No Synopsis AvailableUnaccountable : What Hospitals Won't Tell You and How Transparency Can Revolutionize Health Care available on November 05 2023 from BiggerBooks for 13.39
The Art Instinct combines two of the most fascinating and contentious disciplines, art and evolutionary science, in a provocative new work that will revolutionize the way art itself is perceived. Aesthetic taste, argues Denis Dutton, is an evolutionary trait, and is shaped by natural selection. It's not, as almost all contemporary art criticism and academic theory would have it, "socially constructed." The human appreciation for art is innate, and certain artistic
No Synopsis AvailableMerchants Of Doubt How A Handful Of Scientists Obscured The Truth On Issues From Tobacco Smoke To Global Warming available on November 09 2023 from BiggerBooks for 11.12
The Ascent of George Washington Binding: Hardcover Publisher: St Martins Pr Publish Date: 2009/06/02 Synopsis: A revisionist assessment of the first president reveals how Washington utilized persuasion, manipulation, and deniability throughout the Revolutionary War and his presidency while maintaining a public image of virtue and non-ambitious service
The U.S. scientific community has long led the world in research on such areas as public health, environmental science, and issues affecting quality of life. Our scientists have produced landmark studies on the dangers of DDT, tobacco smoke, acid rain, and global warming. But at the same time, a small yet potent subset of this community leads the world in vehement denial of these dangers.Merchants of Doubt tells the story of how a loose-knit group of high-level scientists and scientific advisers, with deep ..
No Synopsis AvailableThe Savior Generals How Five Great Commanders Saved Wars That Were Lost - From Ancient Greece to Iraq available on November 23 2023 from BiggerBooks for 13.91
