Until recently, brains in vats and animals with partly-human brains have been the realm of science fiction, but recent research is making them real. In Disembodied Brains, John H. Evans examines the viewpoints of professional ethicists and scientists on the implications of these new technologies, and how those viewpoints contrast with the fearful intuitions of the general public.
With a wealth of illustrations, John Evans tells the story of Rochdale Canal's history and its revival.
With previously unpublished images, explore the history of the heyday of British railways in the East Midlands.
Wonderful previously unpublished images documenting the years before and after the Great Central Line was cut.
This is a study of the Labour Party’s attitude to devolution in Wales from 1983 to 1998. To place the work in context, there is an introductory chapter on Welsh demands for a Secretary of State and a Parliament of their own during the period 1886 to 1979. Seeks to answer the question as to why the Labour Party considered and eventually supported devolution in Wales so soon after the debacle of the 1979 referendum.Table of ContentsTBC
A wonderfully evocative selection of unpublished images as John Evans explores this fascinating period of change in Britain's railway history.
"Academics have long claimed that the relationship between religion and science concerns knowledge of the physical world, and that conflict ensues because religion has one way of knowing and science another. For example, it is claimed that to find the age of the Earth religious people look to holy scripture and scientists look at the age of rocks. This book shows that this is indeed true among the elites who focus on this debate. However, contrary to the assumptions of elites and public discourse in general, that same relationship and conflict does not exist between religious citizens and science. This book shows that regular religious people in the U.S. are at most in conflict over a few fact claims with science, and that this limited conflict does not lead to conflict with scientific claims writ large. More importantly, American religion has changed since the 1960s, de-emphasizing knowledge claims about the physical world, and becoming more focused on social relationships and thus morality. This book shows that any religion and science debate in the public is not about scientific claims about nature, such as the age of the Earth, but rather about morality - and opposition to the morality implicitly promoted by scientists"--Provided by publisher.
The memoirs of a highly capable man in industry and government during the second half of the twentieth century.
John Evans explores a fascinating time for Britain's railways.
John Evans offers a nostalgic look back on the Cromford & High Peak Railway with some wonderfully evocative images, most dating to the 1960s.