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We humans share Earth with 1.4 million known species and millions more species that are still unrecorded. Yet we know surprisingly little about the practical work that produced the vast inventory we have to date of our fellow creatures. How were[...]
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A political history of environmental policy and regulation in California, from the Gold Rush to the present Over the course of its 150-year history, California has successfully protected its scenic wilderness areas, restricted coastal oil drilli[...]
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This book provides the first clear, comprehensive, and accessible account of complex adaptive social systems, by two of the field's leading authorities. Such systems--whether political parties, stock markets, or ant colonies--present some of the[...]
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Ecological diversity or the variety and abundance of species in different habitats and communities, is one of the central themes of ecology. However, much the existing literature on this subject of diffuse, often confusing, and in many cases com[...]
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Friction is an original, nuanced, and elegant work of ethnography and a significant contribution to the areas of globalization; environment and natural resource wars; the politics of indigenous peoples, NGOs, and development; and the sociology o[...]
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In this follow up to Republic.com, his first appraisal of technology's effect on public discourse, University of Chicago Law School professor Sunstein waxes pessimistic about today's "nightmare" of limitless news and information options-and, mor[...]
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Networks of relationships help determine the careers that people choose, the jobs they obtain, the products they buy, and how they vote. The many aspects of our lives that are governed by social networks make it critical to understand how they i[...]
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The book provides a comprehensive description of the latest biological and medical interventions in human life." -- Susan M. Squier, American Scientist This book offers a much-needed examination of recent developments that have led to the widesp[...]
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Introduction: Cultures of Objectivity Pt. I Power in Numbers Ch. 1 A World of Artifice Ch. 2 How Social Numbers Are Made Valid Ch. 3 Economic Measurement and the Values of Science Ch. 4 The Political Philosophy of Quantification Pt. II Technolog[...]
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The analysis of how institutions are formed, how they operate and change, and how they influence behavior in society has become a major subject of inquiry in politics, sociology, and economics. A leader in applying game theory to the understandi[...]
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Do doctors really know what they are talking about when they tell us vaccines are safe? Should we take climate experts at their word when they warn us about the perils of global warming? Why should we trust science when our own politicians don’t[...]
