41. | | Title: The mind's pastAuthor: Gazzaniga, Michael S Published: University of California Press, 1998 Subjects: Science | Psychology | Cognitive Science | NeurosciencePublisher's Description: Why does the human brain insist on interpreting the world and constructing a narrative? In this ground-breaking work, Michael S. Gazzaniga, one of the world's foremost cognitive neuroscientists, shows how our mind and brain accomplish the amazing feat of constructing our past - a process clearly fra . . . [more]Similar Items |
42. | | Title: The molecular biology of plant cells Author: Smith, H. (Harry) 1935- Published: University of California Press, 1978 Subjects: Science | Botany | BiologySimilar Items |
43. | | Title: Natural conflict resolutionAuthor: Aureli, Filippo 1962- Published: University of California Press, 2000 Subjects: Science | Zoology | Psychology | Cultural Anthropology | Politics | SociologyPublisher's Description: Aggression and competition are customarily presented as the natural state of affairs in both human society and the animal kingdom. Yet, as this book shows, our species relies heavily on cooperation for survival as do many others - from wolves and dolphins to monkeys and apes. A distinguished group o . . . [more]Similar Items |
44. | | Title: Nineteenth-century origins of neuroscientific conceptsAuthor: Clarke, Edwin Published: University of California Press, 1992 Subjects: Science | History and Philosophy of Science | Medicine | EthicsPublisher's Description: This book traces the seminal ideas that emerged in the first half of the nineteenth century, when the fundamental concepts of modern neurophysiology and anatomy were formulated in a period of unprecedented scientific discovery. Similar Items |
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46. | | Title: Observatory seismology: an anniversary symposium on the occasion of the centennial of the University of California at Berkeley seismographic stations Author: Litehiser, J. J. (Joe J.) Published: University of California Press, 1990 Subjects: Science | GeologyPublisher's Description: The first effective seismographs were built between 1879 and 1890. In 1885, E. S. Holden, an astronomer and then president of the University of California, instigated the purchase of the best available instruments of the time "to keep a register of all earthquake shocks in order to be able to contro . . . [more]Similar Items |
47. | | Title: Permissible dose: a history of radiation protection in the twentieth centuryAuthor: Walker, J. Samuel Published: University of California Press, 2000 Subjects: Science | Environmental Studies | American Studies | United States History | Technology and SocietyPublisher's Description: How much radiation is too much? J. Samuel Walker examines the evolution, over more than a hundred years, of radiation protection standards and efforts to ensure radiation safety for nuclear workers and for the general public. The risks of radiation - caused by fallout from nuclear bomb testing, expo . . . [more]Similar Items |
48. | | Title: Phase diagrams of the elementsAuthor: Young, D. A. (David A.) 1942- Published: University of California Press, 1991 Subjects: Science | PhysicsPublisher's Description: The behavior of solid and liquid matter at high pressures and temperatures is best described in a phase diagram, which shows the regions of stability of different phases of the material. Thanks to the diamond-anvil cell, which has made possible much higher pressures, and to new and very accurate the . . . [more]Similar Items |
49. | | Title: Prematurity in scientific discovery: on resistance and neglectAuthor: Hook, Ernest B 1936- Published: University of California Press, 2002 Subjects: Science | History of Science | Social and Political Thought | Geology | Evolution | Physics | History of MedicinePublisher's Description: For centuries, observers have noted the many obstacles to intellectual change in science. In a much-discussed paper published in Scientific American in 1972, molecular biologist Gunther Stent proposed an explicit criterion for one kind of obstacle to scientific discovery. He denoted a claim or hypot . . . [more]Similar Items |
50. | | Title: Prescription for profit: how doctors defraud MedicaidAuthor: Jesilow, Paul 1950- Published: University of California Press, 1993 Subjects: Science | Sociology | Medicine | Social Problems | Economics and BusinessPublisher's Description: In this explosive exposé of our health care system, Paul Jesilow, Henry N. Pontell, and Gilbert Geis uncover the dark side of physician practice. Using interviews with doctors and federal, state, and private officials and extensive investigation of case files, they tell the stories of doctors who pr . . . [more]Similar Items |
51. | | Title: The Quantifying spirit in the 18th century Author: Frängsmyr, Tore 1938- Published: University of California Press, 1990 Subjects: Science | History and Philosophy of Science | Intellectual HistorySimilar Items |
52. | | Title: The quiet revolution: Hermann Kolbe and the science of organic chemistry Author: Rocke, Alan J 1948- Published: University of California Press, 1993 Subjects: Science | History and Philosophy of Science | Physical Sciences | European HistoryPublisher's Description: Organic chemist Hermann Kolbe (1818-1884) is the subject of this vigorously contextualized biography, which combines the approaches of cognitive and social history of science. Kolbe was one of the most outstanding chemists during the remarkable period in which German science, like the wider manifest . . . [more]Similar Items |
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54. | | Title: Silicon second nature: culturing artificial life in a digital worldAuthor: Helmreich, Stefan 1966- Published: University of California Press, 1998 Subjects: Science | Computer Science | Biology | Technology and Society | Social Theory | Cultural Anthropology | California and the WestPublisher's Description: Silicon Second Nature takes us on an expedition into an extraordinary world where nature is made of bits and bytes and life is born from sequences of zeroes and ones. Artificial Life is the brainchild of scientists who view self-replicating computer programs - such as computer viruses - as new forms . . . [more]Similar Items |
55. | | Title: Snakes: the evolution of mystery in natureAuthor: Greene, Harry W 1945- Published: University of California Press, 1997 Subjects: Science | Biology | Natural HistoryPublisher's Description: This is a book about some of nature's most alluring and forbidding creatures, written by a man with an abiding passion for snakes, as well as for science, the fate of the planet, and the wonder of life. Harry Greene presents every facet of the natural history of snakes - their diversity, evolution, . . . [more]Similar Items |
56. | | Title: Spacefaring: the human dimensionAuthor: Harrison, Albert A Published: University of California Press, 2001 Subjects: Science | Technology and Society | PsychologyPublisher's Description: The stars have always called us, but only for the past forty years or so have we been able to respond by traveling in space. This book explores the human side of spaceflight: why people are willing to brave danger and hardship to go into space; how human culture has shaped past and present missions; . . . [more]Similar Items |
57. | | Title: The splendid feast of reasonAuthor: Singer, Seymour Jonathan 1924- Published: University of California Press, 2001 Subjects: Science | History of Science | PhilosophyPublisher's Description: Jonathan Singer's witty, erudite book is a celebration of rationality and an urgent call to make use of intelligence and reason to better cope with human problems. Emphasizing the importance of rationality's greatest achievement, modern science, Singer - one of the foremost biologists of our era - a . . . [more]Similar Items |
58. | | Title: Stealing into print: fraud, plagiarism, and misconduct in scientific publishingAuthor: LaFollette, Marcel C. (Marcel Chotkowski) Published: University of California Press, 1992 Subjects: Media Studies | History and Philosophy of Science | Print Media | Public Policy | SciencePublisher's Description: False data published by a psychologist influence policies for treating the mentally retarded. A Nobel Prize-winning molecular biologist resigns the presidency of Rockefeller University in the wake of a scandal involving a co-author accused of fabricating data. A university investigating committee de . . . [more]Similar Items |
59. | | Title: The strands of a life Author: Sinsheimer, Robert Published: University of California Press, 1994 Subjects: Science | Biology | History and Philosophy of Science | Autobiographies and BiographiesPublisher's Description: From heading a campus of the largest public university in the nation to participating in the birth of molecular biology, Robert L. Sinsheimer's experiences have given him a unique vantage point from which to view the paths that science and education have taken in the twentieth century. This book tel . . . [more]Similar Items |
60. | | Title: The trouble with nature: sex in science and popular cultureAuthor: Lancaster, Roger N Published: University of California Press, 2003 Subjects: American Studies | Anthropology | Gender Studies | Popular Culture | GayLesbian and Bisexual Studies | Science | SociologyPublisher's Description: Roger N. Lancaster provides the definitive rebuttal of evolutionary just-so stories about men, women, and the nature of desire in this spirited exposé of the heterosexual fables that pervade popular culture, from prime-time sitcoms to scientific theories about the so-called gay gene. Lancaster links . . . [more]Similar Items |