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The Economics of Big Science Essays by Leading Scientists and Policymakers /

Table of Contents: “…A Philosopher's Perspective -- Investing in Fundamental Research: Evaluation of the Benefits that the UK Has Derived from CERN -- Fundamental Science Drives Innovation -- Epilogue: Productive Collisions-Blue-Sky Science and Today's Innovations.…”
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Diversity in Computer Science Design Artefacts for Equity and Inclusion / by Bjørn, Pernille, Menendez-Blanco, Maria, Borsotti, Valeria

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1: The State of Diversity In Computer Science In 2022 -- Chapter 2: Femtech.Dk Research Initiative -- Chapter 3: Interventionist Research -- Chapter 4: Makerspace Methodologies & Design Principles -- Chapter 5: Cyberbear & Cryptosphere: Sociomaterial-Design, Social Belonging, And Gender Representations -- Chapter 6: Grace: Designing Sociomaterial Assemblages Unpacking Gender Equity in Computing -- Chapter 7: Equity & Inclusion -- Chapter 8: Organizational Change for Equity & Inclusion -- Chapter 9: Final Reflections.…”
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Measurement Across the Sciences Developing a Shared Concept System for Measurement / by Mari, Luca, Wilson, Mark, Maul, Andrew

Subjects: “…Science Philosophy.…”
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Computer and Information Sciences 31st International Symposium, ISCIS 2016, Kraków, Poland, October 27-28, 2016, Proceedings /

Subjects: “…Computer science Mathematics.…”
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The Globalization of Science Curricula by Stacey, Oliver, De Lazzari, Giulia, Grayson, Hilary, Griffin, Hazel, Jones, Emily, Taylor, Amanda, Thomas, David

Table of Contents: “…Has Globalization Impacted Science Curricula? An Introduction -- 2. A Review of the Existing Literature on Globalization of Science Curricula -- 3. …”
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Library and Information Sciences Trends and Research /

Table of Contents: “…-- Chapter 3 A Group Discussion on Information Literacy -- Part II Trends of Library and Information Sciences Education -- Chapter 4 iSchools & the iSchool at Syracuse University -- Part III Information Seeking and Retrieval -- Chapter 5 Visual Data Mining in a Q&A based Social Media Website -- Chapter 6 Information Seeking Behaviour and Usage on a Multi-media Platform: Case Study Europeana -- Chapter 7 Exploratory Search: a Critical Analysis of the Theoretical Foundations, Systems Features, and Research Trends -- Part IV Informatics -- Chapter 8 Scientific Datasets: Informetric Characteristics and Social Utility Metrics for Biodiversity Data Sources -- Chapter 9 Knowledge Discovery of Complex Networks Research Literature -- Chapter 10 Bibliometrics and University Research Rankings Demystified for Librarians -- Part V Development of World Libraries -- Chapter 11 The Development of East Asian Libraries in North America.…”
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Science of Societal Safety Living at Times of Risks and Disasters /

Table of Contents: “…Part I Human Societies and Societal Safety Sciences -- Chapter 1 What are Societal Safety Sciences -- Chapter 2 Advancement of Scientific Technologies and Human Societies -- Chapter 3 Contemporary Societies and Risk -- Chapter 4 Modern Societies and Establishment of Academia -- Part II Events that Threaten Human and its Societies -- Chapter 5 Human, Nature, and Artificial Products -- Chapter 6 Natural Disasters, Safety, and Security -- Chapter 7 Angles of Social Disasters and Damages -- Chapter 8 Environmental Risks -- Chapter 9 Wars, Crimes, and Terrorism -- Part III Basic Statistics of Risk Analysis -- Chapter 10 Methods in Risk Analysis -- Chapter 11 Risk Management -- Chapter 12 Risk Communication and Disaster Information -- Chapter 13 Crisis Management -- IV Social Mechanisms of Disaster Prevention, Mitigation, and Minimization -- Chapter 14 Public Systems for Disaster Prevention, Mitigation, andMinimization -- Chapter 15 Government Activities in Disaster Prevention and Mitigation -- Chapter 16 Civil Systems for Disaster Prevention, Mitigation, and Minimization -- Chapter 17 Supporting disaster victims -- Part V For Advancement of Societal Safety Sciences -- Chapter 18 Governance and Forming Agreement for Societal Safety Sciences -- Chapter 19 For Deepening Societal Safety Sciences.…”
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Framing in Sustainability Science Theoretical and Practical Approaches /

Table of Contents: “…Part 1 Theoretical Approaches/ Theoretical Approaches to sustainability issues -- Theoretical and methodological pluralism in sustainability science -- Approaches for framing sustainability challenges: experiences from Swedish sustainability science education -- Part 2 Practical Approaches / Practical Approaches to sustainability issues -- The value of grey -- Framing in place making when envisioning a sustainable rural community in the time of aging and shrinking societies in Japan -- Role of Framing in sustainability science: The case of Minamata disease -- Time scales in framing disaster risk reduction in sustainability -- Food security framing and poverty alleviation -- Part 3 Conclusion/ Epilogue -- Linking framing to actions for sustainability.…”
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Seed Science and Technology Biology, Production, Quality /

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Social Science Research Principles, Methods and Practices by Bhattacherjee, Anol

Table of Contents: “…About the Book -- Part I. Main Body -- Science and scientific research -- Thinking like a researcher -- The research process -- Theories in scientific research -- Research design -- Measurement of constructs -- Scale reliability and validity -- Sampling -- Survey research -- Experimental research -- Case research -- Interpretive research -- Qualitative analysis -- Quantitative analysis: Descriptive statistics -- Quantitative analysis: Inferential statistics -- Research ethics…”
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Calculus for the Life Sciences A Modeling Approach by Cornette, James L., Ackerman, Ralph A.

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Calculus for the Life Sciences A Modeling Approach by Cornette, James L., Ackerman, Ralph A.

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Introduction to Environmental Science by Zehnder, Caralyn, Manoylov, Kalina, Mutiti, Samuel, Mutiti, Christine, VandeVoort, Allison, Bennett, Donna

Subjects: “…Science Textbooks…”
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Introduction to Climate Science by Schmittner, Andreas

Subjects: “…Earth Sciences Textbooks…”
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Computer Science I by Bourke, Chris

Subjects: “…Computer Science Textbooks…”
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Introduction to Political Science by Rom, Mark Carl, Hidaka, Masaki, Walker, Rachel Bzostek

Table of Contents: “…Introduction to Political Science -- Chapter 1. What Is Politics and What is Political Science? …”
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How To Do Science by Lexis, Louise, Julien, Brianna

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgment of Country -- Accessibility Information -- About the Authors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I. Main Body -- 1. Science and the Scientific Method -- 2. Design for Discovery -- 3. …”
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Introduction to Soil Science by Anderson, Amber

Subjects: “…Science Textbooks…”
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Introduction to Earth Science by Neser, Laura

Table of Contents: “…Understanding Science -- Plate Tectonics -- Minerals -- Igneous Processes and Volcanoes -- Weathering, Erosion, and Sedimentary Rocks -- Metamorphic Rocks -- Geologic Time -- Earth History -- Crustal Deformation and Earthquakes -- Mass Wasting -- Water -- Coastlines -- Deserts -- Glaciers -- Global Climate Change -- Energy and Mineral Resources -- Origin of the Universe and Our Solar System…”
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Foundations of Biomedical Science Quantitative Literacy Theory and Problems by Pakay, Julian

Subjects: “…Science Textbooks…”
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