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Between earth and sky [[electronic resource] ] : our intimate connections to trees / / Nalini M. Nadkarni
Between earth and sky [[electronic resource] ] : our intimate connections to trees / / Nalini M. Nadkarni
Autore Nadkarni Nalini
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (338 p.)
Disciplina 582.16
Soggetto topico Trees - Social aspects
Trees - Religious aspects
Trees - Environmental aspects
Soggetto non controllato activists
artists
biology
canopy biology
clergymen
commerce
cultural studies
culture
fauna
habitats
legal issues
legislation
life lessons
loggers
medicine
musicians
natural world
nature
religion
religious studies
science
scientific
students
symbolic
symbolism
tree animals
tree dwelling animals
trees
true story
ISBN 1-282-75948-5
9786612759482
0-520-93312-5
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledglnents -- Introduction: View from the Top -- ONE. What Is a Tree? -- TWO. Goods and Services -- THREE. Shelter and Protection -- FOUR. Health and Healing -- FIVE. Play and Imagination -- SIX. Connections to Time -- SEVEN. Signs and Symbols -- EIGHT. Spirituality and Religion -- NINE. Mindfulness -- Scientific Names of Trees in the Text -- Notes -- Recommended Readings -- Poetry Credits -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910778067703321
Nadkarni Nalini  
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008
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Between earth and sky [[electronic resource] ] : our intimate connections to trees / / Nalini M. Nadkarni
Between earth and sky [[electronic resource] ] : our intimate connections to trees / / Nalini M. Nadkarni
Autore Nadkarni Nalini
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (338 p.)
Disciplina 582.16
Soggetto topico Trees - Social aspects
Trees - Religious aspects
Trees - Environmental aspects
Soggetto non controllato activists
artists
biology
canopy biology
clergymen
commerce
cultural studies
culture
fauna
habitats
legal issues
legislation
life lessons
loggers
medicine
musicians
natural world
nature
religion
religious studies
science
scientific
students
symbolic
symbolism
tree animals
tree dwelling animals
trees
true story
ISBN 1-282-75948-5
9786612759482
0-520-93312-5
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledglnents -- Introduction: View from the Top -- ONE. What Is a Tree? -- TWO. Goods and Services -- THREE. Shelter and Protection -- FOUR. Health and Healing -- FIVE. Play and Imagination -- SIX. Connections to Time -- SEVEN. Signs and Symbols -- EIGHT. Spirituality and Religion -- NINE. Mindfulness -- Scientific Names of Trees in the Text -- Notes -- Recommended Readings -- Poetry Credits -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910808714303321
Nadkarni Nalini  
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008
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Conversations on the plurality of worlds [[electronic resource] /] / Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle ; translation by H.A. Hargreaves ; introduction by Nina Rattner Gelbart
Conversations on the plurality of worlds [[electronic resource] /] / Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle ; translation by H.A. Hargreaves ; introduction by Nina Rattner Gelbart
Autore Fontenelle, M. de (Bernard Le Bovier), <1657-1757.>
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1990
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (134 p.)
Disciplina 574.999
Altri autori (Persone) HargreavesH. A
Soggetto topico Plurality of worlds - Early works to 1800
Soggetto non controllato 1700s
17th century
academic
age of enlightenment
alien life
astronomy
classic literature
classic philosophy
descartes
england
european history
extraterrestrial
french language
heliocentric
logic
natural philosophy
natural world
philosophy
physics
popular science
scholarly
science
scientific
translation
universe
western world
world history
ISBN 1-282-35575-9
9786612355752
0-520-91058-3
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Translator's Preface -- Preface -- Dedication -- The First Evening -- The Second Evening -- The Third Evening -- The Fourth Evening -- The Fifth Evening -- Notes
Record Nr. UNINA-9910780432203321
Fontenelle, M. de (Bernard Le Bovier), <1657-1757.>  
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1990
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Conversations on the plurality of worlds [[electronic resource] /] / Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle ; translation by H.A. Hargreaves ; introduction by Nina Rattner Gelbart
Conversations on the plurality of worlds [[electronic resource] /] / Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle ; translation by H.A. Hargreaves ; introduction by Nina Rattner Gelbart
Autore Fontenelle, M. de (Bernard Le Bovier), <1657-1757.>
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1990
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (134 p.)
Disciplina 574.999
Altri autori (Persone) HargreavesH. A
Soggetto topico Plurality of worlds - Early works to 1800
Soggetto non controllato 1700s
17th century
academic
age of enlightenment
alien life
astronomy
classic literature
classic philosophy
descartes
england
european history
extraterrestrial
french language
heliocentric
logic
natural philosophy
natural world
philosophy
physics
popular science
scholarly
science
scientific
translation
universe
western world
world history
ISBN 1-282-35575-9
9786612355752
0-520-91058-3
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Translator's Preface -- Preface -- Dedication -- The First Evening -- The Second Evening -- The Third Evening -- The Fourth Evening -- The Fifth Evening -- Notes
Record Nr. UNINA-9910817580703321
Fontenelle, M. de (Bernard Le Bovier), <1657-1757.>  
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1990
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Creationism and its critics in antiquity [[electronic resource] /] / David Sedley
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  
Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2007
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Creationism and its critics in antiquity [[electronic resource] /] / David Sedley
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-9910807282203321
Sedley D. N  
Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2007
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DNA [[electronic resource] ] : promise and peril / / Linda L. McCabe and Edward R.B. McCabe ; with a foreword by Victor A. McKusick
DNA [[electronic resource] ] : promise and peril / / Linda L. McCabe and Edward R.B. McCabe ; with a foreword by Victor A. McKusick
Autore McCabe Linda L. <1947->
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (357 p.)
Disciplina 616/.042
Altri autori (Persone) McCabeEdward R. B
Soggetto topico Medical genetics - Moral and ethical aspects
Genetic engineering - Moral and ethical aspects
Soggetto non controllato abuse
abusive
academic
biology
business
civil rights
cloning
commodity
cultural history
cultural studies
culture
discovery
discrimination
dna
ethics
ethnicity
evolution
genetic revolution
genetics
genome
genomics
human centered biology
judgement
legal issues
medical science
medicine
reproduction
scholarly
science
scientific
social history
social issues
social studies
ISBN 1-281-38549-2
9786611385491
0-520-93393-1
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto DNA sequence does not equal destiny -- What is genomics? -- Genetic determinism -- The evolution and deconstruction of human-centered biology -- Race and ethnicity : your history is written in your genes -- Gender as a spectrum, not a dichotomy -- Genome-based forensics -- When genes belong to groups and not individuals -- Genes as commodities : ownership of genes by business interests -- Protection against genetic discrimination : the new civil right -- Reproductive technologies : on the road to designer babies? -- Reproductive cloning : from farm animals to pets to humans? -- Therapeutic cloning and regenerative medicine -- Gene therapy : can the promise be fulfilled? -- Large population assessments : the foundation for genomic medicine -- Hidden destiny : unbounded by your DNA.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910782013503321
McCabe Linda L. <1947->  
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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DNA [[electronic resource] ] : promise and peril / / Linda L. McCabe and Edward R.B. McCabe ; with a foreword by Victor A. McKusick
DNA [[electronic resource] ] : promise and peril / / Linda L. McCabe and Edward R.B. McCabe ; with a foreword by Victor A. McKusick
Autore McCabe Linda L. <1947->
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (357 p.)
Disciplina 616/.042
Altri autori (Persone) McCabeEdward R. B
Soggetto topico Medical genetics - Moral and ethical aspects
Genetic engineering - Moral and ethical aspects
Soggetto non controllato abuse
abusive
academic
biology
business
civil rights
cloning
commodity
cultural history
cultural studies
culture
discovery
discrimination
dna
ethics
ethnicity
evolution
genetic revolution
genetics
genome
genomics
human centered biology
judgement
legal issues
medical science
medicine
reproduction
scholarly
science
scientific
social history
social issues
social studies
ISBN 1-281-38549-2
9786611385491
0-520-93393-1
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto DNA sequence does not equal destiny -- What is genomics? -- Genetic determinism -- The evolution and deconstruction of human-centered biology -- Race and ethnicity : your history is written in your genes -- Gender as a spectrum, not a dichotomy -- Genome-based forensics -- When genes belong to groups and not individuals -- Genes as commodities : ownership of genes by business interests -- Protection against genetic discrimination : the new civil right -- Reproductive technologies : on the road to designer babies? -- Reproductive cloning : from farm animals to pets to humans? -- Therapeutic cloning and regenerative medicine -- Gene therapy : can the promise be fulfilled? -- Large population assessments : the foundation for genomic medicine -- Hidden destiny : unbounded by your DNA.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910816018903321
McCabe Linda L. <1947->  
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008
Materiale a stampa
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Genesis of the Salk Institute [[electronic resource] ] : the epic of its founders / / Suzanne Bourgeois
Genesis of the Salk Institute [[electronic resource] ] : the epic of its founders / / Suzanne Bourgeois
Autore Bourgeois Suzanne <1931->
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (267 p.)
Disciplina 570.72
Soggetto topico Biology - Research - California - San Diego
Research institutes - California - San Diego
Soggetto non controllato antibody
aspen institute
biological studies
cold spring harbor
considerable research
early years
engaging narrative
engaging study
engaging
finance
historic backdrop
historical
history of science
history
humanities
informal conversations
interviews
leading scientists
page turner
personal account
personal vanities
philanthropy
politics
publishing
renowned research
research institutions
science
scientific exploration
scientific fields
scientific
scientists
ISBN 0-520-95659-1
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- The Characters -- Chronology -- Prologue: The Greatest Generation -- 1. Before and after Ann Arbor -- 2. Doctor Polio Meets Doctor Atomic -- 3. Enter Leo Szilard -- 4. Atoms in Biology -- 5. What Was It about La Jolla? -- 6. The Pasteur Connection -- 7. The Spirit of Paris -- 8. Our Dear Kahn Building -- 9. Pioneering -- 10. The McCloy Boys -- 11. Biology in Human Affairs -- 12. A Napoleon from Byzantium -- Epilogue: Fifty Years Later -- Notes -- Abbreviations -- References -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910779977803321
Bourgeois Suzanne <1931->  
Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013
Materiale a stampa
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Genesis of the Salk Institute [[electronic resource] ] : the epic of its founders / / Suzanne Bourgeois
Genesis of the Salk Institute [[electronic resource] ] : the epic of its founders / / Suzanne Bourgeois
Autore Bourgeois Suzanne <1931->
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (267 p.)
Disciplina 570.72
Soggetto topico Biology - Research - California - San Diego
Research institutes - California - San Diego
Soggetto non controllato antibody
aspen institute
biological studies
cold spring harbor
considerable research
early years
engaging narrative
engaging study
engaging
finance
historic backdrop
historical
history of science
history
humanities
informal conversations
interviews
leading scientists
page turner
personal account
personal vanities
philanthropy
politics
publishing
renowned research
research institutions
science
scientific exploration
scientific fields
scientific
scientists
ISBN 0-520-95659-1
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- The Characters -- Chronology -- Prologue: The Greatest Generation -- 1. Before and after Ann Arbor -- 2. Doctor Polio Meets Doctor Atomic -- 3. Enter Leo Szilard -- 4. Atoms in Biology -- 5. What Was It about La Jolla? -- 6. The Pasteur Connection -- 7. The Spirit of Paris -- 8. Our Dear Kahn Building -- 9. Pioneering -- 10. The McCloy Boys -- 11. Biology in Human Affairs -- 12. A Napoleon from Byzantium -- Epilogue: Fifty Years Later -- Notes -- Abbreviations -- References -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910807290503321
Bourgeois Suzanne <1931->  
Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013
Materiale a stampa
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