Science, Philosophy and Sustainability
Science, Philosophy and Sustainability

Author: Angela Guimaraes Pereira

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-02-27

Total Pages: 195

ISBN-13: 131763456X

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For science to remain a legitimate and trustworthy source of knowledge, society will have to engage in the collective processes of knowledge co-production, which not only includes science, but also other types of knowledge. This process of change has to include a new commitment to knowledge creation and transmission and its role in a plural society. This book proposes to consider new ways in which science can be used to sustain our planet and enrich our lives. It helps to release and reactivate social responsibility within contemporary science and technology. It reviews critically relevant cases of contemporary scientific practice within the Cartesian paradigm, relabelled as 'innovation research', promoted as essential for the progress and well-being of humanity, and characterised by high capital investment, centralised control of funding and quality, exclusive expertise, and a reductionism that is philosophical as well as methodological. This is an accessible and relevant book for scholars in Science and Technology Studies, History and Philosophy of Science, and Science, Engineering and Technology Ethics. Providing an array of concrete examples, it supports scientists, engineers and technical experts, as well as policy-makers and other non-technical professionals working with science and technology to re-direct their approach to global problems, in a more integrative, self-reflective and humble direction.

Encyclopedia of American Business
Encyclopedia of American Business

Author: Rick Boulware

Publisher: Infobase Publishing

Published: 2014-05-14

Total Pages: 529

ISBN-13: 1438109865

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Buying, selling, budgeting, and saving are fundamental business practices that almost everyone understands on a basic level.

Writing Research Papers
Writing Research Papers

Author: James D. Lester (Late)

Publisher: Pearson

Published: 2015-03-25

Total Pages: 439

ISBN-13: 0134108841

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The definitive research paper guide, Writing Research Papers combines a traditional and practical approach to the research process with the latest information on electronic research and presentation. This market-leading text provides students with step-by-step guidance through the research writing process, from selecting and narrowing a topic to formatting the finished document. Writing Research Papers backs up its instruction with the most complete array of samples of any writing guide of this nature. The text continues its extremely thorough and accurate coverage of citation styles for a wide variety of disciplines. The fourteenth edition maintains Lester's successful approach while bringing new writing and documentation updates to assist the student researcher in keeping pace with electronic sources.

Technology and the Air Force
Technology and the Air Force

Author: Jacob Neufeld

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2009-06

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 1437912877

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Proceedings of a symposium co-sponsored by the Air Force Historical Foundation and the Air Force History and Museums Program. The symposium covered relevant Air Force technologies ranging from the turbo-jet revolution of the 1930s to the stealth revolution of the 1990s. Illustrations.

Legal Records at Risk
Legal Records at Risk

Author: Clare Cowling

Publisher:

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781911507147

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Why do so few institutions in the legal sector have professional records managers or archivists on their staff? This book is the culmination of a three year project by experienced archivist and records managers on private sector legal records at risk in England at Wales. It summarises the work of the Legal Records at Risk (LRAR) project and its predecessors, diagnoses the problems of preservation of archives in the legal sector in England and Wales and outlines a national strategy for such records.

Writing Law Dissertations
Writing Law Dissertations

Author: Michael Salter

Publisher: Pearson Education

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 576

ISBN-13: 9780582894358

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Adopting a highly practical approach, this book shows the reader how to research and write a dissertation, covering the various stages - planning, identifying key issues, utilising the appropriate research methods, time management issues, and managing one's supervision. This book covers legal dissertation level research, embracing both LL.B. (undergraduate) and the specific demands of LL.M. dissertations.

The Making of Modern Intellectual Property Law
The Making of Modern Intellectual Property Law

Author: Brad Sherman

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1999-07-08

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 0521563631

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One of the common themes in recent public debate has been the law's inability to accommodate the new ways of creating, distributing and replicating intellectual products. In this book the authors argue that in order to understand many of the problems currently confronting the law, it is necessary to understand its past. This is its first detailed historical account. In this book the authors explore two related themes. First, they explain why intellectual property law came to take its now familiar shape with sub-categories of patents, copyright, designs and trade marks. Secondly, the authors set out to explain how it is that the law grants property status to intangibles. In doing so they explore the rise and fall of creativity as an organising concept in intellectual property law, the mimetic nature of intellectual property law and the important role that the registration process plays in shaping intangible property.