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The communication of specialized information / by Egan, Margaret Elizabeth,1905-(CARDINAL)543542; Clapp, Verner W.(Verner Warren),1901-1972.(CARDINAL)165292; University of Chicago.Graduate Library School.Annual Conference(17th :1952);
Includes bibliographical footnotes.
Subjects: Library science.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Give them an argument : logic for the left / by Burgis, Ben,author.(CARDINAL)817328;
Many serious leftists have learned to distrust talk of logic and logical fallacies, associated with right-wing "logicbros". This is a serious mistake. Unlike the neoliberal technocrats, who can point to social problems and tell people "trust us", the serious Left must learn how to argue and persuade. In Give Them an Argument, Ben Burgis arms his reader with the essential knowledge of formal logic and informal fallacies.
Subjects: Right and left (Political science); Communication in politics.; Logic;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Talk : the science of conversation and the art of being ourselves / by Wood Brooks, Alison,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- The coordination game -- T is for topics -- A is for asking -- L is for levity -- K is for kindness -- Many minds -- Difficult moments -- Apologies -- Appendix -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index."A groundbreaking book that reveals the hidden architecture of our conversations and how even small improvements can have a profound impact on our relationships in work and life-from a celebrated Harvard Business School professor and leading expert on thepsychology of conversation"--
Subjects: Informational works.; Instructional and educational works.; Self-help publications.; Communication; Communication;
Available copies: 11 / Total copies: 19
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Animal behavior : an evolutionary approach / by Alcock, John,1942-(CARDINAL)328162;
Includes bibliographical references (page B-1-B-51) and index.An evolutionary approach to animal behavior -- The proximate causes of behavior : analyzing communication -- The development of behavior : the role of genes -- The development of behavior : the role of the environment -- The control of behavior : neural mechanisms -- The control of behavior : organizing mechanisms -- The evolution of communication : historical pathways -- The evolution of communication : adaptation in signalers and receivers -- Adaptive responses to predators -- Adaptive feeding behavior -- Choosing adaptively where to live -- Male and female reproductive tactics -- The evolution of mating systems -- The adaptive tactics of parents -- The adaptive value of social living -- The evolution of human behavior.New edition of a text which has been extensively rewritten to incorporate new evidence and topics, such as the origins of insect flight. Stresses the utility of evolutionary theory in unifying the different behavioral disciplines. Sixteen chapters are organized into two major sections, one dealing with the proximate mechanisms of behavior and the other with the ultimate or evolutionary causes. They emphasize the role of theory and hypothesis-testing in science and the tentative nature of scientific conclusions, and identify controversial and unresolved issues. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
Subjects: Animal behavior.; Animal behavior;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Animals that live in social groups / by Kalman, Bobbie,author.(CARDINAL)181024;
"One of the biggest adaptations made by some animals is to live and work together as a group to ensure their survival. This intriguing book shows how social animals communicate and interact with members of their own species. Elephants, dolphins and orcas, monkeys, apes, lions, and wolves, educate their young, work together to find food, and take care of their group members. Smaller animals that work together in microsocieties include termites, ants, bees, and wasps. Students will have fun comparing their own social groups to those found in nature. Fascinating photographs accompany thought-provoking questions and activities."--Ages 8-11.Grades 4 to 6.IG860LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Social behavior in animals; Animal behavior;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The bear / by Krivak, Andrew,author.(CARDINAL)353954;
"In an Edenic future, a girl and her father live close to the land in the shadow of a lone mountain. They possess a few remnants of civilization: some books, a pane of glass, a set of flint and steel, a comb. The father teaches the girl how to fish and hunt, the secrets of the seasons and the stars. He is preparing her for an adulthood in harmony with nature, for they are the last two left. But when the girl suddenly finds herself alone in an unknown landscape, it is a bear that will lead her back home through a vast wilderness, which offers the greatest lessons of all, if she can only learn to listen. A cautionary tale of human fragility, of love and loss, The Bear is a stunning tribute to the beauty of nature's dominion"--
Subjects: Science fiction.; Apocalyptic fiction.; Nature fiction.; Fathers and daughters; Bears; Social isolation; Human-animal communication; Humanity; Self-realization in women;
Available copies: 22 / Total copies: 27
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The gap : the science of what separates us from other animals / by Suddendorf, Thomas.(CARDINAL)404065;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-340) and index.The last humans -- Remaining relatives -- Minds comparing minds -- Talking apes -- Time travelers -- Mind readers -- Smarter apes -- A new heritage -- Right and wrong -- Mind the gap -- The real middle earth -- Quo vadis?Suddendorf provides a definitive account of the mental qualities that separate humans from other animals, as well as how these differences arose. He surveys the abilities most often cited as uniquely human-- language, intelligence, morality, culture, theory of mind, and mental time travel-- and finds that two traits account for most of the ways in which our minds appear so distinct: our open-ended ability to imagine and reflect on scenarios, and our insatiable drive to link our minds together.
Subjects: Psychology, Comparative.; Psychology.; Human evolution.; Social evolution.; Communication and culture.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The playbook : how to deny science, sell lies, and make a killing in the corporate world / by Jacquet, Jennifer,author.(CARDINAL)407898;
"Science is so powerful that the powerful want to control it. From the author of Is Shame Necessary?, comes a biting satire of the techniques used by the corporate world to obfuscate and deny scientific truths. Taking the form of a corporate meeting agenda, The Playbook highlights the tactics used by the business elite to contradict climate change, ignore health risks, and undermine worker safety. The Playbook is a caustic handbook for tobacco, oil, and pharmaceutical company executives-epistolary non-fiction-advising whom to hire, how to recruit experts, how to obfuscate, and how to relentlessly and effectively challenge the threat of science, policy, reporters, and activists. Jacquet likens the machinery of deception and delays to a casino, with its deliberative architecture and design-the dimmed chandeliers, the comfortable furniture, the dealers, the drinks-to keep the customers inside comfortable and gambling as long as possible. The Playbook will help any business buy time if it is threatened by science, the most reliable form of knowledge the world has ever known. Part strategy, part social history, part resistance, part lampoonery, The Playbook illuminates the methods and motives of many successful scientific denial campaigns, and the social forces that may outwit them"--Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-216).
Subjects: Communication in organizations.; Denial (Psychology); Defense mechanisms (Psychology);
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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Peterson's guide to graduate programs in the humanities and social sciences. by Peterson's Guides, Inc.(CARDINAL)138428;
Subjects: Directories.; Universities and colleges; Humanities; Humanities; Social sciences; Social sciences; Universities and colleges;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The unseen truth : when race changed sight in America / by Lewis, Sarah Elizabeth,1979-author(CARDINAL)281757;
Includes bibliographical references and index"Sarah Lewis deciphers the hugely popular nineteenth-century images that failed to dislodge Americans' faith in the mythical white homeland of the Caucasus. Actual Caucasians little resemble race science's ideals of whiteness, so Americans learned to manipulate their visual regime-and visual media-to suppress evidence of race's incoherence."--
Subjects: Racism against Black people; Black race; Caucasian race; Color vision; Visual communication; Race awareness; Scientific racism; African Americans; Black race;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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