Bears Photos and Facts for Everyone
Welcome to the amazing world of Bears Photos and Facts for Everyone! The animal facts in nature book for you to be amazed by Bears.You will find Bears in nature with pictures to include the many Bear species, size, breeding, eating habits, and interesting facts.Bears: Photos and Facts for Everyone is Book 1 of the Learn with Facts Series. This book is around a clear concept: The amazing life of Bears with facts and color photos.Be sure to read the other books in the Learn With Facts Series.
Cumberland Island
Cumberland Island is the southernmost and largest barrier island on the Georgia coast, with a history that predates the arrival of Western civilization in the Americas. Currently, it has few full- time residents, but its beauty brings thousands of visitors each year from around the world. Day hikers and overnight campers bask in Cumberland's tranquility and marvel at its natural treasures, walking beneath canopies of live oak trees draped in Spanish moss. Comprising three major ecosystem regions, Cumberland is home to large areas of salt marshes and a dense maritime forest, but its most famous ecosystem is its beach, which stretches over seventeen miles. The island is also home to many native and nonnative species, such as white-tailed deer, turkey, feral hogs and horses, wild boar, nine-banded armadillos, and American alligators, as well as many species of birds. Aside from wild horses and the remains of Thomas M. Carnegie's estate, most visitors are unaware of the details of the island's varied history. Cumberland's past tells a rich and complex story, one of conquest by indigenous tribes, French and Spanish explorers, English settlers, cotton planters, and occupation by British and Union naval forces. Cumberland Island: Footsteps in Time is the first book about the island that offers readers a complete history of the island combined with stunning photography and historical images. Richly illustrated with more than 250 color and black-and-white photographs, it is a comprehensive history, from native occupation to the present. Author Stephen Doster takes the reader on a chronological journey, outlining the key events and influential inhabitants that have left their mark on this stretch of Georgia's coast. Each chapter focuses on a specific era: indigenous occupation; Spanish occupation; English occupation; the colonial period and War of 1812; the planter era and Civil War; the Gilded Age; north-end settlements and hotels; and the creation of a protected national seashore.
Reduction and Mechanism
Reductionism is a widely endorsed methodology among biologists, a metaphysical theory advanced to vindicate the biologist's methodology, and an epistemic thesis those opposed to reductionism have been eager to refute. While the methodology has gone from strength to strength in its history of achievements, the metaphysical thesis grounding it remained controversial despite its significant changes over the last 75 years of the philosophy of science. Meanwhile, antireductionism about biology, and especially Darwinian natural selection, became orthodoxy in philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, and philosophy of biology. This Element expounds the debate about reductionism in biology, from the work of the post-positivists to the end of the century debates about supervenience, multiple realizability, and explanatory exclusion. It shows how the more widely accepted 21st century doctrine of 'mechanism' - reductionism with a human face - inherits both the strengths and the challenges of the view it has largely supplanted.
Applied Rock Mechanics and Ground Stability, 2nd Ed.
Applied Rock Mechanics and Ground Stability is a textbook intended for engineering students. It may also be used by practical engineers as a quick reference on methodologies and design principles. It is meant to be simple and easy to use, to help students who have little practical experience understand the concepts.The author attempts to balance fundamental knowledge and practical applications. Examples are provided after introduction of concepts or methods to demonstrate their applications. The second edition has taken all suggestions from the previous version into consideration. A new chapter on application of numerical modelling in mining and geomechanics is also added as a brief introduction.
High School PhysicsMaster It With Ease (1) Introductory Current Electricity
The series High School Physics: Master It With Ease has been written for all school students who get their first systematic exposure to the topics of the series, which, in most places, happens at high school (or secondary school) level. The present book, which is the first volume of the series, deals with the topic of Current Electricity at introductory level. With almost two decades of experience of teaching the subject both at university level and at school-leaving level, the author has strong credentials to understand and mitigate students' difficulties. He firmly believes that at the formative stage of first exposure to a subject, the students should not be left with any gaps or doubts in their understanding. Accordingly, he has tried to furnish the books with with a variety of pedagogical perspectives and wealth of testing material - normal and higher order, numerical and objective - for students to hone their grasp of the fundamentals. Some novel features of the books include: - Sub-topics of main topic: In general, a main topic of a chapter introduces and discusses several new and different ideas. While teaching in the class, experienced teachers of physics intuitively divide the main topic into sub-topics, each of which deals with a single well defined idea. We follow this approach and after explicit breakup, develop each discrete idea of a sub-topic to an appropriate detail. The discussion is further supported by a number of properly labelled diagrams and tables. - Teaching by solved examples: The book contains a plethora of solved examples each one of which is accompanied by a mention of the precise subtopic on which it is based. - Practice, practice, practice: Each chapter contains a large corpus of carefully designed exercises. Exercises requiring numerical calculations and those requiring subtle higher order thinking are marked explicitly. These exercises contain a broad range of objective-type questions as well. They include 'Multiple Choice type (MCQs)', 'Fill in the Blanks type', 'True or False type', 'Matching type' and 'Quiz type' questions.Ample answers, hints and solutions to all these exercises are provided to help students achieve maximum elucidation of each topic. - Inclusion of Activities: In order to encourage 'Learning by Doing'; a number of activities are included in many chapters. Each activity can easily be performed by the students by using commonly available material in their homes and school-labs. - Useful 'Question Bank': A 'Question Bank' in the question- answer format is included at the end of the book. It contains a large collection of most such questions as find favor with the examiners. Students can use them for revision and consolidation of their studies as well as to learn how to answer different types of questions during their exams. With all these features, the book is expected to be self-contained textbook, which will benefit students both during self-study as well as for homework and exam work throughout their introductory phase of learning physics. ********************************************************************************** About the Author Sudhir K. Sood earned his Ph.D. degree in fundamental particle physics from University of Delhi. Subsequently, as research scientist and Professor of Physics at Universities in France, Canada and India, Dr. Sood has taught a number of courses both at introductory and advanced graduate level. He has lectured at international Physics conferences and authored numerous well-cited research papers that are published in reputed peer reviewed journals. More recently, for more than a decade, he has taught students in Delhi who wish to specialize in engineering, medicine and physical science courses.
La S矇lection naturelle
... Et prenant une glace ? main pos矇e sur une petite table, pr癡s d'elle, la jeune femme s'examina, rectifia une frisure des cheveux noirs, secs et ternes, qui couvraient presque compl癡tement le front bas... Elle avait des traits assez r矇guliers, mais le teint jaune, des dents petites mais mal rang矇es, des yeux gris sans douceur. Sa physionomie manquait totalement de charme, d矇celait une nature froide, obstin矇e, orgueilleuse. Il existait chez elle une certaine distinction de race, mais aucune gr璽ce dans l'allure, dans les mouvements de son long corps maigre, qu'elle ornait de fort 矇l矇gantes toilettes et parait de bijoux, d'ailleurs avec go羶t et discr矇tion...
True Haunting in New England
this book is a journey of a paranormal investigator in New England and his findIngs and the ghost he has came across with his team. this is my revised version rewritten in 2020
Every Tool’s a Hammer
In this New York Times bestselling "imperative how-to for creativity" (Nick Offerman), Adam Savage--star of Discovery Channel's Mythbusters--shares his golden rules of creativity, from finding inspiration to following through and successfully making your idea a reality. Every Tool's a Hammer is a chronicle of my life as a maker. It's an exploration of making, but it's also a permission slip of sorts from me to you. Permission to grab hold of the things you're interested in, that fascinate you, and to dive deeper into them to see where they lead you. Through stories from forty-plus years of making and molding, building and break-ing, along with the lessons I learned along the way, this book is meant to be a toolbox of problem solving, complete with a shop's worth of notes on the tools, techniques, and materials that I use most often. Things like: In Every Tool There Is a Hammer--don't wait until everything is perfect to begin a project, and if you don't have the exact right tool for a task, just use whatever's handy; Increase Your Loose Tolerance--making is messy and filled with screwups, but that's okay, as creativity is a path with twists and turns and not a straight line to be found; Use More Cooling Fluid--it prolongs the life of blades and bits, and it prevents tool failure, but beyond that it's a reminder to slow down and reduce the fric-tion in your work and relationships; Screw Before You Glue--mechanical fasteners allow you to change and modify a project while glue is forever but sometimes you just need the right glue, so I dig into which ones will do the job with the least harm and best effects. This toolbox also includes lessons from many other incredible makers and creators, including: Jamie Hyneman, Nick Offerman, Pixar director Andrew Stanton, Oscar-winner Guillermo del Toro, artist Tom Sachs, and chef Traci Des Jardins. And if everything goes well, we will hopefully save you a few mistakes (and maybe fingers) as well as help you turn your curiosities into creations. I hope this book serves as "creative rocket fuel" (Ed Helms) to build, make, invent, explore, and--most of all--enjoy the thrills of being a creator.
Stranger In My House
Utilizing mindfulness, thought stopping techniques, meditation and prayer to say the Lord's Prayer on a daily basis. I am forever grateful for the extensive community help. It took more than a village to transform me. I thank a higher power and feel so very blessed to all those who helped me. I hope that this book may bring survival to anyone suffering with mental health disorders. I hope you can find peace through your higher power. The pictures were all taken and placed in succession to demonstrate the flow of thoughts and actions. The colors in the photos became alive to me with the vibrancy. Donna lives in Cape Cod and enjoys the beauty here with so many beaches and nature trails. She is semi-retired from the health care industry and is now enjoying photo journaling and nature walks. She has renewed her faith in a higher power and considers herself very blessed and grateful.
The Battle for North Carolina’s Coast
The North Carolina barrier islands, a 325-mile-long string of narrow sand islands that forms the coast of North Carolina, are one of the most beloved areas to live and visit in the United States. However, extensive barrier island segments and their associated wetlands are in jeopardy. In The Battle for North Carolina's Coast, four experts on coastal dynamics examine issues that threaten this national treasure.According to the authors, the North Carolina barrier islands are not permanent. Rather, they are highly mobile piles of sand that are impacted by sea-level rise and major storms and hurricanes. Our present development and management policies for these changing islands are in direct conflict with their natural dynamics. Revealing the urgency of the environmental and economic problems facing coastal North Carolina, this essential book offers a hopeful vision for the coast's future if we are willing to adapt to the barriers' ongoing and natural processes. This will require a radical change in our thinking about development and new approaches to the way we visit and use the coast. Ultimately, we cannot afford to lose these unique and valuable islands of opportunity. This book is an urgent call to protect our coastal resources and preserve our coastal economy.
Entangled Life
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A "brilliant [and] entrancing" (The Guardian) journey into the hidden lives of fungi--the great connectors of the living world--and their astonishing and intimate roles in human life, with the power to heal our bodies, expand our minds, and help us address our most urgent environmental problems. "Grand and dizzying in how thoroughly it recalibrates our understanding of the natural world."--Ed Yong, author of An Immense World ONE OF PEOPLE'S BEST BOOKS OF THE 2020S - ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Time, BBC Science Focus, The Daily Mail, Geographical, The Times, The Telegraph, New Statesman, London Evening Standard, Science Friday When we think of fungi, we likely think of mushrooms. But mushrooms are only fruiting bodies, analogous to apples on a tree. Most fungi live out of sight, yet make up a massively diverse kingdom of organisms that supports and sustains nearly all living systems. Fungi provide a key to understanding the planet on which we live, and the ways we think, feel, and behave. In the first edition of this mind-bending book, Sheldrake introduced us to this mysterious but massively diverse kingdom of life. This exquisitely designed volume, abridged from the original, features more than one hundred full-color images that bring the spectacular variety, strangeness, and beauty of fungi to life as never before. Fungi throw our concepts of individuality and even intelligence into question. They are metabolic masters, earth makers, and key players in most of life's processes. They can change our minds, heal our bodies, and even help us remediate environmental disaster. By examining fungi on their own terms, Sheldrake reveals how these extraordinary organisms--and our relationships with them--are changing our understanding of how life works. Winner of the Wainwright Prize, the Royal Society Science Book Prize, and the Guild of Food Writers Award - Shortlisted for the British Book Award - Longlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize
Questions de trac矇 d’exploitation, chemins de fer
Questions de trac矇 d'exploitation: chemins de fer / par M. Eug癡ne FlachatDate de l'矇dition originale: 1863Le pr矇sent ouvrage s'inscrit dans une politique de conservation patrimoniale des ouvrages de la litt矇rature Fran癟aise mise en place avec la BNF. HACHETTE LIVRE et la BNF proposent ainsi un catalogue de titres indisponibles, la BNF ayant num矇ris矇 ces oeuvres et HACHETTE LIVRE les imprimant ? la demande. Certains de ces ouvrages refl癡tent des courants de pens矇e caract矇ristiques de leur 矇poque, mais qui seraient aujourd'hui jug矇s condamnables. Ils n'en appartiennent pas moins ? l'histoire des id矇es en France et sont susceptibles de pr矇senter un int矇r礙t scientifique ou historique. Le sens de notre d矇marche 矇ditoriale consiste ainsi ? permettre l'acc癡s ? ces oeuvres sans pour autant que nous en cautionnions en aucune fa癟on le contenu. Pour plus d'informations, rendez-vous sur www.hachettebnf.fr
Sorting It Out
Classification is a very important element in scientific study. Not every collected fact is relevant. Readers will learn the skill of sorting and evaluating which information will help them and others understand any experiment results. Provides instructions how to outline, summarize, and combine facts in charts and graphs.
Does This Make Sense? Constructing Explanations
After the hypothesis has been formed, the experiment completed, and the information collected and recorded in a project journal, the scientist must explain the results. Step-by-step, learn how to construct a clear and understandable explanation.
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We`re Wrong About the World and Why Things Are Better Than You Think真確
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "One of the most important books I've ever read--an indispensable guide to thinking clearly about the world." - Bill Gates "Hans Rosling tells the story of 'the secret silent miracle of human progress' as only he can. But Factfulness does much more than that. It also explains why progress is so often secret and silent and teaches readers how to see it clearly." --Melinda Gates "Factfulness by Hans Rosling, an outstanding international public health expert, is a hopeful book about the potential for human progress when we work off facts rather than our inherent biases." - Former U.S. President Barack Obama Factfulness: The stress-reducing habit of only carrying opinions for which you have strong supporting facts. When asked simple questions about global trends--what percentage of the world's population live in poverty; why the world's population is increasing; how many girls finish school--we systematically get the answers wrong. So wrong that a chimpanzee choosing answers at random will consistently outguess teachers, journalists, Nobel laureates, and investment bankers. In Factfulness, Professor of International Health and global TED phenomenon Hans Rosling, together with his two long-time collaborators, Anna and Ola, offers a radical new explanation of why this happens. They reveal the ten instincts that distort our perspective--from our tendency to divide the world into two camps (usually some version of us and them) to the way we consume media (where fear rules) to how we perceive progress (believing that most things are getting worse). Our problem is that we don't know what we don't know, and even our guesses are informed by unconscious and predictable biases. It turns out that the world, for all its imperfections, is in a much better state than we might think. That doesn't mean there aren't real concerns. But when we worry about everything all the time instead of embracing a worldview based on facts, we can lose our ability to focus on the things that threaten us most. Inspiring and revelatory, filled with lively anecdotes and moving stories, Factfulness is an urgent and essential book that will change the way you see the world and empower you to respond to the crises and opportunities of the future. --- "This book is my last battle in my life-long mission to fight devastating ignorance...Previously I armed myself with huge data sets, eye-opening software, an energetic learning style and a Swedish bayonet for sword-swallowing. It wasn't enough. But I hope this book will be." Hans Rosling, February 2017.
Cognitive and Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Discover The Transformative Powers That Cognitive And Dialectical Behavior Therapy Can Do For Your Emotion, PTSD, Panic, Worry, And Anxieties Today! Are you struggling with overwhelming feelings of fears and worries on a daily basis? Do you worry constantly about everything around you to the point that it has greatly affected your ability to function normally? And are you looking for a way to rid yourself of all these negative feelings and to finally find love and self-compassion again? What If I Told You There Was A Way That You Can Finally Take Back Control of Your Condition Through Proven Emotion Regulation Strategies and Start Improving Your Interpersonal Effectiveness Starting Today? In "Cognitive And Dialectical Behavior Therapy" You Will Learn And Discover... What CBT and DBT Really Is And What It Can Do For You The Common Causes of Mood Disorders How Understanding Your Moods Can Alter The Way You Think Significantly How You Can Treat Mood Disorders Effectively The Multimodal Model of CBT and DBT Finding Yourself Through Mindfulness Practice How You Can Take Mindfulness To The Next Level Advanced Meditation Techniques Dedicated For You How To Clearly Define Goals And Value Yourself Proven Ways to Transform Your Anxiety Into Personal Power Ways To Reconnect With Who You Really Are And so much more... Let's Get You To Your Goals ASAP! Pick up your copy of the book right now by clicking the BUY NOW button at the top of this page! To Your Success!
Decision Theory with a Human Face
When making decisions, people naturally face uncertainty about the potential consequences of their actions due in part to limits in their capacity to represent, evaluate or deliberate. Nonetheless, they aim to make the best decisions possible. In Decision Theory with a Human Face, Richard Bradley develops new theories of agency and rational decision-making, offering guidance on how 'real' agents who are aware of their bounds should represent the uncertainty they face, how they should revise their opinions as a result of experience and how they should make decisions when lacking full awareness of, or precise opinions on relevant contingencies. He engages with the strengths and flaws of Bayesian reasoning, and presents clear and comprehensive explorations of key issues in decision theory, from belief and desire to semantics and learning. His book draws on philosophy, economics, decision science and psychology, and will appeal to readers in all of these disciplines.
Washed away
Washed away like a footprint in the sand...part of the Blinkies series, hardcover Notebooks with Funky Art covers. The blank (un-ruled) pages are perfect for note-taking without being restrained by lines. The blank (un-ruled) pages are perfect for note-taking without being restrained by lines. A Contents page at the back and numbered pages in a feint font help with keeping notes organised. The hardback book with smooth premium 70lbs (105gsm) white paper is also perfect for graphite and colour pencil sketches. The smooth paper is a great substitute for good sketches without using the expensive hot press paper. Each design is available in;* Small 6 x 9 inch (152 x 229 mm) 82 pages * Large 8.5 x 11 inch (216 x 280 mm) 48 pages
Life Behind Bars
The most comprehensive photographic study to date of animals in captivity, LIFE BEHIND BARS, examines exotic and endangered animals and the necessity of their captivity for their own protection, and that of their species. The very real risk of many species potentially becoming extinct in the shockingly near future is highlighted in short, informative texts. Julian Starks has traveled all over the United States to institutions and sanctuaries to document these stunning creatures that are no longer threatened but living full, happy lives. Julian Starks started his non profit, Visions of the World Inc., with the mission to raise awareness, change perceptions, educate, and support those who need representation. While creating this book, it was an important goal for Starks to support the wild animal sanctuaries and institutions that protect and preserve endangered species. A portion of the proceeds for LIFE BEHIND BARS book sales and associated merchandise will go directly to these institutions.
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Laboratory technique in biology and medicine
This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.
La Leona de Kumullca Y Otros Cuentos Ecol籀gicos
En esta 矇poca de calentamiento global, de contaminaci籀n ambiental, de explotaci籀n irracional e indiscriminada de los recursos naturales, de aprovechamiento irracional y extinci籀n de las especies, de pronto asistimos a relumbrones y destellos de esperanza, que nos devuelven la fe en el reencuentro y valoraci籀n de la naturaleza. Con este relicario de cuentos "La leona de Kumullca y otros cuentos ecol籀gicos", de Carlos Vega Oca簽a, el autor retoma el camino o puente de retorno a la naturaleza generosa y pr籀diga donde los seres humanos que la habitan comparten con ella el esp穩ritu de la vida. Estos cuentos destinados a ser pose穩dos por los ni簽os, no solo como lectores, sino como seres humanos sensibles, generosos y buenos, tambi矇n ayudan a sensibilizar a los adultos sobre la importancia y verdadero valor de la naturaleza que nos rodea.
Adventures in Memory
A novelist and a neuroscientist uncover the secrets of human memory. What makes us remember? Why do we forget? And what, exactly, is a memory? With playfulness and intelligence, Adventures in Memory answers these questions and more, offering an illuminating look at one of our most fascinating faculties. The authors--two Norwegian sisters, one a neuropsychologist and the other an acclaimed writer--skillfully interweave history, research, and exceptional personal stories, taking readers on a captivating exploration of the evolving understanding of the science of memory from the Renaissance discovery of the hippocampus--named after the seahorse it resembles--up to the present day. Mixing metaphor with meta-analysis, they embark on an incredible journey: "diving for seahorses" for a memory experiment in Oslo fjord, racing taxis through London, and "time-traveling" to the future to reveal thought-provoking insights into remembering and forgetting. Along the way they interview experts of all stripes, from the world's top neuroscientists to famous novelists, to help explain how memory works, why it sometimes fails, and what we can do to improve it. Filled with cutting-edge research and nimble storytelling, the result is a charming--and memorable--adventure through human memory.
Reinventing Discovery
How the internet and powerful online tools are democratizing and accelerating scientific discovery Reinventing Discovery argues that we are living at the dawn of the most dramatic change in science in more than three hundred years. This change is being driven by powerful cognitive tools, enabled by the internet, which are greatly accelerating scientific discovery. There are many books about how the internet is changing business, the workplace, or government. But this is the first book about something much more fundamental: how the internet is transforming our collective intelligence and our understanding of the world. From the collaborative mathematicians of the Polymath Project to the amateur astronomers of Galaxy Zoo, Reinventing Discovery tells the exciting story of the unprecedented new era in networked science. It will interest anyone who wants to learn about how the online world is revolutionizing scientific discovery--and why the revolution is just beginning.
Beach Girl
What is it about nature that makes you want to hang around and stay longer, relax, just one more wave...part of the Blinkies series, hardcover Notebooks with Funky Art covers. The blank (un-ruled) pages are perfect for note-taking without being restrained by lines. A Contents page at the back and numbered pages in a feint font help with keeping notes organised. The hardback book with smooth premium 70lbs (105gsm) white paper is also perfect for graphite and colour pencil sketches. The smooth paper is a great substitute for good sketches without using the expensive hot press paper. Each design is available in;* Small 6 x 9 inch (152 x 229 mm) 82 pages * Large 8.5 x 11 inch (216 x 280 mm) 48 pages
Beach Girl
What is it about nature that makes you want to hang around and stay longer, relax, just one more wave...part of the Blinkies series, hardcover Notebooks with Funky Art covers. The blank (un-ruled) pages are perfect for note-taking without being restrained by lines. The blank (un-ruled) pages are perfect for note-taking without being restrained by lines. A Contents page at the back and numbered pages in a feint font help with keeping notes organised. The hardback book with smooth premium 70lbs (105gsm) white paper is also perfect for graphite and colour pencil sketches. The smooth paper is a great substitute for good sketches without using the expensive hot press paper. Each design is available in;* Small 6 x 9 inch (152 x 229 mm) 82 pages * Large 8.5 x 11 inch (216 x 280 mm) 48 pages
Apuntes de Grafoscop穩a Y Documentoscop穩a Utilizando Fotograf穩as En Microscopio
El autor expone sus conocimientos adquiridos como perito en materias de grafoscop穩a y documetoscop穩a durante veinte a簽os, con el objetivo de revelar la importancia de realizar dict獺menes demostrativos, comprobables y lo m獺s cient穩ficamente posibles, refiri矇ndose a los dict獺menes resueltos por 矇l mismo, en diversos procesos judiciales. En la parte correspondiente a la grafoscop穩a, L籀pez Landeros expone la majestuosidad que conlleva la escritura al provenir de ciertas partes del cerebro, bas獺ndose en estudios cient穩ficos, as穩 como en leyes y principios que nos indican que la escritura de un individuo es propia y se diferencia de la de los dem獺s. En este mismo apartado define los tipos de "falsificaciones" que son propias de la materia, ilustr獺ndolos y explic獺ndolos con ejemplos, como la falsificaci籀n libre o por imitaci籀n, por invenci籀n de trazos y por simulaci籀n. En la parte correspondiente de documentoscop穩a define los tipos de 繳tiles inscriptores y la importancia de la hechura del papel. Hace valer la necesidad primordial de utilizar fotograf穩as en microscopio para resolver y demostrar diferentes alteraciones propias de la materia como borrado con goma, borrado por lavado qu穩mico, alteraci籀n por agregado, los cuales se ilustran y explican con ejemplos, al igual que otro tipo de falsificaciones como la de "calco", donde necesariamente se debe utilizar el microscopio; como la falsificaci籀n, utilizando impresora de inyecci籀n de tinta, que actualmente es muy empleada por los falsificadores.
Washed away
Washed away like footprints in the sand...part of the Blinkies series, hardcover Notebooks with Funky Art covers. The blank (un-ruled) pages are perfect for note-taking without being restrained by lines. A Contents page at the back and numbered pages in a feint font help with keeping notes organised. The hardback book with smooth premium 70lbs (105gsm) white paper is also perfect for graphite and colour pencil sketches. The smooth paper is a great substitute for good sketches without using the expensive hot press paper. Each design is available in;* Small 6 x 9 inch (152 x 229 mm) 82 pages * Large 8.5 x 11 inch (216 x 280 mm) 48 pages
These Silent Mansions
Graveyards are oases: places of escape, of peace and reflection. Each is a garden or nature reserve, but also a site of commemoration, where the past is close enough to touch: a liminal place, at the border of the living world.Jean Sprackland's prize-winning book, Strands, brought to life the histories of objects found on a beach. These Silent Mansions is also an uncovering of individual stories: vivid, touching and intimately told. Sprackland travels back through her own life, revisiting graveyards in the ordinary towns and cities she has called home, seeking out others who lived, died and are remembered or forgotten there. With her poet's eye, she makes chance discoveries among the stones and inscriptions: a notorious smuggler tucked up in a sleepy churchyard; ancient coins unearthed on a secret burial ground; a slow-worm basking in the sun. These Silent Mansions is an elegant, exhilarating meditation on the relationship between the living and the dead, the nature of time and loss, and how - in this restless, accelerated world - we can connect the here with the elsewhere, the present with the past.
The Shallows
Nicholas Carr's bestseller The Shallows has become a foundational book in one of the most important debates of our time: As we enjoy the internet's bounties, are we sacrificing our ability to read and think deeply? This 10th-anniversary edition includes a new afterword that brings the story up to date, with a deep examination of the cognitive and behavioral effects of smartphones and social media.
How the Brain WorksThe Facts Visually Explained
Are men's and women's brains really different? Why are teenagers impulsive and rebellious? And will it soon be possible to link our brains together via the Cloud? Drawing on the latest neuroscience research, this visual guide makes the hidden workings of the human brain simple to understand. How the Brain Works begins with an introduction to the brain's anatomy, showing you how to tell your motor cortex from your mirror neurons. Moving on to function, it explains how the brain works constantly and unnoticed to regulate heartbeat and breathing, and how it collects information to produce the experiences of sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch. The chapters that follow cover memory and learning, consciousness and personality, and emotions and communication. There's also a guide to the brain's disorders, including physical problems, such as tumors and strokes, and psychological and functional disorders, ranging from autism to schizophrenia. Illustrated with bold graphics and step-by-step artworks, and sprinkled with bite-sized factoids and question-and-answer features, this is the perfect introduction to the fascinating world of the human brain.
Resisting Scientific Realism
In this book K. Brad Wray provides a comprehensive survey of the arguments against scientific realism. In addition to presenting logical considerations that undermine the realists' inferences to the likely truth or approximate truth of our theories, he provides a thorough assessment of the evidence from the history of science. He also examines grounds for a defence of anti-realism, including an anti-realist explanation for the success of our current theories, an account of why false theories can be empirically successful, and an explanation for why we should expect radical changes of theory in the future. His arguments are supported and illustrated by cases from the history of science, including a sustained study of the Copernican Revolution, and a study of the revolution in early twentieth century chemistry, when chemists came to classify elements by their atomic number rather than by their atomic weight.
Theoretical Virtues in Science
What are the features of a good scientific theory? Samuel Schindler's book revisits this classical question in the philosophy of science and develops new answers to it. Theoretical virtues matter not only for choosing theories 'to work with', but also for what we are justified in believing: only if the theories we possess are good ones (qua virtues) can we be confident that our theories' claims about nature are actually correct. Recent debates have focussed rather narrowly on a theory's capacity to predict new phenomena successfully, but Schindler argues that the justification for this focus is thin. He discusses several other theory properties such as testability, accuracy, and consistency, and highlights the importance of simplicity and coherence. Using detailed historical case studies and careful philosophical analysis, Schindler challenges the received view of theoretical virtues and advances arguments for the view that science uncovers reality through theory.
Wildly Successful Farming
Wildly Successful Farming tells the stories of farmers across the American Midwest who are balancing profitability and food production with environmental sustainability and a passion for all things wild. They are using innovative techniques and strategies to develop their "wildly" successful farms as working ecosystems. Whether producing grain, vegetables, fruit, meat, or milk, these next-generation agrarians look beyond the bottom line of the spreadsheet to the biological activity on the land as key measures of success. Written by agricultural journalist Brian DeVore, the book is based on interviews he has conducted at farms, wildlife refuges, laboratories, test plots, and gardens over the past twenty-five years. He documents innovations in cover cropping, managed rotational grazing, perennial polyculture, and integrated pest management. His accounts provide insight into the impacts regenerative farming methods can have on wildlife, water, landscape, soils, and rural communities and suggest ways all of us can support wildly successful farmers.
Physical Perspectives on Computation, Computational Perspectives on Physics
Although computation and the science of physical systems would appear to be unrelated, there are a number of ways in which computational and physical concepts can be brought together in ways that illuminate both. This volume examines fundamental questions which connect scholars from both disciplines: is the universe a computer? Can a universal computing machine simulate every physical process? What is the source of the computational power of quantum computers? Are computational approaches to solving physical problems and paradoxes always fruitful? Contributors from multiple perspectives reflecting the diversity of thought regarding these interconnections address many of the most important developments and debates within this exciting area of research. Both a reference to the state of the art and a valuable and accessible entry to interdisciplinary work, the volume will interest researchers and students working in physics, computer science, and philosophy of science and mathematics.
We Know It When We See It
A Harvard researcher investigates the human eye in this insightful account of what vision reveals about intelligence, learning, and the greatest mysteries of neuroscience. Spotting a face in a crowd is so easy, you take it for granted. But how you do it is one of science's great mysteries. And vision is involved with so much of everything your brain does. Explaining how it works reveals more than just how you see. In We Know It When We See It, Harvard neuroscientist Richard Masland tackles vital questions about how the brain processes information -- how it perceives, learns, and remembers -- through a careful study of the inner life of the eye. Covering everything from what happens when light hits your retina, to the increasingly sophisticated nerve nets that turn that light into knowledge, to what a computer algorithm must be able to do before it can be called truly "intelligent," We Know It When We See It is a profound yet approachable investigation into how our bodies make sense of the world.
Weighing the Evidence
Clinical research is being strangled. Developed in the 1920's, statistical hypothesis testing was accepted into mainstream medical research in the 1950s and served well to provide structure to clinical research. However statistical hypothesis testing was not developed specifically for clinical research, and has been forced to undergo continuous adaptations in order to maintain relavance. Despite this effort, it has not kept up with clinical research sophistication that now generates an abundance of analyses. Since it has been unable to adapt sufficiently, statistical hypothesis testing is stunting the growth of clinical research, maintaining its p-value dominance at an unacceptable cost. The thesis of this book is that clinical resesarch, with its need to assess benefit and risk, its safety perogative, and its plethora of resarch designs, requires an analysis rubric specifically designed for it. This new foundation is based on 1) the concept of duality, where a statistical effect size estimate can simultaneously provide evidence for benefit and evidence for harm, and 2) the notion that clinical research analyses can be partitioned into regions of analysis that can be weighted through the use of set and measure theory. The entire theory is provided from first principals, requiring only a rudimentary background in clincal research.
Innate
A leading neuroscientist explains why your personal traits are more innate than you think What makes you the way you are--and what makes each of us different from everyone else? In Innate, leading neuroscientist and popular science blogger Kevin Mitchell traces human diversity and individual differences to their deepest level: in the wiring of our brains. Deftly guiding us through important new research, including his own groundbreaking work, he explains how variations in the way our brains develop before birth strongly influence our psychology and behavior throughout our lives, shaping our personality, intelligence, sexuality, and even the way we perceive the world. Compelling and original, Innate will change the way you think about why and how we are who we are.
A High Low Tide
Oysters are a narrative food: in each shuck and slurp, an eater tastes the place where the animal was raised. But that's just the beginning. Andr矇 Joseph Gallant uses the bivalve as a jumping off point to tell the story of a changing southeastern coast, the bounty within its waters, and what the future may hold for the area and its fishers. With A High Low Tide he places Georgia, as well as the South, in the national conversation about aquaculture, addressing its potential as well as its challenges. The Georgia oyster industry dominated in the field of oysters for canning until it was slowed by environmental and economic shifts. To build it back and to make the Georgia oyster competitive on the national stage, a bit of scientific cosmetic work must be done, performed through aquaculture. The business of oyster farming combines physical labor and science, creating an atmosphere where disparate groups must work together to ensure its future. Employing months of field research in coastal waters and countless hours interviewing scholars and fishermen, Gallant documents both the hiccups and the successes that occur when university researchers work alongside blue-collar laborers on a shared obsession. The dawn of aquaculture in Georgia promises a sea change in the livelihoods of wild-harvest shellfishermen, should they choose to adapt to new methods. Gallant documents how these traditional harvesters are affected by innovation and uncertain tides and asks how threatened they really are.
National Geographic the Photo Ark Limited Earth Day Edition
This special edition comes with a free poster celebrating National Geographic's Photo Ark Initiative, now in its 15th year. Photographer Joel Sartore's lifelong project to make portraits of the world's endangered species conveys a powerful message: To know these animals is to save them. Joel Sartore is committed to documenting every animal in captivity--with a focus on the growing list of endangered species and those facing extinction--circling the globe, visiting zoos and wildlife rescue centers to create studio portraits of 12,000 species. Paired with the eloquent prose of veteran wildlife writer Douglas Chadwick, and with a foreword by Harrison Ford, Sartore's animal portraits are riveting: from tiny to mammoth, from the Florida grasshopper sparrow to the greater one-horned rhinoceros. Now, with the accelerating pace of climate change and its devastating effect on wildlife habitat, his book presents a more urgent argument for saving all the species of our planet.
Weighing the Evidence
Clinical research is being strangled. Developed in the 1920's, statistical hypothesis testing was accepted into mainstream medical research in the 1950s and served well to provide structure to clinical research. However statistical hypothesis testing was not developed specifically for clinical research, and has been forced to undergo continuous adaptations in order to maintain relavance. Despite this effort, it has not kept up with clinical research sophistication that now generates an abundance of analyses. Since it has been unable to adapt sufficiently, statistical hypothesis testing is stunting the growth of clinical research, maintaining its p-value dominance at an unacceptable cost. The thesis of this book is that clinical resesarch, with its need to assess benefit and risk, its safety perogative, and its plethora of resarch designs, requires an analysis rubric specifically designed for it. This new foundation is based on 1) the concept of duality, where a statistical effect size estimate can simultaneously provide evidence for benefit and evidence for harm, and 2) the notion that clinical research analyses can be partitioned into regions of analysis that can be weighted through the use of set and measure theory. The entire theory is provided from first principals, requiring only a rudimentary background in clincal research.
The Science of James Bond
Spy-Fi Culture with a License to Kill From Sean Connery to Daniel Craig, James Bond is the highest-grossing movie franchise of all time. Out-grossing Star Wars, Harry Potter, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the world's most iconic and international secret agent has a shelf life of almost six decades, from Dr. No to Spectre. As nuclear missile threats are replaced by a series of subtler threats in a globalized and digital world, Bond is with us still. In The Science of James Bond, we recognize the Bond franchise as a unique genre: spy-fi. A genre of film and fiction that fuses spy fiction with science fiction. We look at Bond's obsessions with super-villains, the future, and world domination or destruction. And we take a peek under the hood of trends in science and tech, often in the form of gadgets and spy devices in chapters such as: Goldfinger: Man Has Achieved Miracles in All Fields but Crime!You Only Live Twice: The Race to Conquer SpaceLive and Let Die: Full Throttle: Bond and the CarSkyfall: The Science of CyberterrorismAnd more!This is the only James Bond companion that looks at the film and fiction in such a spy-fi way, taking in weapon wizards, the chemistry of death, threads of nuclear paranoia, and Bond baddies' obsession with the master race!
The Science of Women in Horror
From scream queens to femmes fatale, horror isn't just for the boys. Gothic media moguls Meg Hafdahl and Kelly Florence, authors of The Science of Monsters, and co-hosts of the Horror Rewind podcast called "the best horror film podcast out there" by Film Daddy, present a guide to the feminist horror movies, TV shows, and characters we all know and love. Through interviews, film analysis, and bone-chilling discoveries, The Science of Women in Horror uncovers the theories behind women's most iconic roles of the genre. Explore age-old tropes such as "The Innocent" like Lydia in Beetlejuice, "The Gorgon" like Pamela Voorhees in Friday the 13th, and "The Mother" like Norma Bates in Pyscho and Bates Motel, and delve deeper into female-forward film and TV including: The Haunting of Hill HouseTeethChilling Adventures of SabrinaBuffy the Vampire SlayerAnd so much more! Join Kelly and Meg in The Science of Women in Horror as they flip the script and prove that every girl is a "final girl."
