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The fabric of knowledge : a study of the relations between ideas / by Jolley, John Lionel.;
Subjects: Knowledge, Theory of.; Idea (Philosophy); Relation (Philosophy);
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Exceptional [sound recording] Why the world needs a powerful America / by Cheney, Dick and Liz Cheney; Thomas, Tara M.Director and producer.;
Read by the authorsDick Cheney is an unapologetic advocate for strong American leadership on the world stage. Liz Cheney is a renowned national security and Middle East policy expert. Here they explore how President Obama has drastically broken with the bipartisan foreign policy consensus that propelled America to victory in WWII, the Cold War, and the first decade of the War on Terror. Together they make a compelling case that the president₂s unwillingness to safeguard American power has diminished the country₂s ability to adequately defend the nation, its allies and its interests
Subjects: United States;
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Spooky action at a distance : the phenomenon that reimagines space and time-- and what it means for black holes, the big bang, and theories of everything / by Musser, George,author.(CARDINAL)558163;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-273) and index.Introduction : Einstein's castle in the air -- The many varieties of nonlocality -- The origins of nonlocality -- Einstein's locality -- The great debate -- Nonlocality and the unification of physics -- Spacetime is doomed -- Conclusion : the amplituhedron."A tour of modern physics that provocatively examines growing understandings about the near-fantastical impact of particles to affect each other across the vastness of space,"--Amazon.com.What is space? It isn't a question that most of us normally ask. Space is the venue of physics; it's where things exist, where they move and take shape. Yet over the past few decades, physicists have discovered a phenomenon that operates outside the confines of space and time: nonlocality--the ability of two particles to act in harmony no matter how far apart they may be. It appears to be almost magical. Einstein grappled with this oddity and couldn't come to terms with it, describing it as "spooky action at a distance." More recently, the mystery has deepened as other forms of nonlocality have been uncovered. This strange occurrence, which has direct connections to black holes, particle collisions, and even the workings of gravity, holds the potential to undermine our most basic understandings of physical reality. If space isn't what we thought it was, then what is it? Here, science journalist George Musser sets out to answer that question, offering a provocative exploration of nonlocality and a celebration of the scientists who are trying to explain it. Musser guides us on a journey into the lives of experimental physicists observing particles acting in tandem, astronomers finding galaxies that look statistically identical, and cosmologists hoping to unravel the paradoxes surrounding the Big Bang. He traces the often contentious debates over nonlocality through major discoveries and disruptions of the twentieth century and shows how scientists faced with the same undisputed experimental evidence develop wildly different explanations for that evidence. Their conclusions challenge our understanding of not only space and time but also the origins of the universe--and they suggest a new grand unified theory of physics.--Adapted from book jacket.
Subjects: Relativity (Physics); Space and time;
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Union, nation, or empire : the American debate over international relations, 1789-1941 / by Hendrickson, David C.(CARDINAL)164846;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-384) and index.The problem and its modes -- American internationalism -- Imperialism and nationalism -- The rival systems of Hamilton and Jefferson -- The causes of war -- Louisiana! -- Balances of power -- The confederation of Europe -- New world and old world -- To the Panama Congress -- Into the deep freeze -- Great and fearfully growing -- The title page -- Constitutional disorder -- Decentralizing tendencies -- The hope of the world -- Reds and whites -- The removal of the Cherokee -- Annexation of Texas and war with Mexico -- The great debate of 1848 -- Intervention for nonintervention: the Kossuth tour -- Invitation to a beheading -- Causes of the war, causes of the peace -- D.I.V.O.R.C.E -- The tragedy of civil war -- The new nation -- A new birth of freedom? -- "Free security" and "imperial understretch" -- A world of its own -- The unionist paradigm revisited -- The new nationalism and the Spanish War -- Imperialism and the conquest of the Philippines -- Informal empire and the protection of nationals -- Seward and the new imperialism -- Before the deluge -- "Great utterance" and Madisonian moment -- Safe for democracy -- The liberal peace program goes to Paris -- The great debate of 1919 -- Nationalism, internationalism, and imperialism in the 1920s -- The great depression and economic nationalism -- Isolation and neutrality -- The final reckoning.This well-researched and stimulating book makes an important addition to the growing literature that interprets U.S. foreign policy from a historical perspective. Although his account ends with the United States' entry into World War II, Hendrickson seeks to demonstrate the relevance of what came before the war to what came next -- in the Cold War and beyond. He argues, convincingly, that the ideas Americans used to understand the twentieth-century world had a long history in domestic political debate. Hendrickson's greatest contribution is to use the recurring debates over the nature of the union to examine American ideas about the broader international system. It was the depth and sophistication of Americans' understanding of relations between the American states, Hendrickson argues, that prepared the United States for its global role post-1945. There are problems with the argument, and not everyone will agree that the facts fit his framework as tightly as he maintains; overall, however, Hendrickson has written a book that no serious student of the United States' political tradition can afford to ignore.
Subjects: International relations;
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The knowledge of man : selected essays. by Buber, Martin,1878-1965.; Friedman, Maurice, trans.;
Subjects: Philosophical anthropology.; Interpersonal relations;
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Why we hate : understanding the roots of human conflict / by Ruse, Michael,author.(CARDINAL)334192;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-280) and index.The biology of war -- The biology of prejudice -- The culture of war -- The culture of prejudice -- Moving forward."An insightful and probing exploration of the contradiction between humans'enormous capacity for hatred and their evolutionary development as a social species Why We Hate tackles a pressing issue of both longstanding interest and fresh relevance: why a social species like Homo sapiens should nevertheless be so hateful to itself. We go to war and are prejudiced against our fellow human beings. We discriminate on the basis of nationality, class, race, sexual orientation, religion, and gender. Why are humans at once so social and so hateful to each other? In this book, prominent philosopher Michael Ruse looks at scientific understandings of human hatred, particularly Darwinian evolutionary theory. He finds the secret to this paradox in our tribal evolutionary past, when we moved ten thousand years ago from being hunter-gatherers to agriculturalists--a shift that paved the way for modern civilization. Simply put, as Ruse paraphrases,'our modern skulls house Stone Age minds.'Combining rigorous argument with an engaging and accessible style, Ruse makes frequent use of historical examples, examining the history of two World Wars, and the U.S. offensive against Iraq. He also gives many pertinent and up-to-date examples of prejudice, including the significance of Brexit and the systemic racism that lead to the Black Lives Matter movement. Ruse pays special attention to egregious cases of hatred, such as the treatment of Jews by the Third Reich, and to pressing contemporary issues, including the status of women. Ruse concludes with constructive suggestions for ways in which we might reconcile the contradictory aspects of our nature. Why We Hate will be of interest and value to a wide range of readers interested in the role of human nature in current events, as well as to readers interested in philosophy, the life sciences, social sciences (especially anthropology and archaeology), and beyond."--
Subjects: Hate.; Prejudices.; Interpersonal conflict.; Interpersonal relations;
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The idea of a social science and its relation to philosophy / by Winch, Peter.(CARDINAL)818403;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-139) and index.1300L
Subjects: Social sciences.;
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The great beyond : higher dimensions, parallel universes and the extraordinary search for a theory of everything / by Halpern, Paul,1961-(CARDINAL)355648;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 314-318) and index.
Subjects: Cosmology.; Particles (Nuclear physics); Physics; Relativity (Physics);
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The end of the modern age. by Wheelis, Allen,1915-2007.(CARDINAL)125213;
Bibliography: pages 121-123.
Subjects: Human beings.; Civilization, Modern; History; Relativity.;
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Black holes and time warps : Einstein's outrageous legacy / by Thorne, Kip S.(CARDINAL)736301;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 561-600) and index.
Subjects: Physics; Relativity (Physics); Astrophysics.; Black holes (Astronomy);
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