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Transactions and Proceedings of the Perthshire Society of ...

Transactions and Proceedings of the Perthshire Society of ...

Perthshire Society of Natural Science

Salmon, C. E., Alchemilla acutidens. Buser; Reprinted from the Journal of Botany, by the Donor, 1915. Webb, W. L., Biography of T. J. J. See, ... Cert ilicates — Robina Johnston. Robert Peebles. Robert M'Farlane. May M'Intosh Wilson. Fred.
Perthshire: 40 Town and Country Walks

Perthshire: 40 Town and Country Walks

Paul Webster

Perthshire is at the very heart ofScotland and one of the most popularregions for visitors, offering a variety ofHighland and Lowland landscapes withsome of the most scenic and accessiblecountryside for shorter walks as well asevidence of ...
Report of the Marlborough College Natural History Society ...

Report of the Marlborough College Natural History Society ...

Marlborough College. Natural History Society

MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. PRESIDENT. * Rev . T. A. Preston. SECRETARY. W. E. Carles. TREASURER. T. B. DuMERGUE. LIBRARIAN. B. F. Isaaeson. COMMITTEE. The Ex-orricio Memrers. B. F. Isaacaon .
The Customization of Science: The Impact of Religious and ...

The Customization of Science: The Impact of Religious and ...

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... science of some sort. The issue of customized science appears especially relevant for areas that fall somewhere in between the natural and Implicit and Explicit Customized Science: The Case Evolutionary Biology Ullica Segerstråle.
Bridging the Gap between Aristotle's Science and Ethics

Bridging the Gap between Aristotle's Science and Ethics

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chapter 10 Aristotle on knowing natural science for the sake of living well Mariska Leunissen Introduction: from biological to moral living well, and their respective sciences Aristotle's natural treatises offer various versions of sublunary scalae ...
Transactions and Proceedings of the Perthshire Society of ...

Transactions and Proceedings of the Perthshire Society of ...

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Salmon, C. E., Alchemilla acutidens, Buser; Reprinted from the Journal of Botany, by the Donor, 1915. '.Webb, W. L., Biography of T. J. J. See, by the Donor, ... 5. John Rattray. Certificates—Robina Johnston. Robert Peebles. Robert M'Farlane.
Greek Science in Antiquity

Greek Science in Antiquity

Marshall Clagett

Lucid coverage of science and early natural philosophy: Greek medicine, biology, mathematics, physics and astronomy; Roman and Latin science in late antiquity and early Middle Ages; Greek science in the age of Justinian; and more.
A History of Science in Society: From Philosophy to Utility, ...

A History of Science in Society: From Philosophy to Utility, ...

Lesley Cormack

New topics in this edition include astronomy and mathematics in ancient Mayan society, science and technology in ancient India and China, and Islamic cartography.
From Climate to Weather: Impacts on Society and Economy - ...

From Climate to Weather: Impacts on Society and Economy - ...

Natural Disasters Roundtable

Impacts on Society and Economy - Summary of a Forum, June 28, 2002, Washington, DC Natural Disasters Roundtable, Division on Earth and Life Studies. localized and did not have big economic impacts on the national economy. Cochrane ...
Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences

Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences

Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences

On that trip were: Miss Traenkle, John Cromwell, Annie Cureton, Amadeus Grabau, Jennie Cobb, Richard L. Garner, Mary E. Walker, and Pearl Dudley. " Amadeus Grabau was then at work upon his "Geology of Eighteen Mile Creek and the ...
The Art of Natural Cheesemaking: Using Traditional, ...

The Art of Natural Cheesemaking: Using Traditional, ...

David Asher

In The Art of Natural Cheesemaking, David Asher practices and preaches a traditional, but increasingly countercultural, way of making cheese, one that is natural and intuitive, grounded in ecological principles and biological science. T.
Teaching and Learning about Science and Society

Teaching and Learning about Science and Society

John M. Ziman

Ziman provides an informal account of the rationale of the new educational trend of offering science and technology in society courses; showing how many diverse factors are involved such as social and cultural objectives, political ...
Black Girls Can Grow Naturally Long Hair

Black Girls Can Grow Naturally Long Hair

Sophia Taylor

... God I'm Natural: The Ultimate Guide to Caring for and Maintaining Natural Hair ChrisTia Donaldson If You Love It, It Will Grow: A Guide to Healthy, Beautiful Natural Hair Phoenyx Austin The Science of Black Hair Audrey DavisSivasothy.
A History of Science in Society: From the Scientific ...

A History of Science in Society: From the Scientific ...

Andrew Ede

A History of Science in Society is a concise overview that introduces complex ideas in a non-technical fashion. Volume II begins with the work of Sir Isaac Newton and ends with a new section on climate change.
Romantic Science: The Literary Forms of Natural History

Romantic Science: The Literary Forms of Natural History

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3. Anne K. Mellor, “ Frankenstein: A Feminist Critique of Science,” One Culture: Essays in Science and Literature, ed. George Levine (Madison: U of Wisconsin P, 1987), 287–312; and Mellor, Mary Shelley: Her Life, Her Fiction, Her Monsters ...
Natural Acts: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature

Natural Acts: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature

David Quammen

"David Quammen is simply the best natural essayist working today.
Regolith Science

Regolith Science

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This book will be a valuable resource for scientists and graduate/postgraduate students in geology, geography and soil science, professionals in the exploration industry and natural resources management.
Land Use and Society, Revised Edition: Geography, Law, and ...

Land Use and Society, Revised Edition: Geography, Law, and ...

Rutherford H. Platt

He has served on many national and regional panels, including the National Research Council (NRC) Water Science and Technology Board and several of its committees. He chaired the NRC Natural Disasters Roundtable from 1999 to 2002 ...
The Governance of Knowledge

The Governance of Knowledge

Nico Stehr

Professionals and graduate students in the fields of scoiology, political science, social science, and law, including policymakers and natural scientists, will find this book extremely informative.
Handbook of scientific and technical awards in the United ...

Handbook of scientific and technical awards in the United ...

Special Libraries Association. Science-Technology Division

American Men of Science 1949 AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PHOTOGRAMMETRY Talbert Abrams Award A medal, $100 in cash, and the possession of a trophy for one year are awarded annually to a member of the Society whose article in the ...
Quicklet on Bill Bryson's Seeing Further: The Story of ...

Quicklet on Bill Bryson's Seeing Further: The Story of ...

Nicole Silvester

In a sense, the development of the Royal Society was a mirror of the development of science itself. 2010 was the 350th anniversary of the founding of the Royal Society, and Seeing Further: The Story of Science, Discovery, and the Genius of ...
The Wisdom of Science: Its Relevance to Culture and Religion

The Wisdom of Science: Its Relevance to Culture and Religion

Robert Hanbury Brown

Looks at how popular attitudes towards science have changed, clears up misconceptions about modern research and assesses the role of science in modern society
Exhibiting Blackness: African Americans and the American Art ...

Exhibiting Blackness: African Americans and the American Art ...

Bridget R. Cooks

... of Science, Natural History, and Art disbanded into three separate museums in 1951: The Los Angeles County Museum of Science, the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, and the Los Angeles County Museum ofArt. 7.
Theory and Practice in Aristotle's Natural Science

Theory and Practice in Aristotle's Natural Science

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David Ebrey. chapter 12 The scientific role of eulogos in Aristotle's Cael II 12 Andrea Falcon and Mariska Leunissen In the natural treatises, especially when empirical evidence is sparse or nonexistent, Aristotle sometimes appeals to what is ...
Proceedings of the Fourteenth Annual Conference of the ...

Proceedings of the Fourteenth Annual Conference of the ...

Cognitive Science Society

... Cognitive Science Society (U.S.). Conference. Multivariable. Function. Learning: Applications. of. the. Adaptive. Regression. Model. to. Intuitive. Physics. Memory for Multiplication Facts Richard Dallaway* School of Cognitive &. Paul. C . Price.
Climate in Context: Science and Society Partnering for ...

Climate in Context: Science and Society Partnering for ...

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Science and Society Partnering for Adaptation Adam S. Parris, Dr. Gregg M. Garfin, Professor Kirstin Dow, Dr. Ryan Meyer, Dr. Sarah L. Close. Section III: Innovating services 7 The making of national seasonal wildfire outlooks, 143 Gregg ...
Report of the Marlborough College Natural History Society ...

Report of the Marlborough College Natural History Society ...

Marlborough College. Natural History Society

Jackdaw (corvus monedula) — Egg April 20th, J. T. Hunter, H. a' Court, Magpie ( Pica caudata) — Egg April 13th, J. W. Parrington, G. F. Buck. Jay (Garrulus glandarius) — Egg April 20th, J. T. Hunter. Common Creeper (Certhia familiaris) — Egg ...
Life on Display: Revolutionizing U.S. Museums of Science and ...

Life on Display: Revolutionizing U.S. Museums of Science and ...

Karen A. Rader

The book concludes with a discussion of the influence that corporate sponsorship and blockbuster economics wielded over science and natural history museums in the century’s last decades.
Condorcet, from Natural Philosophy to Social Mathematics

Condorcet, from Natural Philosophy to Social Mathematics

Keith Michael Baker

Condorcet's understanding of the application of the philosophy of natural sceince to social science.

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