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Darwin's Conjecture
Geoffrey M. Hodgson , Thorbjørn Knudsen
Издател: University Of Chicago Press
Of paramount importance to the natural sciences, the principles of Darwinism, which involve variation, inheritance, and selection, are increasingly of interest to social scientists as well. But no one has provided a truly rigorous account of how the principles apply to the evolution of human society—until now.
In Darwin’s Conjecture,
Natural Experiments of History
Jared Diamond , James A. Robinson
Издател: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Some central questions in the natural and social sciences can't be answered by controlled laboratory experiments, often considered to be the hallmark of the scientific method. This impossibility holds for any science concerned with the past. In addition, many manipulative experiments, while possible, would be considered immoral or illegal. One has
Absolutely Small
Michael D. Fayer, Ph.D.
Издател: AMACOM
Physics is a complex, even daunting topic, but it is also deeply satisfying—even thrilling. And liberated from its mathematical underpinnings, physics suddenly becomes accessible to anyone with the curiosity and imagination to explore its beauty. Science without math? It’s not that unusual. For example, we can understand the concept of gravity
The Great Equations
Robert P. Crease
Издател: W. W. Norton & Company
The Great Equations tells the stories of how these equations were discovered, revealing the personal struggles of their ingenious originators. From "1 + 1 = 2" to Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, Crease locates these equations in the panoramic sweep of Western history, showing how they are as integral to their time and place of creation as are
In Defense of Freedom and Related Essays
Frank S. Meyer
Издател: Liberty Fund
Meyer has done more than anyone in America to search out the metaphysics of freedom.
—William F. Buckley, Jr., Founding Editor, National Review
When it first appeared in 1962, In Defense of Freedom was hailed by Richard M. Weaver as "a brilliant defense of the primacy of the person" and an effective "indictment of statism and
Freedom and Reform
Frank H. Knight
Издател: Liberty Fund
The fifteen essays in this collection, first published in 1947, treat a variety of economic, social, political, and philosophical problems and were written by a legendary professor of economics at the University of Chicago.
Professor Knight (1885–1972) wrote from the viewpoint of ethics as well as economics. His own words best describe his
Managing Think Tanks
Raymond J. Struyk
Издател: Open Society Institute
"My primary inspiration for writing this book was my experience with the Institute for Urban Economics (IUE), a think tank created in Moscow in 1995. IUE’s six founders were all members of my staff, which was engaged on a large technical cooperation project in Russia. As the resident advisor for the Urban Institute—an accomplished think tank
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