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Scepticism : hero and villain / Sir Roy Calne and William O'Reilly, editors

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New York : Nova Publishers, [2012]
Copyright Date
©2012
Physical Description
1 online resource (xx, 451 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Additional Creators
Calne, Roy Yorke and O'Reilly, William, 1970-
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SCEPTICISM ; SCEPTICISM ; CONTENTS ; PREFACE TO THE VOLUME ; INTRODUCTION TO THE VOLUME ; SCIENCE ; SCEPTICISM IN COSMOLOGY; CosmologyoftheAncients; RenaissanceCosmology; CosmologyintheModernEra; DOUBT AND COMMITMENT IN SCIENCE AND BEYOND ; REFERENCES ; SCEPTICISM AND RADIATION ; INTRODUCTION ; A BRIEF HISTORY OF RADIATION ; ATOMIC WEAPONS ; FALLOUT FROM NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTS ; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ACCIDENTS ; THE LOW DOSE PROBLEM ; CONCLUSION; SCEPTICISM AND MATHEMATICS; SCEPTICISM IN MEDICAL RESEARCH; REFERENCES ; INTRODUCTION TO EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY AND SCEPTICISM ; REFERENCES., EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY AND SCEPTICISM: THE RECEPTION OF DARWINISM IN 19TH CENTURY GERMAN EMBRYOLOGY ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; The Darwin-Wallace Theory ; Induction ; KARL REICHERT AND PRE-1859 GERMAN EMBRYOLOGY ; Development and Mammalian Ear Ossicles ; Reichert as an ""Anti-Darwinian"" ; The Cell Theory and Rivalry with the Younger Generation ; CONCLUSION ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; REFERENCES; SCEPTICISM IN MEDICINE, ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION, GENE AND STEM CELL THERAPY; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION ; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION ; GENETIC ENGINEERING AND STEM CELL THERAPIES ; Genetic Engineering ; Stem Cells., CAN MEDICAL ETHICS SURVIVE WHEN MEDICINE IS COMMERCIALISED? ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; MEDICAL ETHICS AND THE MEDICAL PROFESSION ; CHANGES IN THE MEDICAL PROFESSION ; THE COMMERCIALISATION OF MEDICAL PRACTICE ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; REFERENCES ; RECOVERY FROM BRAIN DAMAGE AND PLASTICITY: NIHILISM, SCEPTICISM AND OPTIMISM ; INTRODUCTION ; A LAYMAN'S INTRODUCTION TO THE BRAIN; ACUTE BRAIN INJURY AND NEUROPROTECTION ; WHAT HAPPENS WHEN ACUTE CARE FAILS: THE BRAIN DEATH CONTROVERSY ; REMODELLING IN THE HEALTHY BRAIN., and SIZE, LOCATION AND SPEED OF PROGRESSION (MOMENTUM) OF LESIONS, BOTH FOCAL AND TO NEURAL SYSTEMS MECHANISMS OF PLASTICITY AND PATHOLOGICAL REMODELLING ; DECLINE OF PLASTICITY WITH AGE ; EMERGENCE FROM COMA AND DISORDERS OF CONSCIOUSNESS ; WHAT CONSTITUTES THE INNATE DRIVER TO BRAIN REPAIR AND RECOVERY OF FUNCTION? ; 'An Indefatigable, Immovable Striving for Adjustment Rules the Organism' ; METHODS AVAILABLE FOR STUDY IN MAN -- A FINAL NOTE OF CAUTION ; REFERENCES ; A PRINCIPLED CLIMATE CHANGE SCEPTICISM ; INTRODUCTION ; HUMANITIES ; ANCIENT SCEPTICISM AND ITS CHALLENGES ; INTRODUCTION.
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ISBN
9781620819562 (electronic bk.)
1620819562 (electronic bk.)
9781620818862
1620818868
9781624177835
1624177832
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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