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UNINA9910466654303321 |
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Autore |
Laudan Larry |
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Science and relativism : some key controversies in the philosophy of science / / Larry Laudan |
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Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , 1990 |
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1 online resource (196 p.) |
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Collana |
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Science and its conceptual foundations |
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Science - Philosophy |
Science - History |
Relativity |
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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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Note to the Reader -- 1. Progress and Cumulativity -- 2. Theory-Iadenness and Underdetermination -- 3. Holism -- 4. Standards of Success -- 5. Incommensurability -- 6. Interests and the Social Determinants of Belief -- References -- Index |
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In recent years, many members of the intellectual community have embraced a radical relativism regarding knowledge in general and scientific knowledge in particular, holding that Kuhn, Quine, and Feyerabend have knocked the traditional picture of scientific knowledge into a cocked hat. Is philosophy of science, or mistaken impressions of it, responsible for the rise of relativism? In this book, Laudan offers a trenchant, wide-ranging critique of cognitive relativism and a thorough introduction to major issues in the philosophy of knowledge. |
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UNISA996386316103316 |
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Autore |
Dade William |
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Dade 1647 [[electronic resource] ] : a new almanack and prognostication: with the sun rising and setting for the first and middle of every month, with the signs & quarters of the moone, also the age of the moon against every day of the month in which you may behold the state of this year 1647 for the meridian of London, and may serve for the most part of Great Britaine, being the third after leap year / / by William Dade . |
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London, : Printed by Richard Bishop for the Company of Stationers, 1647 |
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Almanacs, English |
Astrology |
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Imperfect: print show through and loss of text; best copy available for photographing. |
Reproduction of original in the Bodleian Library. |
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UNINA9910813672203321 |
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Titolo |
Extremophiles : sustainable resources and biotechnological implications / / edited by Om V. Singh |
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Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Blackwell, c2013 |
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9781118394113 |
1118394119 |
9781118394144 |
1118394143 |
9781283705462 |
128370546X |
9781118394120 |
1118394127 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (472 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Extreme environments - Microbiology |
Microbial biotechnology |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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EXTREMOPHILES; Contents; Contributors; Introduction; 1 MOLECULAR EVOLUTION OF EXTREMOPHILES; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Molecular Evolution of Thermophiles; 1.2.1 Habitat; 1.2.2 Cellular Organization; 1.2.3 Genome; 1.2.4 Proteome; 1.3 Molecular Evolution of Psychrophiles; 1.3.1 Habitat; 1.3.2 Cellular Organization; 1.3.3 Genome; 1.3.4 Proteome; 1.4 Molecular Evolution of Halophiles; 1.4.1 Habitat; 1.4.2 Cellular Organization; 1.4.3 Genome; 1.4.4 Proteome; 1.5 Molecular Evolution of Alkaliphiles; 1.5.1 Habitat; 1.5.2 Cellular Organization; 1.5.3 Genome; 1.5.4 Proteome |
1.6 Molecular Evolution of Acidophiles1.6.1 Habitat; 1.6.2 Cellular Organization; 1.6.3 Genome; 1.6.4 Proteome; 1.7 Molecular Evolution of Barophiles; 1.7.1 Habitat; 1.7.2 Cellular Organization; 1.7.3 Genome; 1.7.4 Proteome; 1.8 Engineering Extremophiles; 1.8.1 Microbiology; 1.8.2 Molecular Biology; 1.8.3 Bioinformatics; 1.9 Case Studies; 1.9.1 Biofuel Production; 1.9.2 Bioremediation; 1.9.3 Pesticide |
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Biodegradation; 1.9.4 Escherichia coli: A Candidate Extremophile; 1.9.5 Oil-Spill-Cleaning Bacteria; 1.9.6 Potential Applications and Benefits |
1.10 Implications of Engineered Extremophiles on Ecology, Environment, and Health1.11 Conclusions and Recommendations; References; 2 ATTAINING EXTREMOPHILES AND EXTREMOLYTES: METHODOLOGIES AND LIMITATIONS; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Extremophiles: Types and Diversity; 2.2.1 Thermophiles; 2.2.2 Psychrophiles; 2.2.3 Halophiles; 2.2.4 Alkaliphiles; 2.2.5 Acidophiles; 2.2.6 Barophiles; 2.3 Extremolytes; 2.3.1 Production and Purification of Extremolytes; 2.3.2 Detection, Identification, and Quantification of Extremolytes; 2.3.3 Limitations; 2.4 Conclusions; References |
3 STRATEGIES FOR THE ISOLATION AND CULTIVATION OF HALOPHILIC MICROORGANISMS3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Thalassohaline and Athalassohaline Hypersaline Environments; 3.3 Case Studies; 3.3.1 Isolation of Aerobic Chemoheterotrophic Archaea from Solar Salterns; 3.3.2 Magnesium-Requiring and Magnesium-Tolerant Archaea from the Dead Sea; 3.3.3 Isolation of Acidophilic Halophilic Archaea; 3.3.4 Isolation of Unusual Anaerobic Halophiles from Deep-Sea Brines; 3.3.5 Isolation of Polyextremophilic Anaerobic Halophiles; 3.3.6 Isolation of Halophilic Microorganisms Associated with Plants and Animals |
3.3.7 Isolation of Halophilic Archaea from Low-Salt Environments3.4 The Upper Salinity Limits of Different Types of Energy Generation; 3.5 Final Comments; References; 4 HALOPHILIC PROPERTIES AND THEIR MANIPULATION AND APPLICATION; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Industrial Applications of Halophilic Organisms and Their Proteins; 4.3 Extreme and Moderate Halophiles and Their Proteins; 4.4 Generation of Low-Salt Stable Extreme-Halophilic Proteins; 4.5 Interconversion of Halophilic and Nonhalophilic Proteins; 4.5.1 Dimer-Tetramer Conversion of HaNDK and PaNDK; 4.5.2 Generation of Halophilic PaNDK |
4.6 Soluble Expression of Recombinant Proteins |
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Explores the utility and potential of extremophiles in sustainability and biotechnology Many extremophilic bio-products are already used as life-saving drugs. Until recently, however, the difficulty of working with these microbes has discouraged efforts to develop extremophilic microbes as potential drug reservoirs of the future. Recent technological advances have opened the door to exploring these organisms anew as sources of products that might prove useful in clinical and environmental biotechnology and drug development. Extremophiles features outstanding articl |
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