Ahead of the curve [[electronic resource] ] : David Baltimore's life in science / / Shane Crotty |
Autore | Crotty Shane <1974-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (302 p.) |
Disciplina | 572.8/092 B |
Soggetto topico | Molecular biologists - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
aids vaccine
biographical biography caltech career college controversial controversy cultural history cultural studies culture dna famous scientist genetic engineering growing up life story mit molecular biology nobel prize political politics rockefeller science scientific research scientist true story university vaccine vietnam war |
ISBN |
1-59734-456-7
1-282-75923-X 9786612759239 0-520-93026-6 |
Classificazione | TB 3120 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- PROLOGUE -- ONE. GREAT NECK, LONG ISLAND -- TWO. SWARTHMORE -- THREE. APPRENTICESHIPS -- FOUR. SALK INSTITUTE -- FIVE. MIT -- SIX. RECOMBINANT DNA -- SEVEN. NOBELGOLD -- POLIOVIRUS: AN INTERLUDE -- EIGHT. WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE -- NINE. ROCKEFELLER -- TEN. HOMECOMING -- ELEVEN. CALTECH -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- NOTES -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777365503321 |
Crotty Shane <1974->
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Cannabis [[electronic resource] ] : evolution and ethnobotany / / Robert C. Clarke, Mark D. Merlin |
Autore | Clarke Robert Connell <1953-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (453 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.29/5 |
Altri autori (Persone) | MerlinMark David |
Soggetto topico |
Cannabis
Cannabis - Evolution Cannabis - Utilization Human-plant relationships |
Soggetto non controllato |
agriculture
botanists botany cannabis fibers cannabis seeds cannabis commercial plant controversy cultural history drugs ethnobotany human interaction human societies interdisciplinary life sciences marijuana medicinal plants nonfiction origins of cannabis plant evolution plant medicine plant sciences pot lovers pot psychoactive compounds public debate religious uses retrospective ritual uses role of cannabis |
ISBN |
0-520-29248-0
1-78402-602-6 0-520-95457-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- DEDICATION -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- NOTES TO READERS -- TABLE 1: ACRONYMS USED IN THIS BOOK -- MAP 1: PRESENT-DAY RANGES OF CANNABIS -- 1. Introduction to the Multipurpose Plant Cannabis -- 2. Natural Origins and Early Evolution of Cannabis -- 3. Ethnobotanical Origins, Early Cultivation, and Evolution through Human Selection -- 4. The Cultural Diffusion of Cannabis -- 5. History of Cannabis Use for Fiber -- 6. Food, Feed, and Oil Uses of Hemp -- 7. Historical Aspects of Psychoactive Cannabis Use for Ritual and Recreation -- 8. Ethnobotanical History and Contemporary Context of Medicinal Cannabis -- 9. Nonpsychoactive Ritual Uses of Cannabis -- 10. Recent History of Cannabis Breeding -- 11. Classical and Molecular Taxonomy of Cannabis -- 12. Hypotheses Concerning the Early Evolution of Cannabis -- 13. Cannabis and Homo sapiens -- TIMELINE -- REFERENCES -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779885703321 |
Clarke Robert Connell <1953->
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013 | ||
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Creationism and its critics in antiquity [[electronic resource] /] / David Sedley |
Autore | Sedley D. N |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (291 p.) |
Disciplina | 213 |
Collana |
Sather classical lectures
Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature |
Soggetto topico |
Intelligent design (Teleology)
Philosophy, Ancient |
Soggetto non controllato |
accident
anaxagoras ancient greek ancient rome anti creationist antiquity aristotle classical antiquity classical world controversial controversy cosmos creationism creationist disagreement divine empedocles famous philosopher great thinkers historical intelligent design philosopher philosophy plato scientific socrates stoics teleology theology theory western philosophy western science |
ISBN |
1-282-35938-X
9786612359385 0-520-93436-9 |
Classificazione | 08.21 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Acknowledgments -- Preface -- ; [ch]. 1. Anaxagoras -- ; 1. The presocratic agenda -- ; 2. Anaxagoras's cosmology -- ; 3. The power of nous -- ; 4. Sun and Moon -- ; 5. Worlds and seeds -- ; 6. Nous as creator -- ; 7. Scientific creationism -- Appendix : Anazagoras's theory of matter -- ; [ch]. 2. Empedocles -- ; 1. The cosmic cycle -- ; 2. The double zoogony -- ; 3. Creationist discourse -- ; 4. Design and accident -- Appendix 1 : The double zoogony revisited -- Appendix 2 : The chronology of the cycle -- Appendix 3 : Where in the cycle are we? -- Appendix 4 : Lucretian testimony for Empedocles' zoogony -- ; [ch]. 3. Socrates -- ; 1. 1. Diogenes of Apollonia -- ; 2. Socrates in Xenophon -- ; 3. Socrates in Plato's Phaedo -- ; 4. A historical synthesis -- ; [ch]. 4. Plato -- ; 1. The Phaedo myth -- ; 2. Introducing the Timaeus -- ; 3. An act of creation? -- ; 4. Divine craftsmanship -- ; 5. Is the world perfect? -- ; 6. The origin of species -- ; [ch]. 5. The atomists -- ; 1. Democritus -- ; 2. The Epicurean critique of creationism -- ; 3. The Epicurean alternative to creationism -- ; 4. Epicurean infinity -- ; [ch]. 6. Aristotle -- ; 1. God as paradigm -- ; 2. The craft analogy -- ; 3. Necessity -- ; 4. Fortuitous outcomes -- ; 5. Cosmic teleology -- ; 6. Aristotle's Platonism -- ; [ch]. 7. The stoics -- ; 1. Stoicism -- ; 2. A window on stoic theology -- ; 3. Appropriating Socrates -- ; 4. Appropriating Plato -- ; 5. Whose benefit? -- Epilogue : A Galenic perspective -- Bibliography -- Index locorum -- General index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778594203321 |
Sedley D. N
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2007 | ||
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Dissimulation and the culture of secrecy in early modern Europe [[electronic resource] /] / Jon R. Snyder |
Autore | Snyder Jon R. <1954-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (307 p.) |
Disciplina | 302.2094/0903 |
Soggetto topico |
Secrecy - Social aspects - Italy - History
Truthfulness and falsehood - Social aspects - Italy - History Interpersonal communication - Italy - History Secrecy - Social aspects - Europe - History Truthfulness and falsehood - Social aspects - Europe - History Interpersonal communication - Europe - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
16th century
17th century affairs aristocracy canonical writing commoners communication controversy court writings culture of secrecy disguise dishonesty dissimulation early modern europe europe inner lives italy masking emotions modern history moral philosophy naples netherlands philosophers political silence political theory private lives rene descartes secrecy secret thoughts textbooks treatises visual arts writers and intellectuals |
ISBN |
1-282-36103-1
9786612361036 0-520-94444-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface: Lost Horizons -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Not Empty Silence. The Age of Dissimulation -- 2. Taking One's Distance. Civil and Moral Dissimulation -- 3. Confidence Games. Dissimulation at Court -- 4. The Government of Designs. Dissimulation and Reason of State -- 5. The Writing on the Walls -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780637603321 |
Snyder Jon R. <1954->
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 | ||
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First Peoples in a New World : Colonizing Ice Age America / / David J. Meltzer |
Autore | Meltzer David J. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2009] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (481 p.) |
Disciplina | 970.01 |
Soggetto topico |
Glacial epoch - North America
Glacial epoch --North America North America - Antiquities North America --Antiquities Paleo-Indians - North America Paleo-Indians --North America Ethnic & Race Studies Gender & Ethnic Studies Social Sciences |
Soggetto non controllato |
american archeology
anthropology appearance of human being archaeology climates colonization colonized controversy earliest americans early peopling environments first americans genetics geology glaciers global climates humans ice age north america ice age linguistics new world north america north american history physical anthropology prehistory remote places retrospective science skeletal biology |
ISBN |
1-282-36087-6
9786612360879 0-520-94315-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1. OVERTURE -- 2. THE LANDSCAPE OF COLONIZATION -- 3. FROM PALEOLITHS TO PALEOINDIANS -- 4. THE PRE-CLOVIS CONTROVERSY AND ITS RESOLUTION -- 5. NON-ARCHAEOLOGICAL ANSWERS TO ARCHAEOLOGICAL QUESTIONS -- 6. American Origins: The Search for Consensus -- 7. What Do You Do When No One's Been There Before? -- 8. CLOVIS ADAPTATIONS AND PLEISTOCENE EXTINCTIONS -- 9. Settling In: Late Paleoindians and the Waning Ice Age -- 10. WHEN PAST AND PRESENT COLLIDE -- FURTHER READING -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX |
Altri titoli varianti | Colonizing ice age America |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778566603321 |
Meltzer David J.
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Friends of God [[electronic resource] ] : Islamic images of piety, commitment, and servanthood / / John Renard |
Autore | Renard John <1944-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (369 p.) |
Disciplina | 297.6/1 |
Soggetto topico |
Islamic hagiography - History and criticism
Islamic legends - History and criticism |
Soggetto non controllato |
asceticism
authority controversy conversion cultural contexts faith gods friends hadith human condition humanity intentional community islam islamic civilization islamic hagiography islamic studies martyrs muslim sainthood muslim saints muslims piety prophets quran religion religious figures religious institutions religious literature religious narratives religious studies revered sites ritual settings road to sanctity saints seers service to god social contexts theology world religions |
ISBN |
0-520-94095-4
1-281-38563-8 9786611385637 1-4356-5362-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART I. Stages in the Lives of God's Friends -- PART II. Friends of God in Context -- PART III. Friends in Theory -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782161903321 |
Renard John <1944->
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008 | ||
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Patent Politics : Life Forms, Markets, and the Public Interest in the United States and Europe / / Shobita Parthasarathy |
Autore | Parthasarathy Shobita |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , [2017] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (299 pages) |
Disciplina | 174.2 |
Soggetto topico |
Biotechnology
Patent laws and legislation - United States - History Patent laws and legislation - Europe - History Bioethics - United States Bioethics - Europe |
Soggetto non controllato |
biotechnology
comparison controversy expertise innovation morality patent political culture political ideology science and technology policy |
ISBN | 0-226-43799-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Defining the Public Interest in the US and European Patent Systems -- 2. Confronting the Questions of Life-Form Patentability -- 3. Commodification, Animal Dignity, and Patent-System Publics -- 4. Forging New Patent Politics Through the Human Embryonic Stem Cell Debates -- 5. Human Genes, Plants, and the Distributive Implications of Patents -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix 1: Major Events Related to the US and European Life-Form Patent Controversies -- Appendix 2: Methodological Note -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910162715303321 |
Parthasarathy Shobita
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Retrying Galileo, 1633-1992 [[electronic resource] /] / Maurice A. Finocchiaro |
Autore | Finocchiaro Maurice A. <1942-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (498 p.) |
Disciplina | 520/.92 |
Soggetto topico |
Religion and science - Italy - History - 17th century
Science - Philosophy |
Soggetto non controllato |
atomic bomb
bible brecht catholic church catholicism civic condemnation controversy courtroom drama descartes epistemology fundamentalism galileo hermeneutics historical impropriety legal drama liberalism napoleonic wars pascal paschini affair peiresc pope benedict pope john paul the second pope promulgation rehabilitation religion and science religion scientific authority scientists secularism the galileo affair theoretical trial tricentennial rehabilitation voltaire |
ISBN |
1-282-36041-8
9786612360411 1-4175-8508-0 0-520-94137-3 1-59734-866-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface and acknowledgments -- Introduction. the galileo affair from descartes to john paul ii: a survey of sources, facts, and issues -- 1. The Condemnation of Galileo (1633) -- 2. Promulgation and Diffusion of the News (1633-1651) -- 3. Emblematic Reactions: Descartes, Peiresc, Galileo's Daughter (1633-1642) -- 4. Polarizations: Secularism, Liberalism, Fundamentalism (1633-1661) -- 5. Compromises: Viviani, Auzout, Leibniz (1654-1704) -- 6. Myth-making or Enlightenment? Pascal, Voltaire, the Encyclopedia (1657-1777) -- 7. Incompetence or Enlightenment? Pope Benedict XIV (1740-1758) -- 8. New Lies, Documents, Myths, Apologies (1758-1797) -- 9. Napoleonic Wars and Trials (1810-1821) -- 10. The Inquisition on Galileo's Side? The Settele Affair (1820) and Beyond (1835) -- 11. Varieties of Torture: Demythologizing Galileo's Trial? (1835-1867) -- 12. A Miscarriage of Justice? The Documentation of Impropriety (1867-1879) -- 13. Galileo Right Again, Wrong Again: Hermeneutics, Epistemology, "Heresy" (1866-1928) -- 14. A Catholic Hero: Tricentennial Rehabilitation (1941-1947) -- 15. Secular Indictments: Brecht's Atomic Bomb and Koestler's Two Cultures (1947-1959) -- 16. History on Trial: The Paschini Affair (1941-1979) -- 17. More "Rehabilitation": Pope John Paul II (1979-1992) -- Epilogue: Unfinished Business -- Notes -- Select bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783313903321 |
Finocchiaro Maurice A. <1942->
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2005 | ||
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Sprechen und Erzählen beim Stricker : Kommunikative Formate in mittelhochdeutschen Kurzerzählungen / / Nina Nowakowski |
Autore | Nowakowski Nina |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | De Gruyter, 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (308 pages) |
Disciplina | 831/.21 |
Collana | Trends in Medieval Philology |
Soggetto topico |
Narration (Rhetoric)
German literature - Middle High German, 1050-1500 - History and criticism |
Soggetto non controllato |
Narratology
consultation controversy counselling dispute religious communication short stories speech acts |
ISBN |
3-11-057450-0
3-11-057614-7 |
Classificazione | GF 2791 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | ger |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Inhalt -- Vorbemerkungen -- 1. Einleitung -- 2. Methodische Überlegungen: Darstellungen des Sprechens und kommunikative Formate in den Kurzerzählungen des Strickers -- 3. Beraten. Konsiliarische Kommunikation -- 4. Streiten. Kontroverse Kommunikation -- 5. Beten, Beerdigen, Betrügen. Religiöse Kommunikation -- 6. Fazit -- 7. Anhang -- 8. Verwendete Literatur -- 9. Register |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996411327503316 |
Nowakowski Nina
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De Gruyter, 2018 | ||
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The unvarnished truth [[electronic resource] ] : personal narratives in nineteenth-century America / / Ann Fabian |
Autore | Fabian Ann |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (271 p.) |
Disciplina | 920.073 |
Soggetto topico |
Autobiography
Poor - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
19th century
american culture american history authenticity controversial controversy cultural history cultural studies cultural education hard times hardship literacy popular literature print culture representation sad story sob story social history social issues social studies truth uneducated united states history us history |
ISBN |
1-283-30390-6
9786613303905 0-585-27413-4 0-520-92803-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- CHAPTER ONE. Beggars -- CHAPTER TWO. Convicts -- CHAPTER THREE. Slaves -- CHAPTER FOUR. Prisoners of War -- EPILOGUE. Lovers, Farm Wives, and Tramps -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780005503321 |
Fabian Ann
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2000 | ||
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