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1) Leviathan
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Written during the turmoil of the English Civil War, Leviathan is an ambitious and highly original work of political philosophy. Claiming that man's essential nature is competitive and selfish, Hobbes formulates the case for a powerful sovereign--or 'Leviathan'--to enforce peace and the law, substituting security for the anarchic freedom he believed human beings would otherwise experience. This world view shocked many of Hobbes's contemporaries, and...
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"Drawing from hundreds of confidential oil industry documents spanning decades, this explosive work of investigative reporting reveals for the first time the far-right conspiracy that's stopped the world from preventing the climate crisis. In The Petroleum Papers, investigative journalist Geoff Dembicki tells the story of how the American oil companies that founded the tar sands in Alberta, Canada--home to the third-biggest oil reserves on the planet--ignored...
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The science is overwhelming; the facts are in. The planet is heating up at an alarming rate and the results are everywhere to be seen. Yet, as time runs out, climate progress is blocked by the men who are profiting from the burning of the planet: energy moguls like the Koch brothers and Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson. Powerful politicians like Senators Mitch McConnell and Jim Inhofe, who receive massive contributions from the oil and coal industries....
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Get the Summary of Steven E. Koonin's Unsettled in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Fascinating, clear-headed, and full of surprises, this book gives readers the tools to both understand the climate issue and be savvier consumers of science media in general. Koonin takes readers behind the headlines to the more nuanced science itself, showing us where it comes from and guiding us through...
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"Today, there are over one hundred nuclear reactors operating in our backyards, from Indian Point in New York to Diablo Canyon in California. Proponents claim that nuclear power is the only viable alternative to fossil fuels, and due to rising energy consumption and the looming threat of global warming, they are pushing for an even greater investment. Here, energy economist Andrew McKillop and social scientist Martin Cohen argue that the nuclear power...
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Diversos son los espacios donde los seres humanos satisfacen sus necesidades de respeto y valía social. Este libro estudia dos: el laboral y el social. En el mundo del trabajo, además de obtener el sustento económico, se logra reconocimiento, se fragua la realización personal y se tejen lazos de amistad. En el ámbito social, el trato igualitario de la comunidad solidifica el respeto y la valía de todo ser humano. Lo laboral y lo social no están...
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"Un penetrante libro, en el cual Héctor Cuevas afronta el gran reto de captar los procesos identitarios y la cultura política de los indios del valle del río Cauca en la segunda mitad de la Colonia. Lo logra mediante una profunda investigación de archivo en la cual enfoca una región -actualmente suroccidente de Colombia- donde las lenguas e identificadores de las etnias se perdieron muy temprano en la mencionada época, al tiempo que prevalecía...
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El control interno es un pilar fundamental para asegurar la eficiencia, transparencia y responsabilidad en la gestión de las entidades públicas. Su objetivo principal es salvaguardar los recursos y activos, prevenir fraudes, malversaciones y asegurar el cumplimiento de las normativas y políticas establecidas. Sin embargo, en la realidad, nos encontramos con la preocupante problemática de la inoperancia del control interno en muchas entidades estatales.
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Es tarea indispensable de la filosofía política de la ciencia asumir el análisis crítico de las condiciones que harían compatible el desarrollo de la ciencia y la tecnología con el fortalecimiento de la democracia esta tarea se hace más urgente en el contexto del mundo actual en la que ciencia, la tecnología y las nuevas tecnociencias, constituyen el factor principal, tanto para la conservación del orden social como para su transformación...
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The History of the Peloponnesian War, by Thucydides, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
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This book is a brief history of the human-caused climate change debate from its origins in the 19th century until today. The goal is to put the political drama of the debate into a proper scientific context. The drama is widely reported, but the background scientific debate is usually ignored.
There are thousands of scientists who believe humans control the climate and are heading us into a climate disaster; these are the climate alarmists. There...
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COVID-19 and the Global Predators is much more than an analysis of the current exploitation of humanity under cover of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. It discloses for the first time the actual blueprint and master plan that that was ten years in the making by global predators before the pandemic: a plan to reorganize the world in the name of public health. Billionaires, government agencies, giant funds, and major industries collaborated years ahead of time...
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So, you think the theory of disastrous climate change has been proven? You believe scientists are united in their efforts to affect a reduction in carbon emissions? You trust that scientists are far too professional to overstate their case? Maybe we should all think again. In “The Climate Caper”, written with a light touch and a readable manner, Garth Paltridge shows that the case for action against climate change is not nearly so clear cut after...
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This book evaluates climate change and populism, two ideas that do not generally go together. The author argues that perhaps they should if policymakers are to be galvanized into action before it is too late. Although populism is usually associated with right-wing authoritarianism, there is growing interest in more progressive forms of populist politics. Across the world, young people in particular are mobilizing to demand change from an older generation...
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The current frenzy over global warming has galvanized the public and cost taxpayers billions of dollars in federal expenditures for climate research. It has spawned Hollywood blockbusters and inspired major political movements. It has given a higher calling to celebrities and built a lucrative industry for scores of eager scientists. In short, ending climate change has become a national crusade. And yet, despite this dominant and sprawling campaign,...
17) On war
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Michael Howard (1922–2019) was a leading British military historian who held professorships at the University of Oxford and Yale University. His many books included The Franco-Prussian War and War in European History. Peter Paret (1924–2020) was professor emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. His many books include Clausewitz in His Time, The Cognitive Challenge of War (Princeton), and Clausewitz and the State (Princeton)....
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¿Cómo se ingresa al CONICET? ¿Cómo se evalúa a becarios e investigadores? ¿Cómo se los financia? ¿Existe el federalismo científico o es solo un mito más de la Macondo argentina? ¿Qué pasó con los célebres repatriados de la "Década Ganada"? El relato de la revalorización kirchnerista de la ciencia ¿se corresponde de alguna manera con la realidad? ¿Qué es lo que funciona y qué es lo que no funciona en absoluto en el mundo científico...
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Du XVIIIe au XXIe siècle, les chercheurs ont eu de plus en plus besoin du pouvoir politique pour financer leurs travaux. Mais les politiques, eux aussi, ont besoin d'expertise scientifique pour comprendre, prévoir et agir. ainsi s'est tissé un jeu complexe d'interactions appelé « politique scientifique ». en deux siècles, il a évolué selon les grandes mutations de la science et du pays, depuis la création de l'académie royale en 1772 jusqu'à...
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It often seems that different crises are competing to devastate civilisation. This book argues that financial meltdown, dwindling oil reserves, terrorism and food shortages need to be considered as part of the same ailing system.
Most accounts of our contemporary global crises focus on one area, such as climate change, or the threat of terrorism, to the exclusion of others. Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed argues that the unwillingness of experts to consider...
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