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UNINA9910455557303321 |
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Gandy Oscar H |
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Coming to terms with chance : engaging rational discrimination and cumulative disadvantage / / by Oscar H. Gandy Jr |
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Farnham, : Ashgate, c2009 |
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1-317-16407-5 |
1-282-38286-1 |
9786612382864 |
0-7546-9914-5 |
9780754699149 |
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1 online resource (viii, 240 p.) |
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Discrimination |
Social stratification |
Statistics - Social aspects |
Chance - Social aspects |
statistics |
human development |
social sciences |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Cover; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Luck, Risk, and Life Chances; 3 The Natural Lottery and our Genetic Endowments; 4 Rational Discrimination; 5 Markets that Matter; 6 Financial Risk and Insurance; 7 The Criminal Justice System; 8 Public Policy Formation and Evaluation; 9 The Media's Role; 10 "Quixotics Unite!" A Call to Arms; Bibliography; Index |
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The application of probability and statistics to an ever-widening number of life-decisions serves to reproduce, reinforce, and widen disparities in the quality of life that different groups of people can enjoy. As a critical technology assessment, the ways in which bad luck early in life increase the probability that hardship and loss will |
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accumulate across the life course are illustrated. Analysis shows the ways in which individual decisions, informed by statistical models, shape the opportunities people face in both market and non-market environments. |
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UNINA9910136559703321 |
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Autore |
Crochet Anne |
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The shadow of the wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon / / written by Anne Crochet ; translated by Emma Lunt |
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[Brussels, Belgium] : , : BrightSummaries.com : , : Primento, , 2016 |
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©2016 |
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1 online resource (18 pages) |
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Authors, Spanish |
Authors, Spanish - 19th century - History and criticism |
Authors, Spanish - 19th century |
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Monografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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UNINA9910783741303321 |
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Autore |
Nunn Chris <1940, > |
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Awareness : what it is, what it does / / Chris Nunn |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1996 |
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1-134-82687-7 |
1-134-82688-5 |
1-280-31932-1 |
0-203-28749-5 |
0-203-43545-1 |
9786610319329 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (176 p.) |
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Awareness |
Awareness - Physiological aspects |
Neuropsychology |
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Monografia |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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chapter Introduction -- chapter 1 The boundaries of awareness -- chapter 2 Time and awareness -- chapter 3 The nature of matter -- chapter 4 Various theories -- chapter 5 On the track of awareness -- chapter 6 Free will, free won�t and other topics -- chapter 7 The functions of awareness -- chapter 8 Medicine and the PM paradigm -- chapter 9 Towards a science of the soul?. |
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Awareness: What it is, What it does is an accessible, up-to-date examination of scientific thinking about the nature of consciousness. Written to be understood by the non-specialist, Chris Nunn begins by describing basic facts about the brain and the physical world. He then examines various theories of consciousness, highlighting their relative strengths and weaknesses, and their practical implications especially for medicine and psychiatry. The study of awareness is currently a fast developing and controversial area. This book contains a state-of-the art overview of some of the most exciting theoretical and experimental advances. It will be of interest to a wide range of academics, students |
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and general readers. Chris Nunn is a former Consultant Psychiatrist, based in Southampton. He combined his role providing services to local communities with extensive research interests in mind/body relationships and awareness. Awareness: What it is, What it does is an accessible, up-to-date examination of scientific thinking about the nature of consciousness. Written to be understood by the non-specialist, Chris Nunn begins by describing basic facts about the brain and the physical world. He then examines various theories of consciousness, highlighting their relative strengths and weaknesses, and their practical implications especially for medicine and psychiatry. The study of awareness is currently a fast developing and controversial area. This book contains a state-of-the art overview of some of the most exciting theoretical and experimental advances. It will be of interest to a wide range of academics, students and general readers. Chris Nunn is a former Consultant Psychiatrist, based in Southampton. He combined his role providing services to local communities with extensive research interests in mind/body relationships and awareness. |
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