Behavioral Genetics: The Clash of Culture and Biology Book: Perhaps no field of scientific inquiry is as likely to be misunderstood and abused as genetics. Part of the misunderstanding arises from archaic views about what genes are and how they are expressed during development. The extreme abuse of genetic information at various times has mainly been attributable to larger efforts to use genetic arguments in order to shape society and science according to political agendas (i.e., eugenics and Lysenkoism). If this is the backdrop against which culture assimilates genetic information, then what will happen as a result of the current genetic revolution? Genetic knowledge and technology are advancing at great speed. The entire human genome is being mapped, and the weight of evidence suggests that even behavior, viewed by many as the last bastion of individual free will and the target of social policies, is influenced by genes.

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Unspeakable Secrets and the Psychoanalysis of Culture Book: 2009 Gradiva Award, Theoretical Category, presented by the National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis
Explores the radical political potential of close reading to make the case for a new and invigorated psychoanalytic cultural studies.

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History, Memory, and the Law (The Amherst Series in Law, Jurisprudence, and Social Thought) Book: The essays in this book examine law as an active participant in the process through which history is written and memory is constructed. Instead of seeing law as a "victim" of history, the writers treat law as an author of history, not just in the instrumental sense in which law can be said to make a difference in society, but in the ways that law constructs and uses history.

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e: The Story of a Number Book: Maor attempts to give the irrational number e its rightful standing alongside pi as a fundamental constant in science and nature; he succeeds very well.... Maor writes so that both mathematical newcomers and long-time professionals alike can thoroughly enjoy his book, learn something new, and witness the ubiquity of mathematical ideas in Western culture.

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Open Your Eyes: Deaf Studies Talking Book: This book was born out of the Deaf Studies Think Tank, a three-day symposium in the summer of 2002 sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities, Gallaudet University�s Provost�s Offi ce, and the Gallaudet Research Institute. The Deaf Studies Think Tank convened twenty scholars to debate, discuss, and explore the issues and implications of the fi eld of Deaf Studies. The Think Tank was scheduled in the three days preceding Deaf Way II, an international celebration of Deaf scholarship, arts, performance, advocacy, and development attended by more than nine thousand people from 121 nations.

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The Logic Book Book: This outstanding book is a leading text for symbolic or formal logic courses. All techniques and concepts are presented with clear, comprehensive explanations and numerous, carefully constructed examples. Its flexible organization (all chapters are complete and self-contained) allows instructors the freedom to cover the topics they want in the order they choose.

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F. Scott Fitzgerald (Bloom's Modern Critical Views) Book: This title also features a biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald, a user guide, a detailed thematic analysis of each short story, a list of characters in each story, a complete bibliography of Fitzgerald�s works, an index of themes and ideas, and editor�s notes and introduction by Harold Bloom.

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Ecology: Plants, Animals, and the Environment Book: This new seven-volume "Discovering the Earth" set examines the efforts made by scientists in the fields of environment, environmental protection, and environmental science. Covering a broad range of topics - including the Earth sciences, atmosphere, oceans, ecology, animals, plants, and exploration - the books in this comprehensive set provide a panorama of brief accounts of particular discoveries and the people who made them. These stories explain the problems that were solved, the ways they were approached, and, in some cases, the dead ends that scientists sometimes reached. Ideal for high school and college students and particularly valuable to students of environmental studies, ecology, biology, geography, geology, and the humanities, the books in the "Discovering the Earth" set shed light on the way the scientific aspect of Western culture has developed. Written in clear language and requiring no mathematical knowledge, these helpful books feature sidebars where necessary to explain a particular concept as well as full-color photographs, tables, charts, and further resources.

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Hermann Hesse (Bloom's Modern Critical Views) Book: Herman Hesse's introspective, lyrical writing won him praise from the literary world, while his sense of estrangement from industrialized civilization and endorsement of pacificism brought him wide popular approval. Winner of the Nobel Prize for The Glass Bead Game, Hesse renders life's callings in a way that has called readers to a renewed sense of purpose and possibility.

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Ivan Turgenev (Bloom's Modern Critical Views) Book: A prolific writer of short stories, character sketches, dramas, and novels, Ivan Turgenev responded to the social issues of the time. The author wrote in 19th century Russia, and has been said to work with the competing ideologies of a humanistic aesthetic and a rising materialistic social paradigm. His profound influence on English and American writers has led him to be called the novelist's novelist.
This title, Ivan Turgenev, part of Chelsea House Publishers� Modern Critical Views series, examines the major works of Ivan Turgenev through full-length critical essays by expert literary critics. In addition, this title features a short biography on Ivan Turgenev, a chronology of the author�s life, and an introductory essay written by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University.
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