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Conversations about Anthropology and Sociology

Conversations About Anthropology & Sociology is a five-part Ideas Roadshow Collection of carefully-edited Ideas Roadshow Conversations featuring leading experts with a detailed preface highlighting the connections between the different books. All five books include a detailed essay setting up th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Burton, Howard
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : Open Agenda Publishing, 2021.
Colección:Ideas Roadshow Collections.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Textual Note
  • Preface
  • In the Cards
  • A conversation with Fred Gitelman
  • Introduction
  • I. Bridge Background
  • II. A Personal Perspective
  • III. The Bridge Business
  • IV. At the Summit
  • V. Critical Times?
  • The Joy of Mathematics
  • A conversation with Ian Stewart
  • Introduction
  • I. Fear and Loathing
  • II. Doing Mathematics
  • III. Teaching Mathematics
  • IV. Mathematics and Gender
  • V. Mathematics Everywhere
  • Continuing the Conversation
  • The Science of Siren Songs
  • Stradivari Unveiled
  • A conversation with Joseph Curtin
  • Introduction
  • I. Finding One's Niche
  • II. Confronting Biases
  • III. Characterizing Sound
  • IV. Making Modern Violins
  • V. The Future Awaits
  • On Atheists and Bonobos
  • A conversation with Frans de Waal
  • Introduction
  • I. Denying Our Inner Animal
  • II. Morality and Evolution
  • III. The Demise of Veneer Theory
  • IV. The Roots of Religion
  • V. Community Concern
  • VI. Beyond Theatrics
  • VII. American Exceptionalism
  • VIII. Testing Morality
  • IX. Reasons for Optimism
  • X. Breaking Down Barriers
  • Continuing the Conversation
  • Embracing the Anthropocene
  • Managing Human Impact
  • A conversation with Mark Maslin
  • Introduction
  • I. Becoming A Geographer
  • II. The Anthropocene
  • III. What We Know
  • IV. Unchecked Opinion
  • V. Planetary Perspectives
  • VI. Becoming Social
  • Continuing the Conversation