1.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991000798219707536

Autore

International Atomic Energy Agency

Titolo

Absorbed dose determination in photon and electron beams / P. Andreo...[et al.] ; sponsored by International Atomic Energy Agency

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Vienna : IAEA, 1987

Descrizione fisica

1 v. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Collana

Technical reports series ; 277

Classificazione

53.9.786

53.9.788

TK9001

Altri autori (Persone)

Andreo, P.

Soggetti

Electron beams-Therapeutic use

Radiation dosimetry

Radiotherapy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910783958903321

Autore

Clark Stephen R. L.

Titolo

The political animal : biology, ethics, and politics / / Stephen R.L. Clark

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1999

ISBN

1-934074-35-7

1-134-65859-1

1-134-65860-5

0-203-00811-1

0-203-15873-3

1-280-33518-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (219 p.)

Disciplina

320/.01

Soggetti

Political science - Philosophy

Biopolitics

Bioethics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Aristotle's woman; 2 Slaves and citizens; 3 Is humanity a natural kind?; 4 Children and the mammalian order; 5 Anarchists against the revolution; 6 Bioregional environmentalism and the humanistic culture; 7 Good and bad ethology and the decent polis; 8 Apes and the idea of kindred; 9 Herds of free bipeds; 10 Enlarging the community; 11 Nations and empires; References; Publications by Stephen R.L. Clark; Index

Sommario/riassunto

People, as Aristotle said, are political animals. Mainstream political philosophy, however, has largely neglected humankind's animal nature as beings who are naturally equipped, and inclined, to reason and work together, create social bonds and care for their young. Stephen Clark, grounded in biological analysis and traditional ethics, probes into areas ignored in mainstream political theory and argues for the significance of social bonds which bypass or transcend state authority. Understanding the ties that bind us reveals how enormously capable we are in achieving civil order as a specie