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Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation, a Division of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
In The Meaning of Human Existence, his most philosophical work to date, Pulitzer Prize-winning biologist Edward O. Wilson examines what makes human beings supremely different from all other species and posits that we, as a species, now know enough about the universe and ourselves that we can begin to approach questions about our place in the cosmos and the meaning of intelligent life in a systematic, indeed, in a testable way.
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"For well over a century, cultural anthropologists have circled the globe, from Papua New Guinea to suburban England and from China to California, uncovering surprising facts and insights about how humans organize their lives and articulate their values. In the process, anthropology has done more than any other discipline to reveal what culture means--and why it matters. By weaving together examples and theories from around the world, [the author]...
5) Killer apes, naked apes, and just plain nasty people: the misuse and abuse of science in politics
Author
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
In Killer Apes, Naked Apes, and Just Plain Nasty People, anthropologist Richard J. Perry delivers a scathing critique of determinism. Exploring the historical context and enduring popularity of the movement over the past century and a half, he debunks the facile and the reductionist thinking of so many popularizers of biological determinism while considering why biological explanations have resonated in ways that serve to justify deeply conservative...
8) Stalemate
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A phone call leads forensic sculptor Eve Duncan onto the harrowing trail of a murderer that even the most cold-blooded killers fear to face in this psychological thriller from renowned author Iris Johansen.
No one leaves this game alive.
Her skill in identifying murder victims was world-renowned, but Eve Duncan only worked for law enforcement and the families of innocent victims. The...
No one leaves this game alive.
Her skill in identifying murder victims was world-renowned, but Eve Duncan only worked for law enforcement and the families of innocent victims. The...
9) Forensic art
Author
Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Examines the technique of forensic art, how it is used to solve crimes, and how it contributes to the conviction of criminals.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
"The Most Human Human" is a provocative, exuberant, and profound exploration of the ways in which computers are reshaping our ideas of what it means to be human. Its starting point is the annual Turing Test, which pits artificial intelligence programs against people to determine if computers can "think.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
It's a belief that unites the left and right, psychologists and philosophers, writers and historians. It drives the headlines that surround us and the laws that touch our lives. From Machiavelli to Hobbes, Freud to Dawkins, the roots of this belief have sunk deep into Western thought. Human beings, we're taught, are by nature selfish and governed by self-interest. Humankind makes a new argument: that it is realistic, as well as revolutionary, to assume...
12) Body of lies
Author
Series
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
When a government official requests her skills at reconstruction to identify an unknown murder victim, forensic sculptor Eve Duncan is drawn into a web of betrayal and murder as she tries to unlock the secrets that someone wants to keep hidden.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Combining sensitivity and solid scientific style, Deem reveals the history the science of facial reconstruction, as well as the forgotten lives and the faces of the dead, to contemporary generations so that at last their stories can be told.
18) Shattered mirror
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eve Duncan receives a package containing a skull-- and instructions for Eve to do her work reconstructing it. When she does, a beautiful woman's face emerges. But when Eve is introduced to the dead woman's mirror image, a game is on where her twin's life hangs in the balance.
19) Bone detectives
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Pub. Co
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Outlines the process by which forensic anthropoligists can identify a skeleton and determine how the person died.
20) Hide away
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Dramatic changes are on the horizon for Eve and Joe Quinn and their relationship may never be the same. Faced with the task of protecting Cara Delaney, a young girl with ruthless enemies who want to see her dead, Eve takes her away to the remote Scottish Highlands where they join Jane MacGuire in search of a hidden treasure. But nowhere is far enough away to protect Cara from danger."-- Provided by publisher.
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