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The Youngest Land: California, 1853–1906
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Deborah R. Coen
Published: 10 December 2012
... of volunteer observing networks in California. Buckle Henry Thomas Shaler Nathaniel Southgate insurance King Clarence Powell John Wesley Whitney Josiah earthquakes Alaska 1964 Twain Mark earthquake theories atmospheric and astronomical meteorological observers Rockwood Charles Switzerland seismology...
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Conclusion
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Deborah R. Coen
Published: 10 December 2012
...This conclusion discusses twentieth-century seismology. It describes the attempts to revive the organization and habits of earthquake observing in the late twentieth century. Macroseismic studies, seismic hazards, the Global Earthquake Model, and International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale...
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Scientific Perspectivism
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Ronald N. Giere
Published online: 21 March 2013
Published in print: 15 November 2006
... knowledge is not absolute because it is influenced by the practice and perspective of human agents. This book argues that the acts of observing and theorizing are both perspectival, and that this nature makes scientific knowledge contingent, as Thomas Kuhn theorized forty years ago. Using the example...
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Published: 29 May 2017
... and it's creative potential. The writings of Catherine Malabou play an important role in this re-evaluation. Goldberg Variations Konjar Jurij Paxton Steve agility guile origin origination Zavolovsek Natasa Heidegger Martin observation observing preservation unfixed unfixing Foster Susan Leigh...