jack w grove (4 resultados)

Paperback. Condición: New. Science holds a central role in the modern world, yet its complex interrelationships with nature, technology, and politics are often misunderstood or seen from a false perspective. In a series of essays that make extensive use of original work by sociologists, historians, and philosophers of science, J.W. Grove explores the roles and relationships of science in modern technological society. Modern Science can be viewed from four related perspectives. It is an expression of human curiosity - a passion to understand the natural world: what it is made of, how it is put together, and how it works. It is a body of practice - a set of ways of finding out that distinguish it from other realms of inquiry. It is a profession - a body of men and women owing allegiance to the pursuit of knowledge - and for those people, a career. And it is a prescriptive enterprise in that the increase of scientific understanding makes it possible to put nature to use in new kinds of technology. Each of these aspects of science is today the focus of critical scrutiny and, often, outright hostility. With many examples, Grove exposes the threats to science today: its identification with technology, its subordination to the state, the false claims made in its name, and the popular intellectual forces that seek to denigrate it as a source of human understanding and progress.

Soft cover. Condición: Fair. No Jacket. 10 books: Shane. Schaefer, Jack. Bantam, 1978. 119p. paperback, covers bumped/scuffed, binding tight, text clean/unmarked, minor underlining on a few pages + Tall T and Other Western Adventures. Movie Edition. Leonard, Elmore; Frazee, Steve; Loomis, Noel. Avon. 1957. paperback, covers bumped/scuffed/creased, text clean/unmarked, split binding + Triggerman (AKA The Sheriff Rides)Austin, Frank. Dell 636. 1934 (later printing) 223p. paperback, covers bumped/scuffed/creased, binding solid, text clean/unmarked, weak front cover hinge/ weak front endpaper hinge, "a" inked on front endpaper + The Ripper From Rawhide. Cushman, Dan. Dell 720. 1952. 192p. paperback, covers bumped/scuffed/creased, binding solid, text clean/unmarked, weak cover hinges, last page detached, "IV" inked front cover + Gone To Texas. Thomason, John W. Jr. Avon 451, 1937. 142p. paperback, covers bumped/scuffed/creased, binding solid, text clean/unmarked, front endpaper missing + Heather Mary. Scott, J. M. Dell 854. 1953. 255p. pb first few pages detached, "READ"inked on fc, paperback, covers bumped/scuffed/creased, binding solid, text clean/unmarked + Gunsmoke and Trail Dust. Lomax, Bliss. Dell 418p. 1947. 191p. Map Back paperback, covers bumped/scuffed/creased, binding semi solid, text clean/unmarked, weak hinges front cover/ first few pages + Gun Fight At HorseThief Range. Bower, B. M. Avon 505. 1951. 158p. paperback, covers bumped/scuffed/chipping on spine, binding split, text clean/unmarked, front endpaper nearly detached + Comanche Captives. Grove, Fred. Ballantine. 1974. paperback, covers bumped/scuffed, binding tight, text clean/unmarked b/s/creased, slanted spine + Smoke of the Gun / Wild Riders (Signet Brand Double Western). John S. Daniels + Lee Hoffman. Signet. 1979. 127p/153p respectively. paperback, covers bumped/scuffed, binding tight, text clean/unmarked 25.00 for all.

Paperback. Condición: New. Science holds a central role in the modern world, yet its complex interrelationships with nature, technology, and politics are often misunderstood or seen from a false perspective. In a series of essays that make extensive use of original work by sociologists, historians, and philosophers of science, J.W. Grove explores the roles and relationships of science in modern technological society. Modern Science can be viewed from four related perspectives. It is an expression of human curiosity - a passion to understand the natural world: what it is made of, how it is put together, and how it works. It is a body of practice - a set of ways of finding out that distinguish it from other realms of inquiry. It is a profession - a body of men and women owing allegiance to the pursuit of knowledge - and for those people, a career. And it is a prescriptive enterprise in that the increase of scientific understanding makes it possible to put nature to use in new kinds of technology. Each of these aspects of science is today the focus of critical scrutiny and, often, outright hostility. With many examples, Grove exposes the threats to science today: its identification with technology, its subordination to the state, the false claims made in its name, and the popular intellectual forces that seek to denigrate it as a source of human understanding and progress.

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