A witty celebration of the great eccentrics who have performed dangerous experiments on themselves for the benefit of humankind. Many scientists have followed the advice of the great Victorian doctor Jack Haldane to “never experiment on an animal if a man will do” and “never ask anyone to do anything you wouldn’t do yourself.” He and his father inhaled poisonous gases to test t...(展开全部)

Smoking Ears and Screaming Teeth is a hilarious celebration of the great eccentrics who have performed dangerous experiments on themselves for the benefit of humankind, written with all the wit, humour and eye for the beauties of nature -- and machinery and scientific equipment -- that have gained Trevor Norton a cult following and critical acclaim. Many have followed the advic...(展开全部)

Originally published in German in 1935, this monograph anticipated solutions to problems of scientific progress, the truth of scientific fact and the role of error in science now associated with the work of Thomas Kuhn and others. Arguing that every scientific concept and theory--including his own--is culturally conditioned, Fleck was appreciably ahead of his time. And as Kuhn ...(展开全部)

Originally published in German in 1935, this monograph anticipated solutions to problems of scientific progress, the truth of scientific fact and the role of error in science now associated with the work of Thomas Kuhn and others. Arguing that every scientific concept and theory--including his own--is culturally conditioned, Fleck was appreciably ahead of his time. And as Kuhn ...(展开全部)

On July 4, 1990, while on a morning walk in southern France, Susan Brison was attacked from behind, severely beaten, sexually assaulted, strangled to unconsciousness, and left for dead. She survived, but her world was destroyed. Her training as a philosopher could not help her make sense of things, and many of her fundamental assumptions about the nature of the self and the wor...(展开全部)

On July 4, 1990, while on a morning walk in southern France, Susan Brison was attacked from behind, severely beaten, sexually assaulted, strangled to unconsciousness, and left for dead. She survived, but her world was destroyed. Her training as a philosopher could not help her make sense of things, and many of her fundamental assumptions about the nature of the self and the wor...(展开全部)

Whether we realize it or not, we carry in our mouths the legacy of our evolution. Our teeth are like living fossils that can be studied and compared to those of our ancestors to teach us how we became human. In Evolution's Bite, noted paleoanthropologist Peter Ungar brings together for the first time cutting-edge advances in understanding human evolution and climate change with...(展开全部)

Whether we realize it or not, we carry in our mouths the legacy of our evolution. Our teeth are like living fossils that can be studied and compared to those of our ancestors to teach us how we became human. In Evolution's Bite, noted paleoanthropologist Peter Ungar brings together for the first time cutting-edge advances in understanding human evolution and climate change with...(展开全部)

帕特里克·苏佩斯（Patrick Colonel Suppes，1922-），美国著名哲学家，哥伦比亚大学哲学博士，师从著名哲学家托马斯·内格尔。1952年起，他任教于斯坦福大学，1959-1992年担任社会科学数理研究中心主任。现为露西·斯特恩哲学教授，斯坦福大学荣誉退休教授。因在数学心理学方面的突出贡献，1965年苏佩斯教授被选为国家科学院院士，1990年被总统乔治·布什授予国家科学奖；同时因其对科学哲学的杰出贡献，苏佩斯教授于2003年获得拉卡托斯奖的殊荣。苏佩斯教授在科学哲学、测量理论、量子力学的基础、决定理论、心理学和教育技术等领域都做出了重要贡献。

帕特里克·苏佩斯（Patrick Colonel Suppes，1922-），美国著名哲学家，哥伦比亚大学哲学博士，师从著名哲学家托马斯·内格尔。1952年起，他任教于斯坦福大学，1959-1992年担任社会科学数理研究中心主任。现为露西·斯特恩哲学教授，斯坦福大学荣誉退休教授。因在数学心理学方面的突出贡献，1965年苏佩斯教授被选为国家科学院院士，1990年被总统乔治·布什授予国家科学奖；同时因其对科学哲学的杰出贡献，苏佩斯教授于2003年获得拉卡托斯奖的殊荣。苏佩斯教授在科学哲学、测量理论、量子力学的基础、决定理论、心理学和教育技术等领域都做出了重要贡献。