Book Description
The author's memoirs as a skeptic investigating the paranormal and the history of occultism. "This book is the delightful, irreverent, often spooky record of his discoveries."-back flap.
Author : Dan Greenburg
Publisher :
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 19,92 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN :
The author's memoirs as a skeptic investigating the paranormal and the history of occultism. "This book is the delightful, irreverent, often spooky record of his discoveries."-back flap.
Author : National Academy of Sciences
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 12,48 MB
Release : 1992-01-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0309045290
The brain ... There is no other part of the human anatomy that is so intriguing. How does it develop and function and why does it sometimes, tragically, degenerate? The answers are complex. In Discovering the Brain, science writer Sandra Ackerman cuts through the complexity to bring this vital topic to the public. The 1990s were declared the "Decade of the Brain" by former President Bush, and the neuroscience community responded with a host of new investigations and conferences. Discovering the Brain is based on the Institute of Medicine conference, Decade of the Brain: Frontiers in Neuroscience and Brain Research. Discovering the Brain is a "field guide" to the brainâ€"an easy-to-read discussion of the brain's physical structure and where functions such as language and music appreciation lie. Ackerman examines: How electrical and chemical signals are conveyed in the brain. The mechanisms by which we see, hear, think, and pay attentionâ€"and how a "gut feeling" actually originates in the brain. Learning and memory retention, including parallels to computer memory and what they might tell us about our own mental capacity. Development of the brain throughout the life span, with a look at the aging brain. Ackerman provides an enlightening chapter on the connection between the brain's physical condition and various mental disorders and notes what progress can realistically be made toward the prevention and treatment of stroke and other ailments. Finally, she explores the potential for major advances during the "Decade of the Brain," with a look at medical imaging techniquesâ€"what various technologies can and cannot tell usâ€"and how the public and private sectors can contribute to continued advances in neuroscience. This highly readable volume will provide the public and policymakersâ€"and many scientists as wellâ€"with a helpful guide to understanding the many discoveries that are sure to be announced throughout the "Decade of the Brain."
Author : Vera Anatolʹevna Pavlova
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 12,69 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Russian poetry
ISBN : 0307272257
I broke your heart. / Now barefoot I tread / on shards. Such is the elegant simplicity of the bestselling Russian poet Vera Pavlova. The 100 poems in this volume all have the same salty immediacy and wonder.
Author : Charles Baxter
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 12,2 MB
Release : 2015-02-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1101870028
"There’s something I want you to do.” This request—sometimes simple, sometimes not—forms the basis for the ten interrelated short stories that comprise this latest penetrating and prophetic collection from the winner of the PEN/Malamud Award and “one of our most gifted writers” (Chicago Tribune). As we follow a diverse group of Minnesota citizens, each grappling with their own heightened fears, responsibilities, and obsessions, Baxter unveils the remarkable in what might otherwise be the seemingly inconsequential moments of everyday life.
Author : Mickey Spillane
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 17,98 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Caribbean Area
ISBN : 0743478916
The legendary master of hard-boiled classics returns with a razor-sharp espionage thriller. When fellow fishermen in the Caribbean begin falling prey to a mysterious sea entity, retired government operative Mako Hooker investigates.
Author : Ender Tosun
Publisher : ENDER TOSUN
Page : 1643 pages
File Size : 30,41 MB
Release : 2023-08-15
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN :
This book presents a proof of Allah based on empirical and logical evidences.
Author : Francesco Berto
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 19,4 MB
Release : 2011-09-13
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1444357611
Berto's highly readable and lucid guide introduces students and the interested reader to Gödel's celebrated Incompleteness Theorem, and discusses some of the most famous - and infamous - claims arising from Gödel's arguments. Offers a clear understanding of this difficult subject by presenting each of the key steps of the Theorem in separate chapters Discusses interpretations of the Theorem made by celebrated contemporary thinkers Sheds light on the wider extra-mathematical and philosophical implications of Gödel's theories Written in an accessible, non-technical style
Author : Alexandre Kojève
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 39,79 MB
Release : 2018-11-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0231542291
One of the twentieth century’s most brilliant and unconventional thinkers, Alexandre Kojève was a Russian émigré to France whose lectures on Hegel in the 1930s galvanized a generation of French intellectuals. Although Kojève wrote a great deal, he published very little in his lifetime, and so the ongoing rediscovery of his work continues to present new challenges to philosophy and political theory. Written in 1931 but left unfinished, Atheism is an erudite and open-ended exploration of profound questions of estrangement, death, suicide, and the infinite that demonstrates the range and the provocative power of Kojève’s thought. Ranging across Heidegger, Buddhism, Christianity, German idealism, Russian literature, and mathematics, Kojève advances a novel argument about freedom and authority. He investigates the possibility that there is not any vantage point or source of authority—including philosophy, science, or God—that is outside or beyond politics and the world as we experience it. The question becomes whether atheism—or theism—is even a meaningful position since both affirmation and denial of God’s existence imply a knowledge that seems clearly outside our capacities. Masterfully translated by Jeff Love, this book offers a striking new perspective on Kojève’s work and its implications for theism, atheism, politics, and freedom.
Author : Dr. John McKinney
Publisher : Outskirts Press
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 35,37 MB
Release : 2020-06-28
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1977228461
You do not need extraordinary talents to master the principles taught here in order to improve the conditions in your life. You will gain the ability to live by the laws that govern how things are manifested in the world in general and in your unique life in particular.
Author : Paul Gilding
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 36,61 MB
Release : 2012-02-02
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1408822180
It's time to stop just worrying about climate change, says Paul Gilding. Instead we need to brace for impact, because global crisis is no longer avoidable. The 'Great Disruption' started in 2008, with spiking food and oil prices and dramatic ecological change like the melting polar icecap. It is not simply about fossil fuels and carbon footprints. We have come to the end of Economic Growth, Version 1.0, a world economy based on consumption and waste, where we lived beyond the means of our planet's ecosystems and resources. The Great Disruption offers a stark and unflinching look at the challenge humanity faces - yet also a deeply optimistic message. The coming decades will see loss, suffering and conflict as our planetary overdraft is paid. However, they will also bring out the best humanity can offer: compassion, innovation, resilience and adaptability. Gilding tells us how to fight, and win, what he calls 'the One Degree War' to prevent catastrophic warming of the earth, and how to start today. The crisis we are in represents a rare chance to replace our addiction to growth with an ethic of sustainability, and it's already happening. It's also an unmatched business opportunity: old industries will collapse while new companies literally reshape our economy. In the aftermath of the Great Disruption, we will measure 'growth' in a new way. It will mean not quantity of stuff, but quality, and happiness, of life. And, yes, there is life after shopping. The Great Disruption is an invigorating and well-informed polemic by an advocate for sustainability and climate change who has dedicated his life to campaigning for a balanced use of Earth's limited resources. It is essential reading.