Waldo E Haisley
Biographic Data
| ID | 5892156 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Waldo E Haisley |
| GIVEN NAMES | Waldo E |
| FAMILY NAME | Haisley |
| SIGNATURE | HAISLEY W E |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Cultural Materialism
Cultural Materialism, published in 1979, was Marvin Harris's first full-length explication of the theory with which his work has been associated. While Harris has developed and modified some of his ideas over the past two decades, generations of professors have looked to this volume as the essential starting point for explaining the science of culture to students. Now available again after a hiatus, this edition of Cultural Materialism contains t…
The Cosmic Code
Science Defied and Science Deified
Knowledge and Wonder
More than 100,000 copies of the first edition of Knowledge and Wonder have been sold, both in the U.S. and abroad. Written expressly for the general reader and beginning science student, the book describes our present scientific understanding of natural phenomena and the universality of that understanding and its human significance.Contents Preface; Our Place in Space; Our Place in Time; Two Forces of Nature; Atoms; The Quantum; Chemistry; The Qu…
The Excitement and Fascination of Science. Vol. 2
How We Know
The portraits of Freud, Shakespeare, Einstein, and Leonardo da Vinci on the cover symbolize a major theme of How We Know--that the creative imagination plays a role in the sciences no less than in the arts, and that scientific discoveries have an aesthetic beauty of their own that can be enjoyed by the nonscientist. Written to be understood by readers without proper scientific training, the main features of scientific method are illustrated by th…
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How We Know
The portraits of Freud, Shakespeare, Einstein, and Leonardo da Vinci on the cover symbolize a major theme of How We Know--that the creative imagination plays a role in the sciences no less than in the arts, and that scientific discoveries have an aesthetic beauty of their own that can be enjoyed by the nonscientist. Written to be understood by readers without proper scientific training, the main features of scientific method are illustrated by th…
The Excitement and Fascination of Science. Vol. 2
Knowledge and Wonder
More than 100,000 copies of the first edition of Knowledge and Wonder have been sold, both in the U.S. and abroad. Written expressly for the general reader and beginning science student, the book describes our present scientific understanding of natural phenomena and the universality of that understanding and its human significance.Contents Preface; Our Place in Space; Our Place in Time; Two Forces of Nature; Atoms; The Quantum; Chemistry; The Qu…
The Cosmic Code
Science Defied and Science Deified
Cultural Materialism
Cultural Materialism, published in 1979, was Marvin Harris's first full-length explication of the theory with which his work has been associated. While Harris has developed and modified some of his ideas over the past two decades, generations of professors have looked to this volume as the essential starting point for explaining the science of culture to students. Now available again after a hiatus, this edition of Cultural Materialism contains t…
Art (4 works) · Art history (2 works) · Climate Change Communication and Perception (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · History (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Programming language (2 works) · Science Education and Perceptions (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work)