Allan Mazur is professor of public affairs at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University. He has taught at MIT and Stanford University and earlier worked in the aerospace industry. Elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, he is interested in biosociology, research methods, and in social conflicts over science, technology, and the environment.
14 Ebooks par Allan Mazur
Allan Mazur: Biosociology of Dominance and Deference
Biology_perhaps the most exciting science of the last half-century_is reaching into scholarly disciplines throughout academia, yet sociology has barely entertained it. The reasons for hesitation are …
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€38.52
Allan Mazur: Implausible Beliefs
Why do people accept ideas that are contradicted by science or logic? In Implausible Beliefs, Allan Mazur offers a comparative look at the nature of irrational belief systems, their social roots, and …
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€24.99
Allan Mazur: Global Social Problems
While conventional social problems textbooks focus on issues in the United States, Global Social Problems examines major problems around the world. Beginning with a broad history of how humanity came …
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€168.24
Allan Mazur: Energy and Electricity in Industrial Nations
Energy is at the top of the list of environmental problems facing industrial society, and is arguably the one that has been handled least successfully, in part because politicians and the public do n …
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€53.89
Allan Mazur: Energy and Electricity in Industrial Nations
Energy is at the top of the list of environmental problems facing industrial society, and is arguably the one that has been handled least successfully, in part because politicians and the public do n …
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€53.35
Allan Mazur: True Warnings and False Alarms
Given time, scientists reach consensus about the truth or falsity of a wide range of alleged hazards. Today, there is broad agreement that CFCs destroy stratospheric ozone. On the other hand, researc …
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€44.96
Allan Mazur: True Warnings and False Alarms
Given time, scientists reach consensus about the truth or falsity of a wide range of alleged hazards. Today, there is broad agreement that CFCs destroy stratospheric ozone. On the other hand, researc …
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€44.46
Allan Mazur: Implausible Beliefs
Why do people accept ideas that are contradicted by science or logic? In Implausible Beliefs, Allan Mazur offers a comparative look at the nature of irrational belief systems, their social roots, and …
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Anglais
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€56.45
Allan Mazur: Implausible Beliefs
Why do people accept ideas that are contradicted by science or logic? In Implausible Beliefs, Allan Mazur offers a comparative look at the nature of irrational belief systems, their social roots, and …
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€56.50
Allan Mazur: Technical Controversies over Public Policy
Newspapers and TV often report controversial risk warnings over technological innovations, scientific developments, or environmental hazards that have at their core a dispute between experts who cont …
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€51.36
Allan Mazur: Technical Controversies over Public Policy
Newspapers and TV often report controversial risk warnings over technological innovations, scientific developments, or environmental hazards that have at their core a dispute between experts who cont …
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€51.36
Nadine Bratchatzek & Paul Ehrlich: Structural Human Ecology
The desire to understand people’s influence on ecosystems has inspired scientific studies and analyses of the stress individuals and communities place on the environment, human well-being, and the tr …
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€27.99
