Books

19 results found

Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Science, development, and violence	Claude Alphonso Alvares	Study in the Indian context.	OL1032853W
The world of dance	Melvin Berger	Discusses the importance of dance in cultures throughout the world and describes the various forms of dance and their development from ancient times to the present. Also highlight important movements…	OL15083219W
The Geek Manifesto	Mark Henderson	Using many examples, the author argues why methods of science (such as randomised controlled trials) matter to many aspects of society, like politics, education, journalism, justice and the economy.	OL16818733W
Mistero in Madagascar	Elisabetta Dami	Attending an adventure camp in Madagascar, the Thea Sisters enjoy learning about the region's exotic plant and animal species before discovering that someone has been stealing endangered animals from…	OL17606191W
Imperialism and Science	George Vlahakis,Isabel Maria Malaquias,Nathan Brooks,Francois Regourd (or François Regourd),Feza Gunergun,David Wright (undifferentiated)	Imperialism and Science is a scholarly yet accessible chronicle of the impact of imperialism on science over the past 200 years, from the effect of Catholicism on scientific progress in Latin America…	OL1882687W
Science and technology	Gustav Ranis	xiii, 391 p. ; 23 cm	OL19196544W
The uncertain quest	Jean Jacques Salomon	xx, 532 p. ; 24 cm	OL19615952W
Science, Money, and Politics	Daniel S. Greenberg	"Each year, Congress appropriates billions of dollars for scientific research. And each year, scientists complain of insufficient funding and lobby (usually successfully) for more. Who receives the m…	OL2005270W
Cold War Anthropology	David H. Price	In a wide-ranging and in-depth study of the recent history of anthropology, David Price offers a provocative account of the ways anthropology has been influenced by U.S. imperial projects around the …	OL20241067W
Who will do science?	Willie Pearson,Alan Fechter	The question "Who will do science?" is one of growing urgency in the United States. Fewer U.S. college students are choosing to study math, science, and engineering - and half of those who do eventua…	OL20587451W
Transforming Science in South Africa	R. Sooryamoorthy	"Science is the cornerstone of development. As the connection between scientific advancement and development becomes firmer, efforts are directed towards strengthening the scientific system. This is …	OL20790807W
Make It Rain	Kristine Harper	ix, 317 pages : 24 cm	OL21717129W
Science and political controversy	David E. Newton	"A shrewd and compelling examination of how political figures throughout history have used scientific findings to achieve their objectives--just as scientists have often put political forces to work …	OL23333179W
Oppenheimer	Charles Thorpe	At a time when the Manhattan Project was synonymous with large-scale science, physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904–67) represented the new sociocultural power of the American intellectual. Catapulte…	OL235743W
Stephen Jay Gould and the politics of evolution	David F. Prindle	Prindle, a political scientist, examines Gould's science and politics, the relation between the two, and how they influenced Gould's dealings within and outside the scientific community.	OL3372433W
Science in a Free Society	Paul K. Feyerabend	Science in a Free Society is a 1978 book by Paul Feyerabend that continues the argument of his 1975 [Against Method](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL455919W) and criticizes the primacy of scien…	OL455915W
Against mechanism	Philip Mirowski	250 p. ; 25 cm	OL4778574W
Brave New World	Aldous Huxley	Originally published in 1932, this outstanding work of literature is more crucial and relevant today than ever before. Cloning, feel-good drugs, antiaging programs, and total social control through p…	OL64468W
Science and Colonial Expansion	Lucile H. Brockway	"This book analyzes the political effects of scientific research as exemplified by one field, economic botany, during one epoch, the nineteenth century, when Great Britain was the world's most powerf…	OL9222860W