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In Over Our Heads: The Mental Demands of Modern Life (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
If contemporary culture were a school, with all the tasks and expectations meted out by modern life as its curriculum, would anyone graduate? In the... Læs mere
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Rage for Order: The British Empire and the Origins of International Law, 1800–1850 (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)Levering: 6 - 9 hverdage
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The Copernican Revolution: Planetary Astronomy in the Development of Western Thought (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
For scientist and layman alike this book provides vivid evidence that the Copernican Revolution has by no means lost... Læs mere
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For Love of Insects (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Imagine beetles ejecting defensive sprays as hot as boiling water; female moths holding their mates for ransom; caterpillars disguising themselves as flowers by fastening petals to... Læs mere
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The Race between Education and Technology (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
This book provides an historical analysis of the co-evolution of educational attainment and U.S. wage structure through the 20th century. During the first 80... Læs mere
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Sufi Lyrics: Selections from a World Classic (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Bullhe Shah’s work is among the glories of Panjabi literature, and the iconic eighteenth-century poet is widely regarded as a master of mystical Sufi poetry. This striking new translation is the most authoritative and engaging introduction to an enduring South Asian classic.
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Ambiguous Loss: Learning to Live with Unresolved Grief (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
What happens when there is mourning with no closure, when a family member or a friend who may be still alive is lost to us nonetheless? How, for... Læs mere
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Historical Ontology (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Hacking here offers his reflections on the philosophical uses of history. The focus of this volume, which collects both recent and now-classic essays, is the historical emergence of... Læs mere
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The Social Construction of What? (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Lost in the raging debate over the validity of social construction is the question of what, precisely, is being constructed. Facts, gender, quarks, reality? Ian Hacking’s... Læs mere
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Notes on the Synthesis of Form (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
“These notes are about the process of design: the process of inventing things which display new physical order, organization, form, in response to function.” This book, opening with these words, presents an entirely new theory on the process of design.
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China: A New History, Second Enlarged Edition (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
John King Fairbank was the West's doyen on China, and this book is the full and final expression of his lifelong engagement with this vast ancient... Læs mere
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Invention by Design: How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
This book offers an insider’s look at the political and cultural dimensions of design, development, and production, and reaffirms Petroski as the master explicator of the principles and processes that turn thoughts into the many things that define our material world.
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