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Stephen Toulmin (1922–2009) was a British philosopher. First outlined in The Uses of Argument, his model for analyzing arguments has had a lasting influence on fields as diverse as law, computer science and communications theory. Toulmin’s other works include The Abuse of Casuistry: A History of Moral Reasoning and Return to Reason.
The Conscientious Spy
Klaus Fuchs, Atom Spy
by Robert Chadwell Williams
Klaus Fuchs: The Man Who Stole the Atom Bomb
by Norman Moss
November 19, 1987 issue
The Evolution of Margaret Mead
Margaret Mead: A Life
by Jane Howard
With a Daughter's Eye: A Memoir of Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson
by Mary Catherine Bateson
December 6, 1984 issue
The Mozart of Psychology
Mind in Society: The Development of Higher Psychological Processes
by L.S. Vygotsky, edited by Michael Cole and Vera John-Steiner and Sylvia Scribner and Ellen Souberman
The Psychology of Art
by L.S. Vygotsky
Soviet Developmental Psychology: An Anthology
edited by Michael Cole
September 28, 1978 issue
Back to Nature
The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence
by Carl Sagan
June 9, 1977 issue
A Biology of Russian Dolls
The Logic of Life: A History of Heredity
by François Jacob, translated by Betty E. Spillman
July 18, 1974 issue
French Toast
Chance and Necessity
by Jacques Monod, translated by Austryn Wainhouse
December 16, 1971 issue
Progressive Man
Science in History
by J.D. Bernal
Society and Science
edited by Maurice Goldsmith, edited by Alan Mackay
March 3, 1966 issue
The Physicist as Philosopher
Essays 1958-1962 on Atomic Physics and Human Knowledge
by Niels Bohr
My View of the World
by Erwin Schrödinger
The Relevance of Science
by C.F. von Weizsäcker
April 22, 1965 issue
The Age of Biology
New Patterns in Genetics and Development
by C.H. Waddington
The Nature of Life
by C.H. Waddington
The Life of the Cell: Its Nature, Origin and Basic Development
by J.A.V. Butler
The Biochemical Approach to Life
by F.R. Jevons
Genetics and Man
by C.D. Darlington
Heredity and the Nature of Man
by Theodosius Dobzhansky
December 31, 1964 issue
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