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  • Why Teaching Matters

    A Philosophical Guide to the Elements of Practice

    by Paul Farber, Dini Metro-Roland ...
    Why Teaching Matters is an introductory guide to core elements of teaching, getting to the heart of what teaching is, and why it matters. Paul Farber and Dini Metro-Roland introduce the following 8 elements which encompass the many issues, themes and social complexities of teaching:- Conveying Care- Enacting Authority- Cultivating Virtue- Interpreting Subject matter- Rendering Judgment- ... Read more

    $42.19 CAD

  • A Wall of Our Own

    An American History of the Berlin Wall

    by Paul M. Farber ...
    Series series Studies in United States Culture
    The Berlin Wall is arguably the most prominent symbol of the Cold War era. Its construction in 1961 and its dismantling in 1989 are broadly understood as pivotal moments in the history of the last century. In A Wall of Our Own, Paul M. Farber traces the Berlin Wall as a site of pilgrimage for American artists, writers, and activists. During the Cold War and in the shadow of the Wall, figures such ... Read more

    $26.39 CAD

  • Finding Order in Nature

    The Naturalist Tradition from Linnaeus to E. O. Wilson

    by Paul Lawrence Farber ...
    Series series Johns Hopkins Introductory Studies in the History of Science
    Since emerging as a discipline in the middle of the eighteenth century, natural history has been at the heart of the life sciences. It gave rise to the major organizing theory of life—evolution—and continues to be a vital science with impressive practical value. Central to advanced work in ecology, agriculture, medicine, and environmental science, natural history also attracts enormous popular ... Read more

    $30.79 CAD

  • Mixing Races

    From Scientific Racism to Modern Evolutionary Ideas

    by Paul Lawrence Farber ...
    Series series Johns Hopkins Introductory Studies in the History of Science
    "Traces both historically and sociologically the changing attitudes on race-mixing (miscegenation) in western culture . . . clear, well written and useful." — Journal of the History of BiologyThis book explores changing American views of race mixing in the twentieth century, showing how new scientific ideas transformed accepted notions of race and how those ideas played out on college campuses in ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Declaration House

    Edited by Anna Arabindan-Kesson, Paul M. Farber, Yolanda Wisher ...
    During the drafting of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, Thomas Jefferson and enslaved valet Robert Hemmings spent several months at 700 Market Street in Philadelphia. The editors and contributors to Declaration House reflect on the history of this site and illuminate the entangled legacy of freedom and enslavement at the core of our nation’s founding. They expand our history by revisiting ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • Finding Order In Nature

    The Naturalist Tradition from Linnaeus to E. O. Wilson

    by Paul Lawrence Farber ...
    Series series Johns Hopkins Introductory Studies in th
    "Engaging . . . a concise work that gives the general reader a solid understanding . . . an excellent introduction to the history of natural history." — Library JournalSince emerging as a discipline in the middle of the eighteenth century, natural history has been at the heart of the life sciences. It gave rise to the major organizing theory of life—evolution—and continues to be a vital science ... Read more

    $15.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Imagining the Academy

    Higher Education and Popular Culture

    Edited by Susan Edgerton, Gunilla Holm, Toby Daspit, Paul Farber ...
    The essays in this book examine various forms of popular culture and the ways in which they represent, shape, and are constrained by notions about and issues within higher education. From an exploration of rap music to an analysis of how the academy presents and markets itself on the World Wide Web, the essays focus attention on higher education issues that are bound up in the workings and effects ... Read more

    $100.30 CAD

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  • The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History

    More Reflections in Natural History

    by Stephen Jay Gould ...
    "Gould is a natural writer; he has something to say and the inclination and skill with which to say it."—P. B. Medawar, New York Review of BooksWith sales of well over one million copies in North America alone, the commercial success of Gould's books now matches their critical acclaim. Reissued in a larger format, with a handsome new cover, The Panda's Thumb will introduce a new generation of ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

  • Earth's Deep History

    How It Was Discovered and Why It Matters

    by Martin J. S. Rudwick ...
    "Tells the story . . . of how 'natural philosophers' developed the ideas of geology accepted today . . . Fascinating." — San Francisco Book ReviewEarth has been witness to dinosaurs, global ice ages, continents colliding or splitting apart, and comets and asteroids crashing, as well as the birth of humans who are curious to understand it. But how was all this discovered? How was the evidence for ... Read more

    $26.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ever Since Darwin

    Reflections in Natural History

    by Stephen Jay Gould ...
    More than any other modern scientists, Stephen Jay Gould has opened up to millions the wonders of evolutionary biology. His genius as an essayist lies in his unmatched ability to use his knowledge of the world, including popular culture, to illuminate the realm of science.Ever Since Darwin, Stephen Jay Gould's first book, has sold more than a quarter of a million copies. Like all succeeding ... Read more

    $16.69 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Reluctant Mr. Darwin

    An Intimate Portrait of Charles Darwin and the Making of His Theory of Evolution

    by David Quammen ...
    Series series Great Discoveries
    "Quammen brilliantly and powerfully re-creates the 19th century naturalist's intellectual and spiritual journey."--Los Angeles Times Book ReviewTwenty-one years passed between Charles Darwin's epiphany that "natural selection" formed the basis of evolution and the scientist's publication of On the Origin of Species. Why did Darwin delay, and what happened during the course of those two decades? ... Read more

    $16.69 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Flamingo's Smile: Reflections in Natural History

    by Stephen Jay Gould ...
    "Gould himself is a rare and wonderful animal—a member of the endangered species known as the ruby-throated polymath. . . . [He] is a leading theorist on large-scale patterns in evolution . . . [and] one of the sharpest and most humane thinkers in the sciences." --David Quammen, New York Times Book Review ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD