The Late Jay Gould May Be Alive & Well
Author: Louis Peddicord
Publisher: Louis Peddicord
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 410
ISBN-13: 1105079635
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Joe Gould's Secret
Author: Joseph Mitchell
Publisher: Open Road Media
Published: 2016-01-26
Total Pages: 110
ISBN-13: 1504026616
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe story of a notorious New York eccentric and the journalist who chronicled his life: “A little masterpiece of observation and storytelling” (Ian McEwan). Joseph Mitchell was a cornerstone of the New Yorker staff for decades, but his prolific career was shattered by an extraordinary case of writer’s block. For the final thirty-two years of his life, Mitchell published nothing. And the key to his silence may lie in his last major work: the biography of a supposed Harvard grad turned Greenwich Village tramp named Joe Gould. Gould was, in Mitchell’s words, “an odd and penniless and unemployable little man who came to this city in 1916 and ducked and dodged and held on as hard as he could for over thirty-five years.” As Mitchell learns more about Gould’s epic Oral History—a reputedly nine-million-word collection of philosophizing, wanderings, and hearsay—he eventually uncovers a secret that adds even more intrigue to the already unusual story of the local legend. Originally written as two separate pieces (“Professor Sea Gull” in 1942 and then “Joe Gould’s Secret” twenty-two years later), this magnum opus captures Mitchell at his peak. As the reader comes to understand Gould’s secret, Mitchell’s words become all the more haunting. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Joseph Mitchell including rare images from the author’s estate.
Railway News, Finance and Joint-stock Companies' Journal
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Published: 1872
Total Pages: 944
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKInternational Handbook of Research on Conceptual Change
Author: Stella Vosniadou
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2009-05-07
Total Pages: 1365
ISBN-13: 1135283656
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe study of conceptual change traces its heritage to the notions of paradigm (networks of shared beliefs, concepts, practices) and paradigm shift made famous by Thomas Kuhn in his book, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. Kuhn’s work was quickly linked to developmental psychology (how knowledge develops) and to science education (teaching big, new ideas). This book is the first comprehensive review of the conceptual change movement and of the impressive research it has spawned on how knowledge develops and can be taught in different content areas. Because of its interdisciplinary focus chapter authors were instructed to write in a manner comprehensible to researchers and students from different fields. The International Handbook of Research on Conceptual Change consists of twenty-seven chapters that clarify the nature of conceptual change research, describes its most important findings and demonstrates their importance for education. It is organized into six sections that include detailed discussions of key theoretical and methodological issues, the roots of conceptual change research in the philosophy and history of science, mechanisms of conceptual change, and learner characteristics. It also contains chapters that describe conceptual change research in the content areas such as physics, astronomy, biology, medicine and health, and history. A particular focus is given to students’ difficulties in learning more advanced and counter-intuitive concepts.
The Best of All Possible Worlds
Author: Ivar Ekeland
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2007-10-31
Total Pages: 214
ISBN-13: 0226199959
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOptimists believe this is the best of all possible worlds, and pessimists fear that might really be the case. There was a time, during the 17th and 18th centuries, when scientists and mathematicians felt they could provide the answer. This book is their story.
The Structural Links between Ecology, Evolution and Ethics
Author: Donato Bergandi
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2013-01-06
Total Pages: 195
ISBN-13: 9400750676
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEvolutionary biology, ecology and ethics: at first glance, three different objects of research, three different worldviews and three different scientific communities. In reality, there are both structural and historical links between these disciplines. First, some topics are obviously common across the board. Second, the emerging need for environmental policy management has gradually but radically changed the relationship between these disciplines. Over the last decades in particular, there has emerged a need for an interconnecting meta-paradigm that integrates more strictly evolutionary studies, biodiversity studies and the ethical frameworks that are most appropriate for allowing a lasting co-evolution between natural and social systems. Today such a need is more than a mere luxury, it is an epistemological and practical necessity.
The Book of Life
Author: Stephen Jay Gould
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9780393321562
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"The Book of Life builds a bridge of knowledge, bringing the frontiers of science and what we know of life's history to all of us who wish to come closer to our beginnings and know more of who we are."--BOOK JACKET.
