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Global Sociology: Introducing Five Contemporary Societies
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An effective supplement to any standard sociology text, this broad and comprehensive sociological description of five diverse contemporary societies with wide geographic distribution – Japan, Mexico, Egypt, Germany, and the Bushmen of Namibia – is organized around basic sociological topics: culture, social structure, group life, socialization, deviance, social institutions, social stratification, and social change. Fictional vignettes of individuals in each country help students experience first-person viewpoints on life in five very different societies. By comparing other societies with their own, students read about the range of social variation, learn what makes their own society distinctive, and gain a uniq… More >>
Global Sociology: Introducing Five Contemporary Societies
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The Wisdom of Ancient Cosmology: Contemporary Science in Light of Tradition
- Cosmology
- Metaphysics
- Ontology
- Intelligent Design
- Sophia Perennis
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Wolfgang Smith, drawing upon a rare combination of expertise in mathematical physics, philosophy and traditional metaphysics, has written extensively on interdisciplinary problems relating to these respective domains. The present book has evolved out of a key ontological recognition consonant with time-honored metaphysical doctrine. In keeping with a realist view of cognitive sense perception, it rejects the Cartesian dichotomy of res extensa and res cogitans, and obviates what Whitehead referred to as the fallacy of bifurcation. In an earlier book (The Quantum Enigma, 1995) the author established two facts: first, that a consistent non-bifurcationist interpretation of physics can be formulated; and second, tha… More >>
The Wisdom of Ancient Cosmology: Contemporary Science in Light of Tradition
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Frontiers in High Energy Density Physics: The X-Games of Contemporary Science
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Recent scientific and technical advances have made it possible to create matter in the laboratory under conditions relevant to astrophysical systems such as supernovae and black holes. These advances will also benefit inertial confinement fusion research and research on nuclear weapons. This report describes the major research facilities on which such high energy density conditions can be achieved and lists a number of key scientific questions about high energy density physics that can be addressed by this research. Several recommendations are presented that would facilitate the development of a comprehensive strategy for realizing these research opportunities…. More >>
Frontiers in High Energy Density Physics: The X-Games of Contemporary Science
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