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UNINA9910455995203321 |
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Autore |
Hardin Garrett James <1915-2003.> |
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The ostrich factor [[electronic resource] ] : our population myopia / / Garrett Hardin |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 1999 |
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1-280-53005-7 |
0-19-535270-X |
0-585-11195-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (177 p.) |
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Population - Environmental aspects |
Quality of life |
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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 (p. [155]-163) and index. |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 The Pursuit of Objectivity; 2 Tertullian's Blessing; 3 How to Lie with Learned Words; 4 Foundations of Activist Science: By Right or By Default?; 5 The Stormy Marriage of Economics and Ecology; 6 Consequentialism: Nature's Morality; 7 Natural Selection: God's Choice; 8 Altruism; 9 Coercion; 10 Diseconomies of Scale: Ostrich Myopia; 11 The Dream of One World; 12 Russell's Theorem; 13 A Martian View of Malthus; 14 Equity, Equality, and Affirmative Action; 15 Multiculturalism: For and Against; 16 Ambivalent Value of Growth; 17 The Extended Reach of Gresham's Law |
18 Summary: Can Our Ostriches Find the Will?Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
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Garrett Hardin addresses the arguments from economists about continued ""sustainable"" growth. This text seeks to lay out the practical steps that humankind must take quite early in the 21st century for the long-term survival of civilization. |
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UNINA9910457422203321 |
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Autore |
Deonna Thierry |
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Cognitive and behavioural disorders of epileptic origin in children [[electronic resource] /] / Thierry Deonna, Eliane Roulet-Perez ; foreword by Jean Aicardi |
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London, : Mac Keith Press |
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[Cambridge, U.K.] ; ; [New York], : Distributed by Cambridge University Press, 2005 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (258 p.) |
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Collana |
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Clinics in developmental medicine ; ; no. 168 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Epilepsy in children |
Cognition disorders in children |
Behavior disorders in children |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 212-229) and index. |
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Cognitive effects of epilepsy : epilepsy as a non-paroxysmal disorder and the concept of "cognitive epilepsies" -- Epilepsy in the developing brain -- Epilepsy and cognitive functions : identifying the direct effects of epilepsy -- Epilepsy and cognitive functions : the other variables -- Cognitive and behavioural problems in childhood epilepsies : a literature review -- Childhood neuropsychology (developmental cognitive neuropsychology) in the context of epilepsy -- Epileptic cognitive dysfunction in specific epileptic syndromes or epileptic conditions -- Epileptic cognitive dysfunction in some specific brain pathologies -- Epilepsy surgery in children : an opportunity to study the direct role of epilepsy in cognitive disturbances -- Epilepsy and mental retardation : the role of epilepsy -- Developmental disorders and epilepsy -- Neuropsychological evaluation of cognitive-behavioural effects of epilepsy in children -- Practical clinical issues in diagnosis and antiepileptic drug therapy -- Psychological and educational aspects : special implications for epilepsies with cognitive manifestations -- Adult outcome of childhood epilepsies with 'cognitive' epileptic manifestations : unexpected lessons from follow-up studies. |
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