Behind the curve : science and the politics of global warming / / Joshua P. Howe |
Autore | Howe Joshua P |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Seattle, District of Columbia : , : University of Washington Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (324 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.738/74 |
Collana | Weyerhaeuser environmental classics |
Soggetto topico |
Global warming - History
Atmospheric carbon dioxide Environmental protection Science - Political aspects |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-295-80509-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: telling stories about CO₂ -- The cold war roots of global warming? -- Scientists, environmentalists, and the global atmosphere? -- Making the global environment? -- Climate, the environment, and scientific activism? -- The politics of dissent? -- The IPCC and the primacy of science? -- The gospel of the market? -- Epilogue: climbing out from behind the curve? |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463894203321 |
Howe Joshua P | ||
Seattle, District of Columbia : , : University of Washington Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Behind the curve : science and the politics of global warming / / Joshua P. Howe |
Autore | Howe Joshua P |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Seattle, District of Columbia : , : University of Washington Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (324 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.738/74 |
Collana | Weyerhaeuser environmental classics |
Soggetto topico |
Global warming - History
Atmospheric carbon dioxide Environmental protection Science - Political aspects |
ISBN | 0-295-80509-9 |
Classificazione | HIS037070NAT011000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: telling stories about CO₂ -- The cold war roots of global warming? -- Scientists, environmentalists, and the global atmosphere? -- Making the global environment? -- Climate, the environment, and scientific activism? -- The politics of dissent? -- The IPCC and the primacy of science? -- The gospel of the market? -- Epilogue: climbing out from behind the curve? |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787874603321 |
Howe Joshua P | ||
Seattle, District of Columbia : , : University of Washington Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Behind the curve : science and the politics of global warming / / Joshua P. Howe |
Autore | Howe Joshua P |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Seattle, District of Columbia : , : University of Washington Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (324 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.738/74 |
Collana | Weyerhaeuser environmental classics |
Soggetto topico |
Global warming - History
Atmospheric carbon dioxide Environmental protection Science - Political aspects |
ISBN | 0-295-80509-9 |
Classificazione | HIS037070NAT011000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: telling stories about CO₂ -- The cold war roots of global warming? -- Scientists, environmentalists, and the global atmosphere? -- Making the global environment? -- Climate, the environment, and scientific activism? -- The politics of dissent? -- The IPCC and the primacy of science? -- The gospel of the market? -- Epilogue: climbing out from behind the curve? |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910811175003321 |
Howe Joshua P | ||
Seattle, District of Columbia : , : University of Washington Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Being human [[electronic resource] ] : the search for order / / Seán Ó Nualláin |
Autore | Ó Nualláin Seán |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bristol, : Intellect, 2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (221 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.45 |
Soggetto topico |
Science - Social aspects
Science - Political aspects Religion and science |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-84150-865-9
1-280-47681-8 9786610476817 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Dedication; Acknowledgements and Errata; Preface; Introduction; 1 The Current Crisis; i. The environmental crisis; ii. The demographic crisis; iii. The economic crisis; iv. The Political crisis; v. The Moral/Fideistic/Epistemological crisis; 2 Our Age of Ignorance; i. Noetic Science; ii. Physics; iii. Biology; iv. Economics; v. Technology; vi. Psychology; vii. Politics and Sociology; viii. Religion and Myth; 1. Toward a Description of Universals in Religious Experience; 2. Myth in religious and 'scientific' cosmogony; 3. Psychology of the Millennium
4. The Problem of Human Sufferingix. Value; x. Some Conclusions; 3 Theories of Everything; Introduction; i. Dei ex Machina; i.a. The sciences of complexity; i.i.a. Catastrophe Theory; i.i.b. Chaos; i.i.c. Games; i.i.d Something for Nothing?; i.b. Information; i.c. Computation; i.d. Buckserologists; ii. Precedence Claims and Claim-Jumps; Introduction; ii.a. Physics; ii.b. Darwinism; iii. Eschatologies; iv. State Takeover; v. Weltanschauungen; v.a. Gurdjieff; v.b. Marxism; 4 Conclusions; Appendix A: How Does Science Progress?; Appendix B: The Reduced History of Physics Appendix C: Genetic TechnologiesReferences; Subject Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452683003321 |
Ó Nualláin Seán | ||
Bristol, : Intellect, 2002 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Being human [[electronic resource] ] : the search for order / / Seán Ó Nualláin |
Autore | Ó Nualláin Seán |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bristol, : Intellect, 2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (221 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.45 |
Soggetto topico |
Science - Social aspects
Science - Political aspects Religion and science |
ISBN |
1-84150-865-9
1-280-47681-8 9786610476817 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Dedication; Acknowledgements and Errata; Preface; Introduction; 1 The Current Crisis; i. The environmental crisis; ii. The demographic crisis; iii. The economic crisis; iv. The Political crisis; v. The Moral/Fideistic/Epistemological crisis; 2 Our Age of Ignorance; i. Noetic Science; ii. Physics; iii. Biology; iv. Economics; v. Technology; vi. Psychology; vii. Politics and Sociology; viii. Religion and Myth; 1. Toward a Description of Universals in Religious Experience; 2. Myth in religious and 'scientific' cosmogony; 3. Psychology of the Millennium
4. The Problem of Human Sufferingix. Value; x. Some Conclusions; 3 Theories of Everything; Introduction; i. Dei ex Machina; i.a. The sciences of complexity; i.i.a. Catastrophe Theory; i.i.b. Chaos; i.i.c. Games; i.i.d Something for Nothing?; i.b. Information; i.c. Computation; i.d. Buckserologists; ii. Precedence Claims and Claim-Jumps; Introduction; ii.a. Physics; ii.b. Darwinism; iii. Eschatologies; iv. State Takeover; v. Weltanschauungen; v.a. Gurdjieff; v.b. Marxism; 4 Conclusions; Appendix A: How Does Science Progress?; Appendix B: The Reduced History of Physics Appendix C: Genetic TechnologiesReferences; Subject Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782068603321 |
Ó Nualláin Seán | ||
Bristol, : Intellect, 2002 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Being human [[electronic resource] ] : the search for order / / Seán Ó Nualláin |
Autore | Ó Nualláin Seán |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bristol, : Intellect, 2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (221 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.45 |
Soggetto topico |
Science - Social aspects
Science - Political aspects Religion and science |
ISBN |
1-84150-865-9
1-280-47681-8 9786610476817 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Dedication; Acknowledgements and Errata; Preface; Introduction; 1 The Current Crisis; i. The environmental crisis; ii. The demographic crisis; iii. The economic crisis; iv. The Political crisis; v. The Moral/Fideistic/Epistemological crisis; 2 Our Age of Ignorance; i. Noetic Science; ii. Physics; iii. Biology; iv. Economics; v. Technology; vi. Psychology; vii. Politics and Sociology; viii. Religion and Myth; 1. Toward a Description of Universals in Religious Experience; 2. Myth in religious and 'scientific' cosmogony; 3. Psychology of the Millennium
4. The Problem of Human Sufferingix. Value; x. Some Conclusions; 3 Theories of Everything; Introduction; i. Dei ex Machina; i.a. The sciences of complexity; i.i.a. Catastrophe Theory; i.i.b. Chaos; i.i.c. Games; i.i.d Something for Nothing?; i.b. Information; i.c. Computation; i.d. Buckserologists; ii. Precedence Claims and Claim-Jumps; Introduction; ii.a. Physics; ii.b. Darwinism; iii. Eschatologies; iv. State Takeover; v. Weltanschauungen; v.a. Gurdjieff; v.b. Marxism; 4 Conclusions; Appendix A: How Does Science Progress?; Appendix B: The Reduced History of Physics Appendix C: Genetic TechnologiesReferences; Subject Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824585903321 |
Ó Nualláin Seán | ||
Bristol, : Intellect, 2002 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Cultural hegemony in a scientific world : Gramscian concepts for the history of science / / edited by Massimiliano Badino, Pietro Daniel Omodeo |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2021] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina | 509 |
Collana | Historical materialism book series |
Soggetto topico |
Science - History
Science - Political aspects Hegemony |
ISBN | 90-04-44377-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910794292403321 |
Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2021] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Cultural hegemony in a scientific world : Gramscian concepts for the history of science / / edited by Massimiliano Badino, Pietro Daniel Omodeo |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2021] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina | 509 |
Collana | Historical materialism book series |
Soggetto topico |
Science - History
Science - Political aspects Hegemony |
ISBN | 90-04-44377-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816088403321 |
Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2021] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Émancipation et révolution biologique selon Habermas : une réflexion critique sur le pouvoir du savoir scientifique / / Adolphe-Dieumerci Bonyanga Bokele |
Autore | Bonyanga Bokele Adolphe-Dieumerci <1970-> |
Soggetto topico |
Science - Political aspects
Biology - Social aspects Philosophy and science Social ethics |
ISBN | 2-336-39090-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | fre |
Altri titoli varianti | Émancipation et révolution biologique selon Habermas |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910160753603321 |
Bonyanga Bokele Adolphe-Dieumerci <1970-> | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The freedom of scientific research : bridging the gap between science and society / / edited by Simona Giordano in collaboration with John Harris and Lucio Piccirillo |
Autore | Giordano Simona |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Manchester University Press, 2020 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxv, 234 pages) : illustrations, charts; digital file(s) |
Disciplina | 174.95 |
Collana | Contemporary issues in bioethics, law and medical humanities |
Soggetto topico |
Research - Moral and ethical aspects
Science and law Science - Political aspects Science - Social aspects |
Soggetto non controllato |
Social Science
Research |
ISBN | 1-5261-4647-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface by John Harris -- Part I: Freedom of science: promises and hazards -- Introduction / Simona Giordano -- 1. The influence of infection on society / Peter J. Lachmann -- 2. Scientific progress and longevity: curse or blessing? / Simona Giordano -- 3. Reproductive technologies and the family in the twenty-first century / Daniela Cutas and Anna Smajdor -- 4. New frontiers in surgery: the case of uterus and penis transplantation / Gennaro Selvaggi and Sean Aas -- 5. Freedom, law, politics, genes: the case of mitochondrial transfer / Iain Brassington -- 6. Scientific freedom and responsibility in a biosecurity context / Catherine Rhodes -- 7. Robotic intelligence: philosophical and ethical challenges / David Lawrence -- 8. Big science and small science: reflections on the relationship between science and society from the perspective of physics / Lucio Piccirillo -- Part II: Freedom of science and the need for regulation -- Introduction / Simona Giordano -- 9. Advocating a radical change in science policies and new models to secure freedom and efficiency in funding and communication / Andrea Ballabeni and Davide Danovi -- 10. Freedom of research and the right to science, from theory to advocacy / Andrea Boggio and Cesare P. R. Romano -- 11. The donation of embryos for research: maintaining trust / Heidi Mertes -- 12. From Galileo to embryos and narcotic drugs: the quest for the right to science / Marco Cappato -- 13. Science, self-control and human freedom: a naturalistic approach / Gilberto Corbellini and Elisabetta Sirgiovanni -- 14. Evidence-based policy and the precautionary principle: friends or foes? / Roberto Baldoli and Claudio M. Radaelli -- 15. Let freedom ring for science: an American perspective / Mary Woolley -- Conclusion / Simona Giordano -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910433239203321 |
Giordano Simona | ||
Manchester University Press, 2020 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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