“…If you used the terms "social engineering," you were most likely a political scientist, and if you were "phishing" you might be listening to a rock band…”

“…Building upon the recent work of cognitive scientist, Iain McGilchrist, who argues that the human brain's two hemispheres present distinct different worlds, this book articulates how society must replace the current foundational left-brain-based beliefs - a mechanistic world and a human driven by self interest - with new ones based on complexity and care. …”

“…From a top scientist and the creator of the hugely popular web comic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, a hilariously illustrated investigation into future technologies--from how to fling a ship into deep space on the cheap to 3D organ printing. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Reflections on social measurement: how social scientists generate, modify, and validate indicators and scales / How to get valid answers from survey questions: what we learned from asking about sexual behavior and the measurement of sexuality / The SAT®: design principles and innovations of a quintessential American social indicator / Measurement as cooperative communication: what research participants learn from questionnaires / Developing observation instruments and arriving at inter-rater reliability for a range of contexts and raters: the early childhood environment rating scales / Studying teacher effectiveness: the challenges of developing valid measures / Identifying consumers' compulsive buying tendencies: lessons learned for measuring consumer-related phenomena / Linguistic factors in the assessment of English language learners / Measurement issues in cross-cultural research / Conceptualizing and measuring culture: problems and solutions / International comparisons of educational attainment: purposes, processes, and problems / Reflections on measuring behavior: time and the grid / Approaches to measuring multi-dimension constructs across the life course: operationalizing depression over the lifespan / Description and discovery in socio-spatial analysis: the case of space syntax / Understanding the intangibles of measurement in the social sciences / Towards a more rigorous scientific approach to social measurement: considering a grounded indicator approach to developing measurement tools / Measuring conceptualisations of morality: or how to invent a construct and measure it too / The problem with poverty: definition, measurement and interpretation / Ethical issues in social measurement / Martin Bulmer ; Josephine Ocloo -- Measuring is more than assigning numbers / Is social measurement possible, and is it necessary? …”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Jahrhundert / Der Cono Sur -- Britons in Brazil: Nineteenth Century Travellers Tales as a Source for Earth and Social Scientists / Rassen, Rassenmischung und die Zukunft des Landes: Französische Reiseberichte über Brasilien im zweiten Drittel des 19. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Limits to Growth ... Again -- 25. Scientists, Statisticians and the Prophets of Doom -- 26. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Front Matter -- Contents -- Series Editor Preface -- Notes on Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Race and Sociocultural Inclusion in Science Communication -- Global Contemporary Issues -- The Practice(s) of Science Communication: Challenges and Opportunities for Race, Gender, Language and Epistemic Diversity, Representation, and Inclusion -- Inclusion Is More Than an Invitation: Shifting Science Communication in a Science Museum -- Communicating Science on, to, and with Racial Minorities during Pandemics -- Breaking the Silos: Science Communication for Everyone -- Building Capacity for Science Communication in South Africa: Afrocentric Perspectives from Mathematical Scientists -- Science Communication in the Global South: Leveraging Indigenous Knowledge, Cultural Emancipation, and Epistemic Renaissance for Innovative Transformation -- Challenges of Epistemic Justice and Diversity in Science Communication in Mexico: Imperatives for Radical Re-positioning towards Transformative Contexts of Social Problem-Solving, Cultural Inclusion, and Trans-disciplinarity -- Past, Present, and Future: Perspectives on the Development of an Indigenous Science Communication Agenda in Nigeria -- Harnessing Indigenous Knowledge Systems for Socially Inclusive Science Communication: Working towards a 'Science for Us, with Us' Approach to Science Communication in the Global South -- Indigenous Science Discourse in the Mainstream: The Case of 'Mātauranga and Science' in New Zealand Science Review -- The Decolonisation Agenda in Science Communication: Deconstructing Eurocentric Hegemony, Ideology, and Pseudo-historical Memory -- Decolonising Initiatives in Action: From Theory to Practice at the Museum of Us -- Falling from Normalcy? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Chapter 5 How to Build a Team of Leaders -- The Greatest Scientist Whose Name We Don't Remember -- The Problem with Opportunities -- What Is a Team of Leaders? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Structural Equation Modeling with R for Education Scientists -- Chapter. 22. Why educational research needs a complex system revolution that embraces individual differences, heterogeneity, and uncertainty…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- The job of licensed practical nurse in Alberta saw a spike in demand during the pandemic -- Alberta's Welders and Machinists had one of the steepest declines in the average number of OJPS during the peak of the pandemic -- References -- Notes -- 4 Assessing the impact of digitalisation in Alberta through the lens of big data -- The digital transition: Challenges and opportunities for Alberta going forward -- Identifying digital occupations and the volume of job postings available in Alberta -- The geography of Alberta's demand for digital occupations -- Trends in online job postings for group one of the digital professionals -- The demand for data mining analysts and business intelligence analysts has been rapidly growing pre-pandemic -- Data scientists and data engineers are amongst the occupations with the fastest rate of growth across digital occupations -- Demand for Computer Scientists and Cyber Security Professionals has been trending upwards in Alberta -- Skill requirements for occupations in the group of Computer and data analysts / administrators -- Trends in online job postings for group two of the digital professionals -- Software developers, programmers and engineers concentrate a high volume of online job postings in Alberta -- Trends in online job postings for group three of the digital professionals -- The demand for ICT supporting roles has experience more rapid growth in Alberta than in Canada -- Trends in online job postings for group four of the digital professionals -- Demand for managerial roles as well as for HR and marketing professionals has been steadily increasing, and rapidly growing since mid-2020 -- How quickly are digital skill demands permeating Alberta's workplaces?…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…6.7 Glycolysis harvests chemical energy by oxidizing glucose to pyruvate -- 6.8 After pyruvate is oxidized, the citric acid cycle completes the energy-yielding oxidation of organic molecules -- 6.9 Visualizing The Concept Most ATP production occurs by oxidative phosphor ylation -- 6.10 Scientific Thinking Scientists have discovered heat-producing, calorie-burning brown fat In adults -- 6.11 Review: each molecule of glucose yields many molecules of ATP -- Fermentation: Anaerobic Harvesting of Energy -- 6.12 Fermentation enables cells to produce ATP without oxygen -- 6.13 Evolution Connection Glycolysis evolved early in the history of life on earth -- Connections Between Metabolic Pathways -- 6.14 Cells use many kinds of organic molecules as fuel for cellular respiration -- 6.15 Organic molecules from food provide raw materials for biosynthesis -- Chapter Review -- 7 Photosynthesis:Using Light to Make Food -- An Introduction to Photosynthesis -- 7.1 Photosynthesis fuels the biosphere -- 7.2 Photosynthesis occurs in chloroplasts in plant cells -- 7.3 Scientists traced the process of photosynthesis using isotopes -- 7.4 Photosynthesis is a redox process, as is cellular respiration -- 7.5 Photosynthesis occurs in two stages, which are linked by atp and nadph -- The Light Reactions: Converting Solar Energy to Chemical Energy -- 7.6 Visible radiation absorbed by pigments drives the light reactions -- 7.7 Photosystems capture solar energy -- 7.8 Two photosystems connected by an electron transport chain convert light energy to the chemical energy of atp and nadph -- 7.9 Visualizing The Concept The light reactions take place within the thylakoid membranes -- The Calvin Cycle: Reducing CO2 to Sugar -- 7.10 ATP and NADPH power sugar synthesis in the calvin cycle -- 7.11 Evolution Connection Other methods of carbon fixation have evolved in hot, dry climates…”

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“…In this insightful new approach to understanding why this is happening, acclaimed mood scientist Robert Thayer offers a new appreciation of the real cause--emotional eating. …”

“…Louis Comitee for Nuclear Information (que después se transformará en el Comité de San Luis para la Información Medioambiental), y sus denuncias y trabajos alcanzan repercusión nacional. Impulsa la revista Scientist and Citizen, elabora una honda reflexión crítica sobre el papel de científicos y tecnólogos en la fase de la historia humana que luego hemos llamado Gran Aceleración, y en 1966 funda el Center for the Biology of Natural Systems (Centro para el Estudio de la Biología de los Sistemas Naturales en el Queens College de la City University de Nueva York, uno de los primeros consagrados al estudio de los problemas ecológicos con perspectiva multidisciplinar). …”
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“…Author Carrie Arnold, a trained scientist, science writer, and past sufferer of anorexia, speaks with clinicians, researchers, parents, other family members, and sufferers about the factors that make one vulnerable to anorexia, the neurochemistry behind the call of starvation, and why it's so hard to leave anorexia behind. …”

“…It contains brief bibliographies of his main publications and of articles and books written about Richardson and his work and discusses his continuing influence in peace research and international relations as well as his attitude to the ethical responsibilities of a scientist. It will be of interest to a wide range of scholars. …”

“…The Collected Works of Ed Diener, in 3 volumes, present the major works of the leading research scientist studying happiness and well-being. Professor Diener has studied subjective well-being, people’s life satisfaction and positive emotions, for over a quarter of a century, and has published 200 works on the topic, many more than any other scholar. …”

“…The Collected Works of Ed Diener, in 3 volumes, present the major works of the leading research scientist studying happiness and well-being. Professor Diener has studied subjective well-being, people’s life satisfaction and positive emotions, for over a quarter of a century, and has published 200 works on the topic, many more than any other scholar. …”