Academic instincts [[electronic resource] /] / Marjorie Garber ; [illustrated by Sir John Tenniell] |
Autore | Garber Marjorie B |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (195 p.) |
Disciplina | 001.3/071/1 |
Altri autori (Persone) | TennielJohn <1820-1914> |
Soggetto topico |
Humanities - Study and teaching (Higher)
Literature - Study and teaching (Higher) Universities and colleges - Curricula Academic writing Humanities - Philosophy Learning and scholarship |
Soggetto non controllato |
Adjective
Aestheticism Alan Sokal Alfred Kazin Amateur professionalism Amateur American studies Anti-intellectualism Aphorism Art history Author Book review C. P. Snow C. S. Lewis Columnist Counterintuitive Critical theory Criticism Cultural studies Culture war Deconstruction Doublespeak Edward Said Essay Fashionable Nonsense Genre George Orwell Gertrude Stein Harvard University Headline Humanities Idealization Ideology Intellectual Interdisciplinarity Irony Jacques Derrida Jacques Lacan James Gleick Jargon Jewish studies Jonathan Swift Joseph Addison Judith Butler Liberal arts education Literary criticism Literary theory Literature Mario Pei Minima Moralia Modern Language Association Mr Neologism New Criticism Newspeak Novelist Oxford University Press Penis envy Philosopher Philosophy Phrase Physicist Poetry Political correctness Politician Post-structuralism Postmodernism Prince Hal Psychoanalysis Psychology Rhetoric Richard Feynman Robert Maynard Hutchins Roland Barthes Romanticism Science Scientist Sigmund Freud Slang Social science Sociology Sokal affair Sophistication Stanley Fish Terminology The New York Times The Philosopher The School of Athens The Two Cultures Theodor W. Adorno Theory Thought Usage Verb Vocabulary Wendy Lesser Wilhelm Dilthey William Shakespeare Writer Writing |
ISBN |
1-4008-1426-X
1-282-66564-2 9786612665646 1-4008-2467-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. The Amateur Professional and the Professional Amateur -- 2. Discipline Envy -- 3. Terms of Art -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784919103321 |
Garber Marjorie B
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A brief welcome to the universe : a pocket-sized tour / / Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michael A. Strauss, and J. Richard Gott |
Autore | Tyson Neil deGrasse |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, New Jersey : , : Princeton University Press, , [2021] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (247 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 523.1 |
Soggetto topico |
Astrophysics
Cosmology |
Soggetto non controllato |
Accelerating expansion of the universe
Accretion (astrophysics) Alpha particle Andromeda Galaxy Angular diameter Astrobiology Astrophysics Atomic nucleus Barred spiral galaxy Big Bang Calculation Chemical element Chronology of the universe Circumference Copernican principle Cosmic Background Explorer Cosmic microwave background Cosmic string Cosmogony Dark energy De Sitter space Deuterium Dimension Earth Einstein field equations Elementary particle Elliptic orbit Energy density Event horizon Exoplanet Extraterrestrial life Galactic Center Galactic year Galaxy cluster Googol Gravitational wave Gravity Hawking radiation Hubble Space Telescope Hubble's law Inflation (cosmology) Interstellar medium Irregular galaxy Jim Peebles Jupiter Kepler (spacecraft) Kuiper belt Light-year Longevity Luminosity Main sequence Measurement Metric expansion of space Milky Way Molecule Neutron star Neutron Newton's law of universal gravitation Nitrogen Nuclear fusion Nuclear reaction Observable universe Orion Nebula Photon Physicist Planck (spacecraft) Planetary habitability Planetary nebula Positron Prediction Pressure Quantity Quantum tunnelling Quasar Real Humans Red giant Result Satellite galaxy Saturn Shape of the universe Solar System Solar mass Spacecraft Spiral galaxy Star Supernova Temperature The Astrophysical Journal The Pluto Files Thermal radiation Universe Today Universe Uranus Vacuum energy Vacuum state Wavelength Weakly interacting massive particles Welcome to the Universe White dwarf Year |
ISBN | 0-691-22361-0 |
Classificazione | SCI005000SCI055000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- A Note to the Reader -- 1 Size and Scale of the Universe -- 2 Pluto's Place in the Solar System -- 3 The Lives and Deaths of Stars -- 4 The Search for Life in the Galaxy -- 5 Our Milky Way and Its Supermassive Black Hole -- 6 Galaxies, the Expanding Universe, and the Big Bang -- 7 Inflation and the Multiverse -- 8 Our Future in the Universe -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910554222803321 |
Tyson Neil deGrasse
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Synchronicity : An Acausal Connecting Principle. (From Vol. 8. of the Collected Works of C. G. Jung) / / C. G. Jung |
Autore | Jung C. G. |
Edizione | [With a New foreword by Sonu Shamdasani] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2012] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (153 p.) |
Disciplina | 133.8 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
HullR. F.C
ShamdasaniSonu |
Collana | Jung Extracts |
Soggetto topico |
Coincidence - Psychic aspects
Astrology |
Soggetto non controllato |
Active imagination
Ad hoc hypothesis Alhazen All things Apperception Archetype Astrological aspect Astrological sign Astrology Binomial distribution Calculation Carl Jung Causal chain Causality Certainty Clockwise Coincidence Consciousness Correspondence theory of truth Criticism De Corpore Determination Disadvantage Disposition Eranos Estimator Existence Explanation Extrasensory perception Firmament Foreknowledge God Hans Driesch Hermann Weyl Hieros gamos Horoscope Hypothesis Image of God Imagery Incident (Scientology) Individuation Instance (computer science) Interdependence Johannes Kepler Lao-Tzu Maxima and minima Modern physics Monadology Monograph Natural philosophy Niels Bohr Observation Parapsychology Phenomenon Philosopher Philosophy Physicist Plotinus Poisson distribution Precognition Principle Probability Proportion (architecture) Psychology and Alchemy Psychology Psychophysical parallelism Quantity Quartile Reality Reason Result Richard Wilhelm (sinologist) Robert Fludd Scientific theory Self-experimentation Significant figures Simultaneity Skepticism Society for Psychical Research Sonu Shamdasani Statistic Statistics Symptom Taoism Telepathy Tertium comparationis The Interpretation of Dreams The Secret of the Golden Flower The Soul of the World The Various Theodicy Theory Third eye Thought Treatise Universality (philosophy) Validity (statistics) Wissenschaft Wolfgang Pauli Yin and yang |
ISBN |
1-283-40599-7
9786613405999 1-4008-3916-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Foreword to the 2010 Edition -- Editorial Preface -- Synchronicity: An Acausal Connecting Principle -- Foreword -- 1. Exposition -- 2. An Astrological Experiment -- 3. Forerunners of the Idea of Synchronicity -- 4. Conclusion -- APPENDIX: On Synchronicity -- Bibliography -- Index -- Princeton/Bollingen Paperback Editions |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790467503321 |
Jung C. G.
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Why Trust Science? / / Naomi Oreskes |
Autore | Oreskes Naomi |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2021] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (392 p.) : 2 b/w illus. 1 table |
Disciplina | 303.483 |
Collana | The University Center for Human Values Series |
Soggetto topico |
Science - Philosophy
Science - Social aspects SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects |
Soggetto non controllato |
Adverse effect
Adviser American Association for the Advancement of Science Americans Amgen Authoritarianism Biologist Biomedicine Blind experiment Bruno Latour Cambridge University Press Climate change Climatology Continental drift Covid-19 Criticism Decision-making Dental floss Distrust Empirical evidence Empiricism Environmental impact assessment Environmentalist Epistemology Eugenics Experiment Explanation Fallacy Funding of science Funding Geneticist Global warming Governance Graduate school Greenhouse gas Helen Longino History and philosophy of science Ideology Institution Karl Popper Lecture Logical positivism Ludwik Fleck Merchants of Doubt Methodology Misuse of statistics Morality Naomi Oreskes National Science Foundation Ottmar Edenhofer Paradigm shift Pascal's Wager Peer review Philosopher Philosophy of science Philosophy Physician Physicist Political psychology Political science Politics Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research Princeton University Psychology Public health Public policy Publication Rationality Reason Replication crisis Reproducibility Result Sandra Harding Science studies Science, technology and society Science Scientific community Scientific consensus Scientific evidence Scientific method Scientific opinion on climate change Scientific progress Scientific revolution Scientific theory Scientist Skepticism Social science Sociology Statistical significance Suggestion Sunburn Sunscreen Symptom Tax Technology Theory Thomas Kuhn Thought Vaccination Vetting |
ISBN | 0-691-22237-1 |
Classificazione | AP 14000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface to the Paperback -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Why Trust Science? -- Chapter 2 Science Awry -- Coda -- Comments -- Chapter 3 The Epistemology of Frozen Peas -- Chapter 4 What Would Reasons for Trusting Science Be? -- Chapter 5 Pascal’s Wager Reframed -- Chapter 6 Comments on the Present and Future of Science, Inspired by Naomi Oreskes -- Response -- Chapter 7 Reply -- Afterword -- Notes -- References -- Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910554234403321 |
Oreskes Naomi
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