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  • Cyborg Conception

    Cultural and Critical Responses to Solo Motherhood by Choice

    de Grace Halden ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book considers the growing popularity of solo motherhood via gamete donation and how this type of “cyborg conception” is narrated in medicine, bioethics, fiction, and memoir. It identifies solo mothers as radical women who exist in a space beyond binarity (male/female dual-rearing dynamic) and heteronormative discourse; solo mothers represent, among other diverse family constructions (such as ... Leer más

    $44.99 USD

  • Girls' Series Fiction and American Popular Culture

    de Marlowe Daly-Galeano, Eva Lupold, Paige Gray, Carolyn Cocca, Nichole Bogarosh, Linda Simon, Mariko Turk, Mary Bronstein, Lisa Laurier, Lori Johnson, Grace Halden, Michael G. Cornelius, Christiane E. Farnan, Megan E. Friddle, Janine J. Darragh ...
    Series series Children and Youth in Popular Culture
    Girls' Series Fiction and American Popular Culture examines the ways in which young female heroines in American series fiction have undergone dramatic changes in the past 150 years, changes which have both reflected and modeled standards of behavior for America’s tweens and teen girls. Though series books are often derided for lacking in imagination and literary potency, that the majority of ... Leer más

    $55.99 USD

  • Three Mile Island

    The Meltdown Crisis and Nuclear Power in American Popular Culture

    de Grace Halden ...
    Series series Critical Moments in American History
    Three Mile Island explains the far-reaching consequences of the partial meltdown of Pennsylvania’s Three Mile Island power plant on March 28, 1979. Though the disaster was ultimately contained, the fears it triggered had an immediate and lasting impact on public attitudes towards nuclear energy in the United States. In this volume, Grace Halden contextualizes the events at Three Mile Island and ... Leer más

    $60.99 USD

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  • How the Hippies Saved Physics: Science, Counterculture, and the Quantum Revival

    Science, Counterculture, and the Quantum Revival

    de David Kaiser ...
    “Meticulously researched and unapologetically romantic, How the Hippies Saved Physics makes the history of science fun again.”—ScienceIn the 1970s, an eccentric group of physicists in Berkeley, California, banded together to explore the wilder side of science. Dubbing themselves the “Fundamental Fysiks Group,” they pursued an audacious, speculative approach to physics, studying quantum ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD

  • Quantum Legacies

    Dispatches from an Uncertain World

    de David Kaiser ...
    "Engrossing . . . Leave[s] us with a richer picture of physics as a lived activity." — Los Angeles Review of BooksIn Quantum Legacies, David Kaiser introduces readers to iconic episodes in physicists' still-unfolding quest to understand space, time, and matter at their most fundamental. In a series of vibrant essays, Kaiser takes us inside moments of discovery and debate among the great minds of ... Leer más

    $18.79 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge

    de Abraham Flexner, Robbert Dijkgraaf ...
    A short, provocative book about why "useless" science often leads to humanity's greatest technological breakthroughsA forty-year tightening of funding for scientific research has meant that resources are increasingly directed toward applied or practical outcomes, with the intent of creating products of immediate value. In such a scenario, it makes sense to focus on the most identifiable and urgent ... Leer más

    $10.79 USD

  • The Apocalypse Factory

    Plutonium and the Making of the Atomic Age

    de Steve Olson ...
    A thrilling narrative of scientific triumph, decades of secrecy, and the unimaginable destruction wrought by the creation of the atomic bomb.It began with plutonium, the first element ever manufactured in quantity by humans. Fearing that the Germans would be the first to weaponize the atom, the United States marshaled brilliant minds and seemingly inexhaustible bodies to find a way to create a ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

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  • Carl Sagan

    A Life

    de Keay Davidson ...
    A penetrating, mesmerizing biography of a scientific icon"Absolutely fascinating . . . Davidson has done a remarkable job."-Sir Arthur C. Clarke"Engaging . . . accessible, carefully documented . . . sophisticated."-Dr. David Hollinger for The New York Times Book Review"Entertaining . . . Davidson treats [the] nuances of Sagan's complex life with understanding and sympathy."-The Christian Science ... Leer más

    $22.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Conspiracy - HAARP

    Good Or Evil

    de Grant Boyden ...
    Series series Conspiracy
    Is it one of the worlds most controversial tools of science or just another weapon of mass destruction? The High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program, AKA HAARP, is an ionospheric research program designed to advance our understanding of Earth Science.But, HAARP is not only capable of helping mankind, it can destroy it too. This book will make you stop and think because the difference with ... Leer más

    $2.86 USD

  • Avoid Boring People

    Lessons from a Life in Science

    de James D. Watson ...
    From Nobel Prize-winning scientist James D. Watson, a living legend for his work unlocking the structure of DNA, comes this candid and entertaining memoir, filled with practical advice for those starting out their academic careers.In Avoid Boring People, Watson lays down a life’s wisdom for getting ahead in a competitive world. Witty and uncompromisingly honest, he shares his thoughts on how young ... Leer más

    $10.99 USD

  • The Long Space Age

    The Economic Origins of Space Exploration from Colonial America to the Cold War

    de Alexander MacDonald ...
    An economic historian traces uncovers the story of privately funded space exploration from early 19th century astronomical observatories to SpaceX.The standard historical narrative of American space exploration begins during the Cold War, with the federal government's efforts to beat the Soviet Union in the Space Race. Given this framing, the more recent emergence of private sector space ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Fool Me Twice

    Fighting the Assault on Science in America

    de Shawn Lawrence Otto ...
    "Whenever the people are well informed," Thomas Jefferson wrote, "they can be trusted with their own government."But what happens in a world dominated by complex science? Are the people still well-enough informed to be trusted with their own government? And with less than 2 percent of Congress with any professional background in science, how can our government be trusted to lead us in the right ... Leer más

    $5.99 USD