[PDF] Science Culture And Man eBook

Author : Leslie a White
Publisher : Franklin Classics
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 37,92 MB
Release : 2018-10-15
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ISBN : 9780343257378

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Bepin Behari
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 15,62 MB
Release : 1963
Category : Science and civilization
ISBN : 9788120825932

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In the present volume eminent scientists, scholars and philanthropists have joined together to discuss the problems relating to the impact of technological progress on the cultural development of manking. The turmoil created by modern scientific inventions has threatened the very existence of our globe. Will the humanity emerge more secure or will it be submerged once more in the Deluge?

Author : Leslie a White
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 31,39 MB
Release : 2023-07-18
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ISBN : 9781019374757

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Leslie A. White's groundbreaking work explores the nature of human culture, from its origins to its modern manifestations. Drawing on insights from a wide range of fields, including anthropology, sociology, and psychology, White presents a holistic view of culture as a complex system that is shaped by a variety of factors. With its innovative approach and compelling arguments, this book remains essential reading for anyone interested in the study of human culture. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Mischa Titiev
Publisher : New York, Holt
Page : 696 pages
File Size : 14,3 MB
Release : 1963
Category : Anthropology
ISBN :

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This book provides a comprehensive introduction to anthropologies three major divisions: physical anthropology, archaeology, and cultural anthropology which are each described and developed in detail, with every attempt is made to integrate the related facets in each field.

Author : C. P. Snow
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 31,13 MB
Release : 2012-03-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1107606144

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The importance of science and technology and future of education and research are just some of the subjects discussed here.

Author : Sigrid Schmalzer
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 32,12 MB
Release : 2009-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : 0226738612

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In the 1920s an international team of scientists and miners unearthed the richest evidence of human evolution the world had ever seen: Peking Man. After the communist revolution of 1949, Peking Man became a prominent figure in the movement to bring science to the people. In a new state with twin goals of crushing “superstition” and establishing a socialist society, the story of human evolution was the first lesson in Marxist philosophy offered to the masses. At the same time, even Mao’s populist commitment to mass participation in science failed to account for the power of popular culture—represented most strikingly in legends about the Bigfoot-like Wild Man—to reshape ideas about human nature. The People’s Peking Man is a skilled social history of twentieth-century Chinese paleoanthropology and a compelling cultural—and at times comparative—history of assumptions and debates about what it means to be human. By focusing on issues that push against the boundaries of science and politics, The People’s Peking Man offers an innovative approach to modern Chinese history and the history of science.

Author : Roger N. Lancaster
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 459 pages
File Size : 28,82 MB
Release : 2003-04
Category : History
ISBN : 0520202872

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Lancaster provides the disproof of evolutionary stories about men, women, and the nature of desire of the heterosexual fables that pervade popular culture, from prime-time sitcoms to scientific theories about the so-called gay gene.

Author : Thomas P. Hughes
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 33,1 MB
Release : 2005-05-13
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 022612066X

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To most people, technology has been reduced to computers, consumer goods, and military weapons; we speak of "technological progress" in terms of RAM and CD-ROMs and the flatness of our television screens. In Human-Built World, thankfully, Thomas Hughes restores to technology the conceptual richness and depth it deserves by chronicling the ideas about technology expressed by influential Western thinkers who not only understood its multifaceted character but who also explored its creative potential. Hughes draws on an enormous range of literature, art, and architecture to explore what technology has brought to society and culture, and to explain how we might begin to develop an "ecotechnology" that works with, not against, ecological systems. From the "Creator" model of development of the sixteenth century to the "big science" of the 1940s and 1950s to the architecture of Frank Gehry, Hughes nimbly charts the myriad ways that technology has been woven into the social and cultural fabric of different eras and the promises and problems it has offered. Thomas Jefferson, for instance, optimistically hoped that technology could be combined with nature to create an Edenic environment; Lewis Mumford, two centuries later, warned of the increasing mechanization of American life. Such divergent views, Hughes shows, have existed side by side, demonstrating the fundamental idea that "in its variety, technology is full of contradictions, laden with human folly, saved by occasional benign deeds, and rich with unintended consequences." In Human-Built World, he offers the highly engaging history of these contradictions, follies, and consequences, a history that resurrects technology, rightfully, as more than gadgetry; it is in fact no less than an embodiment of human values.