‎David C. Greenwood‎
‎The Nature of Science‎

‎Understanding the Nature of Science‎

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‎LIVRE A L’ETAT DE NEUF. EXPEDIE SOUS 3 JOURS OUVRES. NUMERO DE SUIVI COMMUNIQUE AVANT ENVOI, EMBALLAGE RENFORCE. EAN:9781536160161‎

‎Useful Nature(s). Science, Pedagogy and the Power of Youth in Early Modern Central Europe‎

‎, Brepols, 2026 Hardback, Pages: 222, Size:178 x 254 mm, Illustrations:42 b/w, 9 col., Language: English. ISBN 9782503619415.‎

‎Summary The study of youth remains a tantalizing prospect in the sciences today, particularly as a means of extending life. Many institutions rely on the flexibility, cheaper labor and creative approaches to problem solving that young people often carry with them into research and professional environments. Now, as in the past, practitioners of the sciences are drawn to evidence of intellectual precocity or signs of premature ingenuity. Useful Nature(s) recovers the largely untold story of science's preoccupation with the power of the young, including their heightened capacities to "know use" and to embody playful, yet productive, forms of physical labor. It focuses on a pivotal moment in the history of early modern Central European communities, when scholars, physicians, teachers and administrators began calling for intensified investigations of the young body, particularly its tendency to play, to move constantly, and to deploy tools and materials strategically. Drawing much needed attention to science's fascination with youth's power, Useful Nature(s) highlights efforts to derive benefit from the young person's relationship to the future and potential to dramatically reconfigure knowledge-making practices and communities. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction: Young and Useful Natures Chapter 1. Coconut palm: Cultivating Trees of a Thousand Uses Chapter 2. School: Imitation and Realia in the School of Play Chapter 3. Games & Collections: Purposeful Nature(s): Youth as Players, Collectors and Economists Chapter 4. Prodigy: The Body Of the Prodigy: Precocity and Futurity in the Young Ingenium Conclusion‎

‎An Essay on the Nature & Significance of Economic Science. - [DEFINING 20TH CENTURY ECONOMICS]‎

‎London, Macmillan & Co., 1932. 8vo. In the original green embossed cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Printed on thick paper. A few scratches to back board. Otherwise an very fine copy. XII, 141, (3) pp.‎

‎First edition of Robbins's landmark publication, in which he sought to define more precisely economics as a science. With the present publication he became instrumental in shifting Anglo-Saxon economics from its Marshallian direction which eventually caused the breakthrough of neo-classical (Walrasian) definition of economics. The work is ""one of the most cited, if not most read, books on the subject in the period 1932-60, and it influenced greatly economists' views about the nature of their discipline."" (The New Palgrave). The definitions of economics presented here ""were widely accepted by the world of academic economists and are still propagated"" (The New Palgrave).Robbins put forth two central themes, both having a lasting and deep influence upon economics of the 20th century, the first being: ""That economic science could be clearly demarcated from those discussions of economic issues that involved value judgments - by which latter term Robbins meant evaluation statements of the form 'better or worse' where inter-personal comparisons of utility were involved. He also argued that there was a clear demarcation between economic science and other branches of social enquiry such as social psychology, sociology, politics and so on.""The second major theme was that the subject matter of economic science was not a particular activity (for example, Cannan's view that economics was the science of wealth), but rather an aspect of all human conduct. This aspect was the 'fact' of economic scarcity - a manifestation of unlimited ends on the part of individuals and society and means of satisfying those ends that were limited in supply. In word so often quoted in economics text Robbins defined economic science as 'that science that studies the relationship between ends and means that have alternative uses' - a definition that is more than reminiscent of Menger's exposition of the economizing process."" (The New palgrave)Lionel Robbins (1898 - 1984) was a British (mainly theoretical) economist and head of the economics department at the London School of Economics. In macroeconomics Robbins's was a firm exponent of the Hayek's - and the Austrian school in general - teachings whom he brought to the London School of Economics in 1928. His liberal view was expressed when he famously, together with Joseph Schumpeter, advocated that nothing should be done about the 1929-depression and that it had to run its course since this alone would create a lasting development out of the depression. ‎

‎An Essay on the Nature & Significance of Economic Science. - [PRESENTATION COPY - DEFINING 20TH CENTURY ECONOMICS]‎

‎London, Macmillan & Co., 1932. 8vo. In the original green embossed cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Printed on thick paper. A few pages with light marginal pencil annotations. A small tear to p. VII. Otherwise a very fine copy. XII, 141, (3) pp. With author's presentation inscription to front free end-paper: ""Apologia pro vita sua / L .C. R.""‎

‎First edition, presentation-copy, of Robbins's landmark publication, in which he sought to define more precisely economics as a science. With the present publication he became instrumental in shifting Anglo-Saxon economics from its Marshallian direction, which eventually caused the breakthrough of neo-classical (Walrasian) definition of economics. The work is ""one of the most cited, if not most read, books on the subject in the period 1932-60, and it influenced greatly economists' views about the nature of their discipline."" (The New Palgrave). The definitions of economics presented here ""were widely accepted by the world of academic economists and are still propagated"" (The New Palgrave).Robbins put forth two central themes, both having a lasting and deep influence upon economics of the 20th century, the first being: ""That economic science could be clearly demarcated from those discussions of economic issues that involved value judgments - by which latter term Robbins meant evaluation statements of the form 'better or worse' where inter-personal comparisons of utility were involved. He also argued that there was a clear demarcation between economic science and other branches of social enquiry such as social psychology, sociology, politics and so on.""The second major theme was that the subject matter of economic science was not a particular activity (for example, Cannan's view that economics was the science of wealth), but rather an aspect of all human conduct. This aspect was the 'fact' of economic scarcity - a manifestation of unlimited ends on the part of individuals and society and means of satisfying those ends that were limited in supply. In word so often quoted in economics text Robbins defined economic science as 'that science that studies the relationship between ends and means that have alternative uses' - a definition that is more than reminiscent of Menger's exposition of the economizing process."" (The New palgrave)Lionel Robbins (1898 - 1984) was a British (mainly theoretical) economist and head of the economics department at the London School of Economics. In macroeconomics Robbins's was a firm exponent of the Hayek's - and the Austrian school in general - teachings whom he brought to the London School of Economics in 1928. His liberal view was expressed when he famously, together with Joseph Schumpeter, advocated that nothing should be done about the 1929-depression and that it had to run its course since this alone would create a lasting development out of the depression. ‎

‎Clive William Kilmister. The Nature of the Universe World of science library. I‎

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