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A biography of Hypatia which integrates various aspects of her life. It places emphasis that, though she was a philosopher, she was first and foremost a mathematician and astronomer of great accomplishment. It describes her work and gives details on the historical, intellectual, and religious context of Hypatia's times.

Reviews the history of AI and discusses some of the roadblocks that the field has overcome. Weaving disparate threads together in an enlightening manner from cybernetics, computer science, psychology, philosophy of mind, neurophysiology, game theory, and economics, this book provides a glimpse into the possibilities and dilemmas.

Many questions are at the centre of the 'science wars' being waged over the role and future of science and technology in our society. This selection of a variety of perspectives on the hotly contested role of science and technology in contemporary society aims to clarify this vital debate for both specialists and non-specialists.

Reflects on the happiness and difficulties we encounter at each stage of life, pointing out that all growth requires separation from previous attachments. This book explains what is required for personal growth, details the aspects of life that touch us profoundly, and lays out the choices that can lead to the highest state of humanness possible.

This reprint of an 1866 volume of poems by the author of "Moby Dick" and "Billy Budd" includes four essays showing why Melville's verse remains misunderstood and neglected. The 72 lyrical poems about the Civil War include works on the hanging of John Brown, the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and on the battles at Donelson, Shiloh, and Gettysburg.

For almost three years, as Moscow Correspondent for CBS News, Richard Threlkeld was a close observer of the scene inside Russia and many of its old Soviet allies. This book presents his memoir of life in the remains of the former Soviet Empire during the waning years of Boris Yeltsin's regime.

Takes you through 450 intriguing science questions, from the profound to the amusingly trivial. This book demonstrates how fascinating our natural world is and how science helps us to explore and unravel nature's wonders. It also features a section on the history of the human race.

Explores various mysteries that capture media attention and teaches you, through hands-on experiments, how to get to the bottom of these tales.

For over fifty years Dr Robert Spencer (1889-1969) practiced medicine in the small coal-mining town of Ashland, PA. He gained another kind of notoriety for performing safe and reliable abortions. This book presents his biography. It is suitable for those interested in the issue of abortion.

"Spirit of Children: The Art & Life of Karen Carrino features drawings that carry a depth of emotion.

Highlights the problem areas common to the codes that should be changed and recommends ways that seniors can protect themselves to preserve their personal and financial freedom in their retirement years. This book suggests alternatives to conservatorships and guardianships that exist in states to help the elderly with aspects of daily living.

While masturbation is a universal behaviour, there are differences in motivation, frequency, technique, and fantasy patterns between men and women. The author discusses these differences while emphasising that masturbation can be good sex and should be experienced for pleasure not just as a tension release.

Presents an introduction to eighteenth-century science and its metaphor for scientific superstitions and politics. This book describes Mary Toft's story which contains perennial themes: science and superstition separated by the flimsiest of curtains, justice and morality, crime and punishment, and the basic fears at the core of human nature.

Antisocial behavior takes on many forms, from rebellious teens with green hair and pierced skin to the truly dangerous homicidal individuals whose horrible stories fill our newspapers. This work examines the familial and societal causes, and proposes solutions to the problem - including radical changes to our educational system and the mass media.

Michel Foucault''s Force of Light offers a comprehensive, chronological reading of Foucault''s published, and many unpublished, writings. James Bernauer claims that Foucault''s achievement was to have fashioned a series of inquiries that makes it possible to question the activity of thought itself as an ethical practice. Foucault''s ethic historicizes Kant''s great questions on knowledge, obligation, and hope. He asks not "What can I know?" but rather "How have my questions been produced? How has the path of my knowing been determined?" Not "What ought I to know?" or "What may I hope for?" by "How have the parameters of my aspirations been defined?"

Can revolution and anarchy be good for you? Did the protests of the 1960s lead to a new American freedom? This title shows how the perceived social weaknesses of the turbulent '60s actually demonstrated that it was a seminal decade which sparked a demand for individual freedom among the broad-minded Boomers.

Born in Venezuela in 1920, Benacerraf's childhood was spent in Paris, until fear of war with Nazi Germany compelled his family to flee to Venezuela in 1939. By the time he received a Nobel prize in 1980 for his discovery of immune response genes, he had travelled a long way on the road to success. This book presents the story of his life.

Argues that we can reduce alarming rates of sexually transmitted disease, sexual violence and abuse, and unwanted pregnancy through responsible co-operative action. This work provides an analysis of these problems which demonstrates that our sexual malaise emerged from Victorian attitudes, religious intolerance, and misconceptions about sexuality.

Separated from her family by the Nazis, Gerty Spies was sent to the Czech camp known as Theresienstadt. Isolated from the outside world, surrounded by death, she retreated to her inner self to concentrate on human, cultural, and other values. This book presents her - sensitive and humorous, but never bitter - stories of the struggle for survival.

Features stories focusing on the development and existence of the male, the trials and tribulations of adolescence, maturity, and old age. This book takes complicated emotional experiences and presents them clarity allowing readers to vicariously share the experience.

Should public funds be used to support non-public education? Controversy over that question has raged since the early 19th century. This book helps lawmakers, opinion leaders, and the public to understand that voucher proposals threaten religious freedom, an already overburdened economy, the democratic structure of American education, and more.

From a rural town in Florida to the NFL Hall of Fame, this title tells the story of Deacon's rise to the top of the heap in the National Football League. It refers to the lightning move popularised by Jones in the early days of the game, when a player could rattle the cage (or at least the helmet) of a blocker by belting him alongside the head.

For over 25 years, charismatic Pentecostal evangelist Brother Tony Leyva used Christianity, the Bible, and his status as an "annointed prophet of God" to gain access to, seduce, and sexually assault the young sons of his enthralled followers in 23 states. This title looks at the multiple layers of this twisted evangelist's double life.

Nearly half of all Americans believe in existence of extraterrestrials, and many are also convinced that aliens have visited Earth at some point in history. This book traces the origins of a belief in these visitors to the work of HP Lovecraft. It also argues that the appeal of such myths is a troubling sign in an age when science is successful.

Features essays on religion, free thought, and nationalism.

A woman planning a dinner party calls a gourmet caterer and learns that "Chateaubriand" can be ordered. To which she responds, "No, thanks. We're going to take care of the wine ourselves." The dead silence at the end of the phone is her first clue that something is amiss. A CEO attempts to put an end to complaints from employees about the demeaning behavior of certain managers by berating the managers before the staff ¿ thus reinforcing the very behavior he's trying to correct. We often criticize such incidents with remarks like "How dumb!" or "What was he thinking?" But psychologist Madeleine L. Van Hecke argues that much of what we label stupidity can better be explained as blind spots. Just as the blind spot in the driver's side mirror can swallow up a passing car, patterns in the way we think can likewise become blind spots, sifting out information and observations that to other people seem obvious. Drawing on research in creativity, cognitive psychology, critical thinking, child development, education, and philosophy, Dr. Van Hecke shows how our assets as thinkers create the very blind spots that become our worst liabilities. She devotes a chapter to each of ten mental blind spots that afflict even the smartest people: not stopping to think, jumping to conclusions, my-side bias, getting trapped by categories, and much more. At the end of each chapter she offers tactics for overcoming that specific blind spot, so we can become more creative and competent thinkers.Full of funny, poignant stories about human foibles, Blind Spots offers many insights for improving our social and political lives while giving us fresh slants into the minds of people who are poles apart from ourselves.

Presents a systematic critique of Edward Said's work "Orientalism". This book looks at the destructive influence of Said's study on the history of Western painting, especially of the 19th century, and shows how the epigones of Said have succeeded in relegating thousands of first-class paintings to the lofts and storage rooms of major museums.