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1	Henry David Thoreau and the Moral Agency of Knowing more books like this by Alfred I Tauber In his graceful philosophical account, Alfred I. Tauber shows why Thoreau still seems so relevant today - more relevant in many respects than he seemed to his contemporaries. Although Thoreau has been skilfully and thoroughly examined as a writer, naturalist, mystic, historian, social thinker, Transcendentalist, and lifelong student, we may find ... see all copies from $4.63! new only from $9.68! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Metchnikoff and the Origins of Immunology: From Metaphor to Theory more books like this by Alfred I Tauber, Leon Chernyak, Scott F Gilbert (Foreword by) This intellectual history is the first critical study of the work of Elie Metchnikoff, the founding father of modern immunology. Metchnikoff authored and championed the theory that phagocytic cells actively defend the host body against pathogens and diseased cells. In this scientific biography, Tauber and Chernyak explore Metchnikoff's development ... see all copies from $35.00! new only from $108.08! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Confessions of a Medicine Man: An Essay in Popular Philosophy more books like this by Alfred I Tauber Alfred Tauber probes the ethical structure of contemporary late-1990s medicine in an argument accessible to lay readers, healthcare professionals, and ethicists alike. Through personal anecdote, historical narrative, and philosophical discussion, Tauber composes a moral portrait of the doctor-patient relationship. In a time when discussion has ... see all copies from $2.10! new only from $16.31! \| SVS
4	Science and the Quest for Reality more books like this by Alfred I Tauber Science and the Quest for Reality is an interdisciplinary anthology that situates contemporary science within its complex philosophical, historical, and sociological contexts. The anthology is divided between, firstly, characterizing science as an intellectual activity and, secondly, defining its social role. The philosophical and historical ... see all copies from $3.49! new only from $37.70!
5	Patient Autonomy and the Ethics of Responsibility more books like this by Alfred I Tauber A philosophical discussion of the doctor-patient relationship that argues for enhanced patient antonomy based on the ethics of physician responsibility and a science of value-based decision making. The principle of patient autonomy dominates the contemporary debate over medical ethics. In this examination of the doctor-patient relationship, ... see all copies from $7.00! new only from $9.90! \| SVS
6	The Immune Self: Theory or Metaphor? more books like this by Alfred I Tauber This is one of the first books in a new series that will publish the very best work in the philosophy of biology. The series will be non-sectarian in character, will extend across the broadest range of topics, and will be genuinely interdisciplinary. The Immune Self is a critical study of immunology from its origins at the end of the nineteenth ... see all copies from $24.50! new only from $30.00! \| first editions \| SVS
7	The Generation of Diversity: Clonal Selection Theory and the Rise of Molecular Immunology more books like this by Alfred I Tauber, Dr. Scott H Podolsky In recent decades immunology has been one of the most successful fields of biomedical research. Between the 1970s and late 1990s, immunologists have acquired a detailed understanding of the immune system's unique recognition mechanism and of the cellular and chemical means used to destroy or neutralize invading organisms. This understanding has ... see all copies from $36.51! new only from $43.00! \| first editions
8	Organism and the Origins of Self more books like this by Alfred I Tauber see all copies from $167.95! new only from $187.60! \| SVS
9	Philosophies of Nature: The Human Dimension more books like this by Robert S Cohen (Editor), Alfred I Tauber (Editor) This work includes philosophical understandings of nature and human nature. It talks about classical Greek and modern West, Christian, Buddhist, Taoist, by 14 authors, including Robert Neville, Stanley Rosen, David Eckel, Livia Kohn, Tienyu Cao, Abner Shimoney, Alfred Tauber, Krzysztof Michalski, Lawrence Cahoone, Stephen Scully, Alan Olson and ... see all copies from $130.90! new only from $130.90! \| first editions \| SVS
10	The Immune Self more books like this by Alfred I Tauber, Da Myers, Michael Ruse (Editor) This is one of the first books in a new series that will publish the very best work in the philosophy of biology. The series will be non-sectarian in character, will extend across the broadest range of topics, and will be genuinely interdisciplinary. The Immune Self is a critical study of immunology from its origins at the end of the nineteenth ... see all copies from $25.48! new only from $103.77! \| first editions
11	The Elusive Synthesis: Aesthetics and Science more books like this by Alfred I Tauber This collection of essays ranges from phenomenological descriptions of the beautiful in science, to analytical explorations of the philosophical conjunction of the aesthetic and the scientific. It is organized around two central tenets. The first is that scientific experience is laden with an emotive content of the beautiful, which is manifest in ... see all copies from $53.97! new only from $123.11!
12	Biochemistry of the acute allergic reactions : Fifth International Symposium : proceedings of the biochemistry of the acute allergic reactions--fifth international symposium, held in Boston, Massachusetts, June 20-21, 1988 more books like this by Alfred I. Tauber, Bruce U. Wintroub, Arlene Stolper Simon see all copies from $295.00!

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