The "politicalization" of research findings has become prevalent over the past two decades. Politics often prevents the implementation of policy supported by irrefutable science. Most of us understand something about how this is happening with stem cell research, but Cornell's Madelon Finkel delves deep into the subject to make the issues clear, also revealing how ideology and politics are distorting, diminishing, and destroying scientific research results regarding topics from needle exchange to medical marijuana use and HIV/AIDS prevention.
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This beginner’s guide to Shakespeare reminds us that the main reason people still watch and read Shakespeare’s plays is because they identify with the characters and situations depicted in them.
Drawing on all of Shakespeare’s plays, Laurie Maguire shows how they illustrate some of life’s most familiar stories – love and obsession, parents and children, sex and politics, suffering and revenge.
The book groups the stories into five broad categories, moving from those concerned with personal identity to those dealing with romance and marriage, family life, politics, and public life. This thematic arrangement makes the plays accessible to the widest possible audience, and helps readers grasp the connection between the issues addressed by the plays and those of our own time.
Powers and Prospects: Reflections on Human Nature and the Social Order This unique collection showcases Noam Chomsky’s brilliant and boundless
insight into a wide range of topics of critical importance, from human
nature and language to international politics and the New World Order.
Chomsky’s linguistics chapters are accessible and interesting to the
lay reader, and offer a good introduction to Chomsky’s philosophy of
language and science.
The chapters on politics provide an important and necessary
critique of the political and social status quo, and address key issues
of the day: the Middle East "peace process," East Timor, and the global
economy.
Bangladesh (Modern World Nations) is a brief introduction of a fascinating country,culture.and a nation.
Introducing Bangladesh
Physical Landscapes
Bangladesh Through Time
The Rise of Bangladesh
People and Culture
Government and Politics
Bangladesh’s Economy
Bangladesh Looks Ahead
Facts at a Glance
History at a Glance
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