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McCuan John |
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The stability of cylindrical pendant drops / / John McCuan |
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Providence, Rhode Island : , : American Society of Civil Engineers, , 2017 |
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1 online resource (115 pages) : illustrations, tables |
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Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society, , 1947-6221 ; ; Volume 250, Number 1189 |
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Drops |
Spheroidal state |
Fluid mechanics |
Stability |
Liquids |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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UNINA9910455158203321 |
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Confronting climate change [[electronic resource] ] : strategies for energy research and development / / Committee on Alternative Energy Research and Development Strategies, Energy Engineering Board, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council ; for the United States Department of Energy, Office of Policy, Planning and Analysis, Office of Environmental Analysis |
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Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1990 |
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1-280-21192-X |
9786610211920 |
0-309-59501-0 |
0-585-14380-3 |
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1 online resource (144 p.) |
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Climatic changes - Government policy - United States |
Power resources - Research - United States |
Greenhouse gases - Environmental aspects |
Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric - Environmental aspects |
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Monografia |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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UNINA9910953166603321 |
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Midgley Mary <1919-> |
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Evolution as a religion : strange hopes and stranger fears / / Mary Midgley |
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London, : Routledge, 2002 |
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0-203-36168-7 |
1-280-21738-3 |
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[Revised ed. /] |
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1 online resource (224 p.) |
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Evolution - Religious aspects |
Religion and science |
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Previous ed.: London: Methuen, 1985. |
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Front Cover; Copyright Page; Evolution as aReligion; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction to the Routledge Classics Edition; 1. Evolutionary Dramas; 2. Do Science and Religion Compete?; 3. Demarcation Disputes; 4. The Irresistible Escalator; 5. Choosing a World; 6. The Problem of Direction; 7. Scientist and Superscientist; 8. Dazzling Prospects; 9. Black Holes: Jacques Monod and the Isolation of 'Science'; 10. Freedom and the Monte Carlo Drama; 11. Scientific Education and Human Transience; 12. Mixed Antitheses; 13. Science, Scepticism and Awe |
14. The Service of Self and the Service of Kali15. Who or What is Selfish?; 16. Dreaming and Waking; 17. The Limits of Individualism; 18. The Vulnerable World and its Claims on Us; Notes; Index |
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According to a profile in The Guardian, Mary Midgley is 'the foremost scourge of scientific pretensions in this country; someone whose wit is admired even by those who feel she sometimes oversteps the mark'. Considered one of Britain's finest philosophers, Midgley exposes the illogical logic of poor doctrines that shelter themselves behind the prestige of science. Always at home when taking on the high priests of evolutionary theory - Dawkins, Wilson and their acolytes - she has famously described evolution as 'the creation-myth of our age'. In |
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Evolution as a Religion, she ex |
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