The Joy of Science

The Joy of Science
Author: Jim Al-Khalili
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2022-04-12
Genre: Science
ISBN: 069123566X

Quantum physicist, New York Times bestselling author, and BBC host Jim Al-Khalili reveals how 8 lessons from the heart of science can help you get the most out of life Today’s world is unpredictable and full of contradictions, and navigating its complexities while trying to make the best decisions is far from easy. The Joy of Science presents 8 short lessons on how to unlock the clarity, empowerment, and joy of thinking and living a little more scientifically. In this brief guide to leading a more rational life, acclaimed physicist Jim Al-Khalili invites readers to engage with the world as scientists have been trained to do. The scientific method has served humankind well in its quest to see things as they really are, and underpinning the scientific method are core principles that can help us all navigate modern life more confidently. Discussing the nature of truth and uncertainty, the role of doubt, the pros and cons of simplification, the value of guarding against bias, the importance of evidence-based thinking, and more, Al-Khalili shows how the powerful ideas at the heart of the scientific method are deeply relevant to the complicated times we live in and the difficult choices we make. Read this book and discover the joy of science. It will empower you to think more objectively, see through the fog of your own preexisting beliefs, and lead a more fulfilling life.

Learning From Comparative Public Policy

Learning From Comparative Public Policy
Author: Richard Rose
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 215
Release: 2004-08-02
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1134371101

This textbook offers a fresh approach to the study of comparative politics and public policy. Instead of concentrating on why countries differ, Learning From Comparative Public Policy explores how countries can learn from each other about the success and failure of policy initiatives. With its theory and practice focus, the lively narrative analyzes the cultural and resources problems involved in importing policies, and the roles of institutions, regulators, think tanks and experts. In addition to explaining the key tenets of policy analysis, the internationally renowned author offers a wide variety of international case studies and useful boxes to highlight examples. Invaluable reading for students of public policy, for policy makers and practitioners working in the public sector, it includes: * learning from comparison * defining a problem and creating awareness * where to look for lessons * applying the policy model * the problems of importing models * using terms to evaluate future consequences.

Teacher Preparation in Scotland

Teacher Preparation in Scotland
Author: Rachel Shanks
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 158
Release: 2020-09-25
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1839094826

This book charts the origins and development of teacher preparation in Scotland from 1872 onwards, covering key milestones in policy and practice, and looking ahead to the future. It is a truly comprehensive record of the historic, current and potential evolution of teacher preparation in Scotland.

Research Handbook on Knowledge Transfer and International Business

Research Handbook on Knowledge Transfer and International Business
Author: Khan, Zaheer
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2022-01-13
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1788976118

This comprehensive and engaging Research Handbook provides a full examination of the modes and mechanisms of international knowledge transfer. Furthermore, it also provides in-depth insights into international knowledge transfer related challenges faced by multinational enterprises (MNEs).

Taking Part in Music

Taking Part in Music
Author: Ian Russell
Publisher: Exhibit A
Total Pages: 351
Release: 2013
Genre: Ethnomusicology
ISBN: 9781857520019

Archaeological Science

Archaeological Science
Author: Michael P. Richards
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 467
Release: 2020-01-16
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0521195225

An accessible and wide-ranging introduction to the exciting and expanding field of archaeological science, for students, professionals and academics.

Making and Growing

Making and Growing
Author: Elizabeth Hallam
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 379
Release: 2016-05-13
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1317102576

Making and Growing brings together the latest work in the fields of anthropology and material culture studies to explore the differences - and the relation - between making things and growing things, and between things that are made and things that grow. Though the former are often regarded as artefacts and the latter as organisms, the book calls this distinction into question, examining the implications for our understanding of materials, design and creativity. Grounding their arguments in case studies from different regions and historical periods, the contributors to this volume show how making and growing give rise to co-produced and mutually modifying organisms and artefacts, including human persons. They attend to the properties of materials and to the forms of knowledge and sensory experience involved in these processes, and explore the dynamics of making and undoing, growing and decomposition. The book will be of broad interest to scholars in the fields of anthropology, archaeology, material culture studies, history and sociology.

Photography and Its Publics

Photography and Its Publics
Author: Melissa Miles
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2020-08-05
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1000211673

Photography is a ubiquitous part of the public sphere. Yet we rarely stop to think about the important role that photography plays in helping to define what and who constitute the public. Photography and Its Publics brings together leading experts and emerging thinkers to consider the special role of photography in shaping how the public is addressed, seen and represented.This book responds to a growing body of recent scholarship and flourishing interest in photography's connections to the law, society, culture, politics, social change, the media and visual ethics.Photography and Its Publics presents the public sphere as a vibrant setting where these realms are produced, contested and entwined. Public spheres involve yet exceed the limits of families, interest groups, identities and communities. They are dynamic realms of visibility, discussion, reflection and possible conflict among strangers of different race, age, gender, social and economic status. Through studies of photography in South America, North America, Europe and Australasia, the contributors consider how photography has changed the way we understand and locate the public sphere. As they address key themes including the referential and imaginative qualities of photography, the transnational circulation of photographs, online publics, social change, violence, conflict and the ethics of spectatorship, the authors provide new insight into photography's vital role in defining public life.

Picts, Gaels and Scots

Picts, Gaels and Scots
Author: Sally M. Foster
Publisher: Birlinn
Total Pages: 398
Release: 2014-11-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 0857908294

Early historic Scotland - from the fifth to the tenth century AD - was home to a variety of diverse peoples and cultures, all competing for land and supremacy. Yet by the eleventh century it had become a single, unified kingdom, known as Alba, under a stable and successful monarchy. How did this happen, and when? At the heart of this mystery lies the extraordinary influence of the Picts and of their neighbours, the Gaels - originally immigrants from Ireland. In this new and revised edition of her acclaimed book, Sally M. Foster establishes the nature of their contribution and, drawing on the latest archaeological evidence and research, highlights a huge number of themes, including the following: the origins of the Picts and Gaels; the significance of the remarkable Pictish symbols and other early historic sculpture; the art of war and the role of kingship in tribal society; settlement, agriculture, industry and trade; religious beliefs and the impact of Christianity; how the Picts and Gaels became Scots.