Scientists turn to metaphors to formulate and explain scientific concepts, but an ill-considered metaphor can lead to social misunderstandings and counterproduc

How we raise young children is one of today's most highly personalized and sharply politicized issues, in part because each of us can claim some level of "exper

"Some of the material in this book appeared previously, in a different form, in the journal Nature"--T.p. verso.

Although science may claim to be "objective," scientists cannot avoid the influence of their own values on their research. In The State of Nature, Gregg Mitman

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