-4237-6771-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (435 p.) |
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Science - Social aspects |
Democracy and science |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Cover Page; Dedication; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Prologue; 1. From Optimism to Pessimism; 2. Medicine and Magic; 3. The Myth of Organic Farming; 4. The Case for GM Crops; 5. The Case against GM Crops; 6. The Rise of Eco-fundamentalism; 7. The Perils of Precaution; 8. The Attack on Science; 9. Multinational Companies and Globalization; 10. Reason and Democracy; Epilogue; Sources; Index |
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Our daily news bulletins bring us tales of the wonder of science, from Mars rovers and intelligent robots to developments in cancer treatment, and yet often the emphasis is on the potential threats posed by science. It appears that irrationality is on the rise in western society, and public opinion is increasingly dominated by unreflecting prejudice and unwillingness to engage with factual evidence. From genetically modified crops and food, organic farming, the MMR vaccine, environmentalism, the precautionary principle and the new anti-capitalist and anti-globalisation movements, the rejection |
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UNINA9910973235203321 |
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Titolo |
Artificial intelligence in education : shaping the future of learning through intelligent technologies / / edited by Ulrich Hoppe, Felisa Verdejo and Judy Kay |
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Washington, D.C., : IOS Press, c2003 |
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1-280-50594-X |
9786610505944 |
1-4175-1156-7 |
600-00-0349-8 |
1-60129-405-0 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (560 p.) |
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Collana |
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Frontiers in artificial intelligence and applications ; ; v. 97 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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HoppeUlrich |
VerdejoMaria Feliza |
KayJudy |
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Artificial intelligence - Educational applications |
Computer-assisted instruction |
Intelligent tutoring systems |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Cover; Title page; Preface; Conference Organization; Contents; Keynote; Representational Guidance for Collaborative Learning; Tutoring and Feedback Strategies; Tutorial Dialogs; Student Modeling and Diagnosis; Evaluation Studies with Intelligent Tutors; Tutors for Cognitive Tasks; Design Issues for Intelligent Learning Environments; Hypermedia and Web-based Tutoring; Representational Issues in Collaborative Learning; Knowledge Sharing and Learning Communities; Support for Distance Learning; Multimedia and Agent Technologies; Engineering Principles for Educational Systems |
Non-Standard Interfaces and Novel Interaction PrinciplesPosters; Young Researchers Track; Author Index |
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This work reports on research into intelligent systems, models, and architectures for educational computing applications. It covers a wide |
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range of advanced information and communication and computational methods applied to education and training. |
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