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  • Ignorance Unmasked

    Essays in the New Science of Agnotology

    Edited by Robert N. Proctor, Londa Schiebinger ...
    We live in an age of ignorance. This book offers a guide to how we got here—and how we might escape.From obfuscations of climate science to the myriad deceptions inhering in language, Ignorance Unmasked explores how agnotology—the study of ignorance—can help us better grasp: Why don't we know what we don't know? What are the obstacles to knowledge, and how might those be overcome?Ignorance has ... Read more

    $28.59 CAD

  • Percy Thomas

    Modern Architecture as a National Service

    by Robert Proctor ...
    Series Book 1 - Architecture of Wales
    Sir Percy Thomas was the most important twentieth-century architect in Wales, renowned for interwar civic buildings such as Swansea Guildhall and the Temple of Peace in Cardiff. His architectural practice, Sir Percy Thomas & Son, designed much of the post-1945 welfare state and industry in Wales and beyond. In the late twentieth century, the Percy Thomas Partnership specialised in complex ... Read more

    $95.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Golden Holocaust

    Origins of the Cigarette Catastrophe and the Case for Abolition

    by Robert N. Proctor ...
    The cigarette is the deadliest artifact in the history of human civilization. It is also one of the most beguiling, thanks to more than a century of manipulation at the hands of tobacco industry chemists. In Golden Holocaust, Robert N. Proctor draws on reams of formerly-secret industry documents to explore how the cigarette came to be the most widely-used drug on the planet, with six trillion ... Read more

    $30.99 CAD

  • The Nazi War on Cancer

    by Robert Proctor ...
    A troubling account of how good science can come from an evil regimeCollaboration in the Holocaust. Murderous and torturous medical experiments. The "euthanasia" of hundreds of thousands of people with mental or physical disabilities. Widespread sterilization of "the unfit." Nazi doctors committed these and countless other atrocities as part of Hitler's warped quest to create a German master race. ... Read more

    $60.49 CAD

  • Human Factors in Simple and Complex Systems

    by Robert W. Proctor, Trisha Van Zandt ...
    Recently, there have been a number of advances in technology, including in mobile devices, globalization of companies, display technologies and healthcare, all of which require significant input and evaluation from human factors specialists. Accordingly, this textbook has been completely updated, with some chapters folded into other chapters and new chapters added where needed. The text continues ... Read more

    $274.99 CAD

  • Dale

    A Remarkable Woman's Quest For Love and Trust

    by Robert Proctor ...
    About the BookDale is a gentle and virtuous woman with extraordinary charms who is reeling from a succession of failed relationships. She takes it upon herself to manage any future intimacies with a firm commitment to shared fulfillment. When she enters a liaison with a much younger man, they discover that they are perfectly compatible, and both understand how rare a thing that is. Despite many ... Read more

    $10.89 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Goal of B. F. Skinner and Behavior Analysis

    by Robert W. Proctor, Daniel J. Weeks ...
    Series series Recent Research in Psychology
    In this new volume in Springer-Verlag's series "Recent Research in Psychology", Drs. Proctor and Weeks examine what has long been a "self-asserted superiority" of behavior analysts and Skinnerian researchers. Most behavior-analytic views derive from the philosophy of radical behaviorism, as conceived by B.F. Skinner, and prescribe a "world view" where environmental contingencies determine all ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • Building the Modern Church

    Roman Catholic Church Architecture in Britain, 1955 to 1975

    by Robert Proctor ...
    Series series Ashgate Studies in Architecture
    Fifty years after the Second Vatican Council, architectural historian Robert Proctor examines the transformations in British Roman Catholic church architecture that took place in the two decades surrounding this crucial event. Inspired by new thinking in theology and changing practices of worship, and by a growing acceptance of modern art and architecture, architects designed radical new forms of ... Read more

    $105.99 CAD

  • Chinese Cigarette Manufacturing in Critical Historical Perspectives

    (Chinese Edition)

    Edited by Matthew Kohrman, Gan Quan, Liu Wennan, Robert N. Proctor ...
    Series series Studies of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center
    Please note that this is a Chinese language edition.A favorite icon for cigarette manufacturers across China since the mid-twentieth century has been the panda, with factories from Shanghai to Sichuan using cuddly cliché to market tobacco products. The proliferation of panda-branded cigarettes coincides with profound, yet poorly appreciated, shifts in the worldwide tobacco trade. Over the last ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD

  • The Sweden File: Memoir of an American Expatriate

    by Bruce Robert Proctor, Alan Robert Proctor ...
    What leads a top-secret war-policy insider to desert during the Vietnam War? In the case of Bruce Proctor, it was reconnaissance photos: images which showed the bombing of civilian villages in Southeast Asia, despite the administration's claims otherwise. Appalled by his discovery, Bruce suddenly quit his job at the Defense Intelligence Agency. To avoid the draft, he joined the Air National Guard, ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Skill Acquisition and Training

    Achieving Expertise in Simple and Complex Tasks

    by Addie Johnson, Robert W. Proctor ...
    Skill Acquisition and Training describes the building blocks of cognitive, motor, and teamwork skills, and the factors to take into account in training them. The basic processes of perception, cognition and action that provide the foundation for understanding skilled performance are discussed in the context of complex task requirements, individual differences, and extreme environmental demands. ... Read more

    $136.99 CAD

  • Human-Automation Interaction

    Manufacturing, Services and User Experience

    Edited by Vincent G. Duffy, Mark Lehto, Yuehwern Yih, Robert W. Proctor ...
    Series series Intelligent Technologies and Robotics (R0)
    This book provides practical guidance and awareness for a growing body of knowledge developing across a variety of disciplines and many countries. This book is a celebration of the Gavriel Salvendy International Symposium (GSIS) and provides a survey of topics and emerging areas of interest in human–automation interaction. This book for the GSIS emphasizes main thematic areas: manufacturing, ... Read more

    $179.99 CAD