蒂姆·富兰纳瑞，作家、科学家、探险家以及环境保护主义者。他著有十多本作品，包括得奖且登上畅销书榜首的《我在怪怪岛的日子》(The Future Eaters and Throwim Way Leg)。富兰纳瑞是环境科学的先驱思想家，也是温沃斯科学家关怀小组(theWentworth Group of ConcernedScientists)的成员。他还是国家地理学会(National Geographic Society)的澳大利亚代表，以及澳洲野生管理委员会(Australian Wildlife Conservancy)的董事。探险文学家欧汉楠称“他发现的新物种比达尔文还要多”，而他本人也在二〇〇七年被授予澳大利亚年度人物的称号。富兰纳瑞目前居住在澳洲霍克斯贝利河上一间环保屋里。伴随着他的有他的妻子和许许多多的野生动物。

Unlike most other similar books, this systematic, carefully reasoned, non-technical analysis of the nature and significance of scientific knowledge opens the way to reconciliation in the 'science wars'. By describing how academic scientists actually undertake research and communicate their findings, it shows that the philosophy, psychology and sociology of science are inextrica...(展开全部)

Scientists and 'anti-scientists' alike need a more realistic image of science. The traditional mode of research, academic science, is not just a 'method': it is a distinctive culture, whose members win esteem and employment by making public their findings. Fierce competition for credibility is strictly regulated by established practices such as peer review. Highly specialized i...(展开全部)

蒂姆·富兰纳瑞，作家、科学家、探险家以及环境保护主义者。他著有十多本作品，包括得奖且登上畅销书榜首的《我在怪怪岛的日子》(The Future Eaters and Throwim Way Leg)。富兰纳瑞是环境科学的先驱思想家，也是温沃斯科学家关怀小组(theWentworth Group of ConcernedScientists)的成员。他还是国家地理学会(National Geographic Society)的澳大利亚代表，以及澳洲野生管理委员会(Australian Wildlife Conservancy)的董事。探险文学家欧汉楠称“他发现的新物种比达尔文还要多”，而他本人也在二〇〇七年被授予澳大利亚年度人物的称号。富兰纳瑞目前居住在澳洲霍克斯贝利河上一间环保屋里。伴随着他的有他的妻子和许许多多的野生动物。

Weather and Climate, is one book in the Britannica Illustrated Science Library Series that is correlated to the science curriculum in grades 5-8. The Britannica Illustrated Science Library is a visually compelling series that covers earth science, life science, and physical science in 16 titles. Created for ages 10 and up, each title provides an overview on a subject and thorou...(展开全部)

"More than any thing else technology creates our world. It creates our wealth, our economy, our very way of being," says W. Brian Arthur. Yet, until now the major questions of technology have gone unanswered. Where do new technologies come from -- how exactly does invention work? What constitutes innovation, and how is it achieved? Why are certain regions -- Cambridge, England,...(展开全部)

"More than any thing else technology creates our world. It creates our wealth, our economy, our very way of being," says W. Brian Arthur. Yet, until now the major questions of technology have gone unanswered. Where do new technologies come from -- how exactly does invention work? What constitutes innovation, and how is it achieved? Why are certain regions -- Cambridge, England,...(展开全部)

A cocktail party. A terrorist cell. Ancient bacteria. An international conglomerate. All are networks, and all are a part of a surprising scientific revolution. Albert-L&aacuteszló Barab&aacutesi, the nation's foremost expert in the new science of networks, takes us on an intellectual adventure to prove that social networks, corporations, and living organisms are more sim...(展开全部)

A cocktail party. A terrorist cell. Ancient bacteria. An international conglomerate. All are networks, and all are a part of a surprising scientific revolution. Albert-L&aacuteszló Barab&aacutesi, the nation's foremost expert in the new science of networks, takes us on an intellectual adventure to prove that social networks, corporations, and living organisms are more sim...(展开全部)

How meaning works—from monkey calls to human language, from spoken language to sign language, from gestures to music—and how meaning is connected to truth. We communicate through language, connecting what we mean to the words we say. But humans convey meaning in other ways as well, with facial expressions, hand gestures, and other methods. Animals, too, can get their meanings a...(展开全部)