General Science from GlobalAcademics

Totowa, NJ: Rowman & Littlefield, 1973. In this classic text, the author presents a series of topics which discusses in detail the nature of science, the nature of revolutionary changes in science, the development and structure of Western societies, the nature of the social sciences and their relation to the physical sciences, problems of "underdeveloped countries", the development and structure… Read more about this item

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1978. Classic highly acclaimed comprehensive text presents a multidisciplinary anaylsis of many diverse facts about cells, organs, organisms, groups, organizations, societies, and supranational systems, and integrates all this knowledge into a single conceptual system. The book is a presentation of the state of current knowledge in all of the sciences relevant to these seven levels of living… Read more about this item

Lakeville, Connecticut: International Non-Aristotelian Library, 1980. Classic highly acclaimed text presents a detailed and complex compilation of the author's preeminent multidisciplinary work in the field of general semantics, including his theory of humankind: mankind as a time-binding class of life. Korzybski's work held a view that human beings are limited in what they know by the structure of their nervous… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1999. In this scholarly collection, introduced by Jonathan Rée, six eminent scientists and thinkers explore and explain how we can bridge the gap between the values of science and human values. Richard Dawkins, in a powerful critique of cultural relativism, restates the scientists’ belief that there is something almost sacred about nature’s universal truths. Environmental campaigner… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1985. Scholarly text presents a detailed examination of the issues involved in assessing the effects of science and technology, and analyzes the problems of constructing and applying accurate science and technology indicators relevant to developing countries. Includes comparison studies of the construction of social indicators, strengths and limitations of indicators, and conditions for their use. 207… Read more about this item

Columbia, South Carolina: University of South Carolina Press, 1989. Comprehensive text presents a detailed examination of the topical logic of scientific rhetoric, including topics covering rhetorical invention; rhetorical topical method; the nature of rhetoric; general theory of rhetorical ends; rhetorical dimensions in scientific discourse; stasis procedures and analysis; discovering the lines of argument; practising rhetorical invention: creating scientifically reasonable claims;… Read more about this item

Newbury Park, CA.: Sage Publications Ltd., 1993. Comprehensive highly acclaimed updated text contains fundamental methods and statistical procedures for real-world applications. Topics include concepts of central tendancy; measures of variability; correlation; elements of statistical inference; estimation; logic of hypothesis testing; one and two-way analysis of variance; inferences; advanced topics. 402 pgs. Illustrated. Minimal shelfwear. . Second Edition. Soft Cover.… Read more about this item