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In this major new study in the sociology of scientific knowledge, social theorist Mohammad H. Tamdgidi reports having unriddled the so-called ‘quantum enigma.’ This book opens the lid of the Schrödinger’s Cat box of the ‘quantum enigma’ after decades and finds something both odd and familiar: Not only the cat is both alive and dead, it has morphed into an elephant in the room in whose interpretation Einstein, Bohr, Bohm, and others were each both right and wrong because the enigma has acquired both localized and spread-out features whose unriddling requires both physics and sociology amid both transdisciplinary and transcultural contexts. The book offers, in a transdisciplinary an...
We listen to a cacophony of voices instructing us how to think and feel about nature, including our own bodies. The news media, wildlife documentaries, science magazines, and environmental NGOs are among those clamouring for our attention. But are we empowered by all this knowledge or is our dependence on various communities allowing our thoughts, sentiments and activities to be unduly governed by others? Making Sense of Nature shows that what we call ‘nature’ is made sense of for us in ways that make it central to social order, social change and social dissent. By utilising insights and extended examples from anthropology, cultural studies, human geography, philosophy, politics, sociolo...
This book addresses myriad of issues and challenges in the field of port, maritime and hinterland development in Southeast Asia from multidisciplinary perspectives. Instead of focusing on only certain aspects of the maritime discipline, the book presents a range of different viewpoint from business and management, historical development, geography, law, and others. Although the book is made in the form of an edited book, readers will benefit and gain knowledge on many important issues in the field of port, maritime and hinterland development in Southeast Asia. This book will also be beneficial to all parties in this area, including policy and decision makers, government officials, port autho...
Directory of professors in the University of Malaya.
Falsafah dan Isu Semasa merupakan salah satu kursus Mata Pelajaran Pengajian Umum (MPU) yang ditawarkan kepada semua pelajar di Institusi Pendidikan Tinggi (IPT) sebagai kursus wajib. Penawaran kursus ini bertujuan memupuk penghayatan falsafah dan nilai yang berteraskan Rukun Negara dan Falsafah Pendidikan Kebangsaan (FPK). Keperluan yang amat tinggi kepada penulisan buku teks atau buku rujukan utama kursus ini bagi memudahkan para pelajar memahami kandungan kursus dengan baik. Buku ini merupakan antara buku teks yang terawal diterbitkan oleh Penerbit Universiti di Malaysia. Kandungan buku teks ini memenuhi semua bab bagi Kursus Falsafah dan Isu Semasa. Terdapat lapan bab yang dibincangkan dalam buku ini.
Selected papers from "Communication Study and the Human Sciences, a Transdisciplinary Colloquium" held at Universiti Teknologi MARA in Shah Alam for 2 days beginning July 30, 2003. Jointly organised by Institute of Knowledge Advancement & the Faculty of communication & Media Studies. -- Preface.
A directory to the universities of the Commonwealth and the handbook of their association.