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James Lawrence Powell
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Research Ethics Review, Vol 19 (2023)
Peer review has long been regarded as the gold standard of scientific publication, essential to the integrity of science itself. But, as any publishing scientist knows, peer review has its downside, including long delays and reviewer bias. Until the
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Autor:
James Lawrence Powell
Where will the water come from to sustain the great desert cities of Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and Phoenix? In a provocative exploration of the past, present, and future of water in the West, James Lawrence Powell begins at Lake Powell, the vast reserv
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Thomas R. Scott, James Lawrence Powell
The universe that science reveals to us can seem far outside the comfort zone of the human mind. Subjects near and far open up dizzying vistas, from the infinitesimal to the colossal. Humanity, the unlikely product of uncountable coincidences on unim
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James Lawrence Powell
Over the course of the twentieth century, scientists came to accept four counterintuitive yet fundamental facts about the Earth: deep time, continental drift, meteorite impact, and global warming. When first suggested, each proposition violated scien
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James Lawrence Powell
Modern science is under the greatest and most successful attack in recent history. An industry of denial, abetted by news media and'info-tainment'broadcasters more interested in selling controversy than presenting facts, has duped half the American p
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James Lawrence Powell
A groundbreaking chronicle of scientific ocean drilling—a crowning achievement of the twentieth century—and how it shaped our knowledge of Earth's past.Under the radar—or, rather, sonar—of most people and many scientists, for the last six dec
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James Lawrence Powell
Today, when global warming denial and vaccination denial are alarmingly prevalent, it is crucial to understand that throughout history, science denial at the state level has cost scores of millions of lives. In the Soviet Union under Stalin, Lysenko'
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James Lawrence Powell
The Moon is the most viewed object in the sky, the Sun being too bright to look at directly and the planets too far away. The Greeks deduced everything that could be learned about the Moon using only the naked eye, including that it has no light of i
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James Lawrence Powell
Das Jahr 2019 war das wärmste seit Beginn der Wetteraufzeichnung. Noch nie in der Geschichte der Menschheit sind Klimaschwankungen so rapide abgelaufen. In welcher Welt werden wir in Zukunft leben? Der renommierte Wissenschaftler James Powell nimmt
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James Lawrence Powell
For fans of The Drowned World and World War Z, this “sobering and scary (and fascinating) novel—a look at where we're going if we don't quickly get our act together” (Bill McKibben, New York Times bestselling author) regarding climate change—