{"product_id":"the-identification-of-progress-in-learning-paperback-9780521106085","title":"The Identification of Progress in Learning (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521106085","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Identification of Progress in Learning\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis series of essays discusses how progress is identified in a range of disciplines - physics, mathematics, biology, medicine, sociology, linguistics, art history, history, economics and ecology.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eT. Hägerstrand (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521106085, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 4 June 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e220 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm, 0.33 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis series of essays discusses how progress is identified in a range of disciplines - physics, mathematics, biology, medicine, sociology, linguistics, art history, history, economics and ecology. The articles are based on discussions at a symposium organised by the European Science Foundation and are by acknowledged leaders in the fields covered. They seek to promote communication between the different disciplines, to identify the criteria of advancement and to examine problems in assessing them.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Pushing back frontiers - or redrawing maps! J. M. Ziman\u003cbr\u003e 2. Assessment in physics H. Haken\u003cbr\u003e 3. Identifying progress in mathematics M. F. Atiyah\u003cbr\u003e 4. Progress and expectations in biology H. G. Gyllenberg\u003cbr\u003e 5. Assessment of progress in medicine H. R. Wulff\u003cbr\u003e 6. Scientific advancement in sociology R. Boudon\u003cbr\u003e 7. Progress in linguistics S. C. Dik\u003cbr\u003e 8. How is scientific progress assessed in art history? G. Kauffmann\u003cbr\u003e 9. The identification of scientific advancement: a contribution on history H. L. Wesseling\u003cbr\u003e 10. The identification of scientific advances in economics E. Malinvaud\u003cbr\u003e 11. Breakthroughs in ecology L. B. Slobodkin\u003cbr\u003e 12. Public knowledge, truth and the ways of scholarship advancement in western civilization S. N. Eisenstadt.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Human biology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Human biology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Human%20biology%20%5BPSX%5D%22\"\u003ePSX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006418243864,"sku":"9780521106085","price":33.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521106085i.jpg?v=1694976075","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-identification-of-progress-in-learning-paperback-9780521106085","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}