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We should all be having fun with math and helping our kids to do better in life by encouraging them to appreciate not only its usefulness but especially its charm. This book is intended for adults looking for a way to turn their kids on to an important subject or discover for themselves what they might have missed in their own math education.

Presenting a history of woman's oppression, this book attempts to document the sad legacy of injustice and discrimination against women, which is inseparable from the history of both Christianity and the evolution of the Western state. It also traces the patterns of male domination in both church and state that kept women in virtual bondage.

Biologists study life in its various physical forms, while philosophers of biology seek answers to questions about the nature, purpose, and impact of this research. This edition contains material on design without selection, testing macroevolutionary claims, biotechnological issues, key ecological concerns, the Gaia hypothesis, and more.

Presents an account of an America in political and cultural decline.This book shows how mainstream media corporations like CNN, Fox, and NBC (General Electric) together with giant telecoms like Comcast, Verizon, and AT&T have become administration pawns in a well-organised effort to hijack America.

An anthology of Latin American philosophers in English. Besides the contemporary period, it includes key texts from the colonial and independent period to provide the reader with some historical background. It is divided into four sections - Colonial Beginnings and Independence, Philosophical Anthropology, Values, and The Search for Identity.

Advances in medical technology and science have made organ procurement, or the search and transfer of organs and tissue from one body to another, an important issue. How are we to meet the need? Can we do so and still respect personal ethics and religious convictions? This book examines the issues that surround organ procurement and distribution.

Where does a young woman find straight talk about sex? And how can she tell whether the information from those sources is accessible, accurate and complete? This book aims to educate, entertain, and empower you to deal wisely with the questions, decisions and consequences that surround sex and intimate relations.

Divided into three parts, this volume includes tales and fables. Part 1 consists of stories about the author's own childhood. Part 2 contains his free adaptations of fables from Aesop and from Hindu tradition. Part 3 is devoted to his most famous children's work, the fairy tale "Ivan the Fool and His Two Brothers."

Presenting fifty commonly heard reasons people often give for believing in a God, the author raises legitimate questions regarding these reasons, showing in each case that there is much room for doubt. He shows that, despite the prevalence of belief in God, in the end there are no unassailable reasons for believing in a God.

Aimed at ages 9-12, this collection of biographies - covering historical figures such as Abraham Lincoln and Helen Keller as well as contemporary figures such as Toni Morrison and Michael Jordan - teaches young people that heroes were once ordinary people whose strength of character helped them to achieve extraordinary things.

A collection of twelve short stories, this work explores themes for which London became famous: the struggle for survival in the midst of hostile environments, human nature's most elemental drives, and worker abuse in industrialised society.

Chronicles the grim spectrum of religious persecution from ancient times, including such historic massacres as the Crusades, the Islamic jihads, the Catholic wars against heretics, the Inquisition, witch hunts, the Reformation, and such atrocities as the Holocaust, and the barbaric cruelty of the theocracy in Iran.

The greatest archaeological find of the 20th century, and perhaps of all time, was the discovery in 1922 of the tomb of the Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamen. Disputing the conclusions reached by the Egyptian team, this book presents a case that the cause of King Tut's death was most likely murder.

In contrast to atheism, which asserts that God does not exist, agnosticism holds that reason and the best scientific evidence do not allow one to reach a decisive conclusion regarding the existence of God. This work includes selections of some of the pioneering discussions of agnosticism.

What are the odds of finding two people who share the same birth date in a room of thirty-five? Most people would guess they're pretty low. In actuality, the probability is better than 80 percent. This book features examples of mathematical curiosities.

While science offers a wealth of rational explanations for natural phenomena, we often prefer to embrace the fantasies that reassured our distant ancestors. This book encourages us to transcend the mental default settings and tribal loyalties that worked well for our ancestors back in the Pleistocene age.

Carl is a small-town mid western businessman who is accidentally put into a coma when he receives an inadequately tested vaccine. When he finally regains consciousness, he discovers that it is the year 2045 and his unusual medical story and recovery have turned him into an international celebrity.

Many questions are at the centre of the 'science wars' being waged over the role and future of science and technology in our society. This selection of a variety of perspectives on the hotly contested role of science and technology in contemporary society aims to clarify this vital debate for both specialists and non-specialists.

Reflects on the happiness and difficulties we encounter at each stage of life, pointing out that all growth requires separation from previous attachments. This book explains what is required for personal growth, details the aspects of life that touch us profoundly, and lays out the choices that can lead to the highest state of humanness possible.

Takes you through 450 intriguing science questions, from the profound to the amusingly trivial. This book demonstrates how fascinating our natural world is and how science helps us to explore and unravel nature's wonders. It also features a section on the history of the human race.

Highlights the problem areas common to the codes that should be changed and recommends ways that seniors can protect themselves to preserve their personal and financial freedom in their retirement years. This book suggests alternatives to conservatorships and guardianships that exist in states to help the elderly with aspects of daily living.

While masturbation is a universal behaviour, there are differences in motivation, frequency, technique, and fantasy patterns between men and women. The author discusses these differences while emphasising that masturbation can be good sex and should be experienced for pleasure not just as a tension release.

Antisocial behavior takes on many forms, from rebellious teens with green hair and pierced skin to the truly dangerous homicidal individuals whose horrible stories fill our newspapers. This work examines the familial and societal causes, and proposes solutions to the problem - including radical changes to our educational system and the mass media.

Michel Foucault''s Force of Light offers a comprehensive, chronological reading of Foucault''s published, and many unpublished, writings. James Bernauer claims that Foucault''s achievement was to have fashioned a series of inquiries that makes it possible to question the activity of thought itself as an ethical practice. Foucault''s ethic historicizes Kant''s great questions on knowledge, obligation, and hope. He asks not "What can I know?" but rather "How have my questions been produced? How has the path of my knowing been determined?" Not "What ought I to know?" or "What may I hope for?" by "How have the parameters of my aspirations been defined?"

Argues that we can reduce alarming rates of sexually transmitted disease, sexual violence and abuse, and unwanted pregnancy through responsible co-operative action. This work provides an analysis of these problems which demonstrates that our sexual malaise emerged from Victorian attitudes, religious intolerance, and misconceptions about sexuality.

Features stories focusing on the development and existence of the male, the trials and tribulations of adolescence, maturity, and old age. This book takes complicated emotional experiences and presents them clarity allowing readers to vicariously share the experience.

Should public funds be used to support non-public education? Controversy over that question has raged since the early 19th century. This book helps lawmakers, opinion leaders, and the public to understand that voucher proposals threaten religious freedom, an already overburdened economy, the democratic structure of American education, and more.

Nearly half of all Americans believe in existence of extraterrestrials, and many are also convinced that aliens have visited Earth at some point in history. This book traces the origins of a belief in these visitors to the work of HP Lovecraft. It also argues that the appeal of such myths is a troubling sign in an age when science is successful.

A woman planning a dinner party calls a gourmet caterer and learns that "Chateaubriand" can be ordered. To which she responds, "No, thanks. We're going to take care of the wine ourselves." The dead silence at the end of the phone is her first clue that something is amiss. A CEO attempts to put an end to complaints from employees about the demeaning behavior of certain managers by berating the managers before the staff ¿ thus reinforcing the very behavior he's trying to correct. We often criticize such incidents with remarks like "How dumb!" or "What was he thinking?" But psychologist Madeleine L. Van Hecke argues that much of what we label stupidity can better be explained as blind spots. Just as the blind spot in the driver's side mirror can swallow up a passing car, patterns in the way we think can likewise become blind spots, sifting out information and observations that to other people seem obvious. Drawing on research in creativity, cognitive psychology, critical thinking, child development, education, and philosophy, Dr. Van Hecke shows how our assets as thinkers create the very blind spots that become our worst liabilities. She devotes a chapter to each of ten mental blind spots that afflict even the smartest people: not stopping to think, jumping to conclusions, my-side bias, getting trapped by categories, and much more. At the end of each chapter she offers tactics for overcoming that specific blind spot, so we can become more creative and competent thinkers.Full of funny, poignant stories about human foibles, Blind Spots offers many insights for improving our social and political lives while giving us fresh slants into the minds of people who are poles apart from ourselves.