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Hanging on to the edges : essays on science, society, and the academic life / / Daniel Nettle
| Hanging on to the edges : essays on science, society, and the academic life / / Daniel Nettle |
| Autore | Nettle Daniel |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Open Book Publishers, 2018 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (254 pages) |
| Disciplina | 303.483 |
| Soggetto topico |
Science - Social aspects
Intellectual life |
| Soggetto non controllato |
science
social science interdisciplinary studies biology scientific theories academic research human behaviour behavioural studies |
| ISBN |
979-1-03-653383-9
1-78374-582-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- PART ONE. 1. How my theory explains everything: and can make you happier, healthier, and wealthier ; 2. What we talk about when we talk about biology ; 3. The cultural and the agentic ; 4. What is cultural evolution like? ; 5. Is it explanation yet? -- PART TWO. 6. The mill that grinds young people old ; 7. Why inequality is bad ; 8. Let them eat cake! ; 9. The worst thing about poverty is not having enough money ; 10. Getting your head around the Universal Basic Income -- PART THREE. 11. The need for discipline ; 12. Waking up and going out to work in the uncanny valley ; 13. Staying in the game ; 14. Morale is high (since I gave up hope) -- Acknowledgements -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910295756803321 |
Nettle Daniel
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| Open Book Publishers, 2018 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The trouble with nature [[electronic resource] ] : sex in science and popular culture / / Roger N. Lancaster
| The trouble with nature [[electronic resource] ] : sex in science and popular culture / / Roger N. Lancaster |
| Autore | Lancaster Roger N |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (459 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.7 |
| Soggetto topico |
Sex in popular culture
Science news Pseudoscience Sexual orientation - Physiological aspects |
| Soggetto non controllato |
biological explanations
expose gay and lesbian gender and sexuality gender norms gender roles heterosexual fables history of sexuality human nature journalists lgbtq men and women nature nonfiction popular culture primetime sitcoms science scientific studies scientific theories scientists sex sexual desire sexual normalization sexual orientation sexual politics sexual relationships social history social relations social sciences textbooks |
| ISBN |
1-4175-2263-1
9786613303936 1-283-30393-0 0-520-93679-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Culture Wars, Nature Wars: A Report from the Front -- Origins Stories -- Adam and Eve Do the Wild Thing: The Science of Desire, the Selfish Gene, and Other Modern Fables -- Venus and Mars at the Fin de Siècle: Evolutionary Psychology and the Modern Art of Spin -- Varieties of Human Nature: The View from Anthropology and History -- Permutations on the "Nature" of Desire: The Gay Brain, the Gay Gene, and Other Tales of Identity -- The Ends of Nature: The Weird Antinomies of Postmodern Mass Culture -- An Open-Ended Conclusion -- Notes -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783172803321 |
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Lancaster Roger N
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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