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August Weismann: Development, Heredity, and Evolution (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
August Weismann’s 1892 theory that inheritance is transmitted through eggs and sperm provided the biological mechanism for natural selection. In this... Læs mere
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Action, Contemplation, and Happiness: An Essay on Aristotle (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
This accessible and innovative essay on Aristotle, based on fresh translations of a wide selection of his writings, challenges received interpretations of his accounts of practical wisdom, action, and contemplation and of their places in the happiest human life.
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Better Living through Economics (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
This book consists of 12 case studies—from building the foundation for eliminating the military draft in 1973 to implementing the Pension Reform Act in 2006—that... Læs mere
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Being There: Learning to Live Cross-Culturally (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
As they immerse themselves in foreign cultures, trained anthropologists find that accepting difference is one thing, experiencing it is quite another. In... Læs mere
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The Anatomy of Disgust (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Our notion of the self depends on it; cultural identities have frequent recourse to its boundary-policing powers; and love depends on overcoming it. Miller traverses literature, philosophy, history, political theory, and psychology to show how disgust animates our world.
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The Antidepressant Era (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
The first complete account of the phenomenon of antidepressants, this authoritative, highly readable book relates how depression, a disease only recently deemed too rare to merit study, has become one of the most common disorders of our day—and a booming business.
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After Ireland: Writing the Nation from Beckett to the Present (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Political failures and globalization have eroded Ireland's sovereignty-a decline portended in Irish literature. Surveying the bleak themes in... Læs mere
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A Book of Conquest: The Chachnama and Muslim Origins in South Asia (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Manan Ahmed Asif shows that the Chachnama is a sophisticated work of political theory, embedded in both the Indic and Islamic ethos. His... Læs mere
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The Animal Game: Searching for Wildness at the American Zoo (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Tracing the global trade and trafficking in animals that supplied U.S. zoos, Daniel Bender shows how Americans learned to view faraway places... Læs mere
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The Art of Classic Planning: Building Beautiful and Enduring Communities (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Nearly everything we treasure in the world’s most beautiful cities was built over a century ago. Yet the ideas and practices... Læs mere
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Altered Inheritance: CRISPR and the Ethics of Human Genome Editing (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
With the advent of CRISPR gene-editing technology, designer babies have become a reality. Françoise Baylis insists that scientists alone... Læs mere
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