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Author: John Dewey
Publisher: University Press of America
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 424
ISBN-13: 9780761808350
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Author: Gordon Rattray Taylor
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Published: 1968
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Gordon Rattray Taylor
Publisher: Signet Book
Published: 1968
Total Pages: 256
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKDiscusses possible future scientific breakthroughs in which man may circumvent nature and the legal, financial, moral and emotional problems that this may bring.
Author: Richard N. Cooper
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9780262532044
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book considers how we might think intelligently about the future. Taking different methodological approaches, well-known specialists forecast likely future developments and trends in human life.
Author: Michael C. Carroll
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 2009-10-13
Total Pages: 329
ISBN-13: 0061842893
DOWNLOAD EBOOKStrictly off limits to the public, Plum Island is home to virginal beaches, cliffs, forests, ponds -- and the deadliest germs that have ever roamed the planet. Lab 257 blows the lid off the stunning true nature and checkered history of Plum Island. It shows that the seemingly bucolic island in the shadow of New York City is a ticking biological time bomb that none of us can safely ignore. Based on declassified government documents, in-depth interviews, and access to Plum Island itself, this is an eye-opening, suspenseful account of a federal government germ laboratory gone terribly wrong. For the first time, Lab 257 takes you deep inside this secret world and presents startling revelations on virus outbreaks, biological meltdowns, infected workers, the periodic flushing of contaminated raw sewage into area waters, and the insidious connections between Plum Island, Lyme disease, and the deadly West Nile virus. The book also probes what's in store for Plum Island's new owner, the Department of Homeland Security, in this age of bioterrorism. Lab 257 is a call to action for those concerned with protecting present and future generations from preventable biological catastrophes.
Author: Dayna Lorentz
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2013-04-04
Total Pages: 289
ISBN-13: 0142425974
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Think of the heart-racing chase of The Hunger Games, but a giant mall is your arena."--Seventeen.com A suspenseful survival story and modern day Lord of the Flies set in a mall that looks just like yours. A biological bomb has just been discovered in the air ducts of a busy suburban mall. At first nobody knows if it's even life threatening, but then the entire complex is quarantined, people start getting sick, supplies start running low, and there's no way out. Among the hundreds of trapped shoppers are four teens. These four different narrators, each with their own stories, must cope in unique, surprising manners, changing in ways they wouldn't have predicted, trying to find solace, safety, and escape at a time when the adults are behaving badly. This is a gripping look at people and how they can—and must—change under the most dire of circumstances. And not always for the better.
Author: Brian M. Stableford
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 758
ISBN-13: 0415974607
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Author: Barbara Goodwin
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012-12-06
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 1136337636
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis collection addresses the important function of utopianism in social and political philosophy and includes debate on what its future role will be in a period dominated by dystopian nightmare scenarios.
Author: John Coates
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2012-06-14
Total Pages: 395
ISBN-13: 1101583630
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Brilliant." - David Brooks, The New York Times "A profoundly unconventional book...So absorbing that I wound up reading it twice." - Bloomberg Finalist for the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year What happens to your body when you take risks? What happens to it when you make or lose a lot of money? In this startling book, physiologist and former Wall Street trader John Coates vividly illustrates what happens to your body when you engage in risk taking. You transform into a different person, a change Coates refers to as "the hour between dog and wolf." He tells a gripping story of a group of traders caught in a bull market and then a crash. As the excitement builds he takes us inside the traders' bodies to see the biology of risk taking at work, a biology shared by athletes, politicians, soldiers - anyone who ventures beyond their safety zone. Coates also discusses how men and women excel at different types of risk; how the stress of failure damages our health; and how we can train our bodies so that they help rather than hinder our risk taking. Revealing the biology behind bubbles and crashes, The Hour Between Dog and Wolf sheds new and surprising light on issues that affect us all.
Author: Matthew Cobb
Publisher: Profile Books
Published: 2022-09-01
Total Pages: 403
ISBN-13: 1782838031
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA TIMES ENVIRONMENT AND SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022 'The ideal guide to what is not just a fiendishly complex area of science but also an ethical minefield' Mail on Sunday A new gene editing technology, invented just seven years ago, has turned humanity into gods. Enabling us to manipulate the genes in virtually any organism with exquisite precision, CRISPR has given scientists a degree of control that was undreamt of even in science fiction. But CRISPR is just the latest, giant leap in a long journey to master genetics. The Genetic Age shows the astonishing, world-changing potential of the new genetics and the possible threats it poses, sifting between fantasy and the reality when it comes to both benefits and dangers. By placing each phase of discovery, anticipation and fear in the context of over fifty years of attempts to master the natural world, Matthew Cobb, the Baillie-Gifford-shortlisted author of The Idea of the Brain, weaves the stories of science, history and culture to shed new light on our future. With the powers now at our disposal, it is a future that is almost impossible to imagine - but it is one we will create ourselves.
