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Author : Ian Stewart,Jack Cohen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521663830
Popular science tour de force from bestselling authors, on evolution of intelligence, culture and mind.
Author : Ian Stewart,Cohen Jack
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Cognition and culture
ISBN : OCLC:754866581
Author : Ian Stewart,Jack Cohen
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2000-03-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780141938288
Do we live in a simple or a complex universe? Jack Cohen and Ian Stewart explore the ability of complicated rules to generate simple behaviour in nature through 'the collapse of chaos'. 'The most startling, thought-provoking book I've read all year. I was pleased to learn that most of the things I thought I knew were wrong' -- Terry Pratchett
Author : Ian Stewart
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1997-06-26
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780141928074
Since the dramatic discovery of the mathematical concept of chaos in 1989, the controversy of its contents has settled down. This revised edition of Does God Play Dice? takes a fresh look at its achievements and potential. With a new preface and three completely new chapters, it includes the latest practical applications of chaos theory, such as developing intelligent heart pacemakers. All this provides a fascinating new answer to Einstien's question which provided the title of this book.
Author : John Szarkowski
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 0870706411
"This book, published to accompany a retrospective exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, is the first comprehensive overview of the work of Garry Winogrand. It contains an eloquent and important essay on the life and work of the photographer by John Szarkowski and a lavish plate section presenting the photographs thematically under the following titles: Eisenhower Years, The Street, Women, The Zoo, On the Road, The Sixties, Etc., The Fort Worth Fat Stock Show and Rodeo, Airport, and Unfinished Work. Many of the 179 plates are works that have never before been published; and the last section includes twenty-five pictures chosen from the enormous body of work that Winogrand left unedited at the time of his death in 1984."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Troy Banyan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2002-11-01
Category : Life change events
ISBN : 1899293876
Author : T.M. Luhrmann
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2022-04-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780691234441
The hard work required to make God real, how it changes the people who do it, and why it helps explain the enduring power of faith How do gods and spirits come to feel vividly real to people—as if they were standing right next to them? Humans tend to see supernatural agents everywhere, as the cognitive science of religion has shown. But it isn’t easy to maintain a sense that there are invisible spirits who care about you. In How God Becomes Real, acclaimed anthropologist and scholar of religion T. M. Luhrmann argues that people must work incredibly hard to make gods real and that this effort—by changing the people who do it and giving them the benefits they seek from invisible others—helps to explain the enduring power of faith. Drawing on ethnographic studies of evangelical Christians, pagans, magicians, Zoroastrians, Black Catholics, Santeria initiates, and newly orthodox Jews, Luhrmann notes that none of these people behave as if gods and spirits are simply there. Rather, these worshippers make strenuous efforts to create a world in which invisible others matter and can become intensely present and real. The faithful accomplish this through detailed stories, absorption, the cultivation of inner senses, belief in a porous mind, strong sensory experiences, prayer, and other practices. Along the way, Luhrmann shows why faith is harder than belief, why prayer is a metacognitive activity like therapy, why becoming religious is like getting engrossed in a book, and much more. A fascinating account of why religious practices are more powerful than religious beliefs, How God Becomes Real suggests that faith is resilient not because it provides intuitions about gods and spirits—but because it changes the faithful in profound ways.
Author : Ian Stewart
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2010-10-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781458716545
First there was Edwin A. Abbott's remarkable Flatland, published in 1884, and one of the all-time classics of popular mathematics. Now, from mathematician and accomplished science writer Ian Stewart, comes what Nature calls "a superb sequel." Through larger-than-life characters and an inspired story line, Flatterland explores our present understanding of the shape and origins of the universe, the nature of space, time, and matter, as well as modern geometries and their applications. The journey begins when our heroine, Victoria Line, comes upon her great-great-grandfather A. Square's diary, hidden in the attic. The writings help her to contact the Space Hopper, who tempts her away from her home and family in Flatland and becomes her guide and mentor through ten dimensions. In the tradition of Alice in Wonderland and The Phantom Toll Booth, this magnificent investigation into the nature of reality is destined to become a modern classic.
Author : Peter Corning
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2003-05-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 113944218X
Nature's Magic presents a bold vision of the evolutionary process from the Big Bang to the 21st century. Synergy of various kinds is not only a ubiquitous aspect of the natural world but it has also been a wellspring of creativity and the 'driver' of the broad evolutionary trend toward increased complexity, in nature and human societies alike. But in contrast with the many theories of emergence or complexity that rely on some underlying force or 'law', the 'Synergism Hypothesis', as Peter Corning calls it, is in essence an economic theory of biological complexity; it is fully consistent with mainstream evolutionary biology. Corning refers to it as Holistic Darwinism. Among the many important insights that are provided by this new paradigm, Corning presents a scenario in which the human species invented itself; synergistic, behavioral and technological innovations were the 'pacemakers' of our biological evolution. Synergy has also been the key to the evolution of complex modern societies, he concludes.
Author : Danny Lore
Publisher : Vault Comics
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2019-12-17
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781638490524
The Sandman meets Bladerunner in this LGBTQ+ Fantasy/SciFi blend! Sometimes dreams—called figments—escape the dreamer's mind. And it's Daher's job to track them down. When she finds herself caught up in the dreams of politically powerful family, Daher discovers secrets about the origins of figments. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A DREAM ESCAPES? When a dream entity known as a figment emerges from a dreamer’s mind, it’s Daher’s job as an IJ to track them down and make the call: reinsert the figment, or grant them agency in our world. After an especially powerful figment escapes the dreams of an even more powerful politician’s son, Daher is pulled headlong into an investigation that traces all the way back to the incident that sent dreams, even nightmares, spilling into our reality. Collects the complete five issue series.
Author : Benny Hinn
Publisher : Benny Hinn Ministries
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2011-07-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781590244593
According to Scripture, our struggle is not against "flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places", Ephesians 6:12. In this ground-breaking book, you will come face to face with the two most opposing spiritual forces operating in our world: angels and demons. These are not figments of our imagination, but are alive and real at this very moment. Discover seven specific facts we need to know about spiritual beings. Fight with the assurance that the war was wont at Calvary and ultimate victory is on the way!
Author : Roger Penrose
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 1136 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2021-06-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780593315309
**WINNER OF THE 2020 NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSICS** The Road to Reality is the most important and ambitious work of science for a generation. It provides nothing less than a comprehensive account of the physical universe and the essentials of its underlying mathematical theory. It assumes no particular specialist knowledge on the part of the reader, so that, for example, the early chapters give us the vital mathematical background to the physical theories explored later in the book. Roger Penrose's purpose is to describe as clearly as possible our present understanding of the universe and to convey a feeling for its deep beauty and philosophical implications, as well as its intricate logical interconnections. The Road to Reality is rarely less than challenging, but the book is leavened by vivid descriptive passages, as well as hundreds of hand-drawn diagrams. In a single work of colossal scope one of the world's greatest scientists has given us a complete and unrivalled guide to the glories of the universe that we all inhabit. 'Roger Penrose is the most important physicist to work in relativity theory except for Einstein. He is one of the very few people I've met in my life who, without reservation, I call a genius' Lee Smolin
Author : Patrick Harpur
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Aparitions
ISBN : 0937663093
Daimonic Reality is a sweeping look at strange, otherworldly events in the world around us -- UFOs, fairies, phantom animals, visions of the Virgin Mary, alien abductions, and mysterious lights in the sky. But rather than simply listing the events, Patrick Harpur shows how they can all be tied together using his concept of Daimonic Reality. Starting with a look at the events themselves, Harpur shows how they are connected by using ideas proposed by Carl Jung and the Romantic poets, William Butler Yeats and William Blake. Harpur connects the old-fashioned fairies to the modern occupants of UFOs. He highlights the similarities in sightings of the older Black Dogs, more recent mysterious cats, and Yetis, Yowies, and Bigfoot. Lights in the sky have existed throughout history; once they were seen as witches, now they are UFOs. The ephemeral materializations of Spiritualism's seances have been replaced by tangible crop circles. And all of them are manifestations of Daimonic Reality.
Author : John Michael Greer
Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2011-09-08
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780738716008
Of course that monster hiding under your bed when you were little didn't really exist. Vampires, werewolves, zombies, demons—they're simply figments of our imagination, right? After all, their existence has never been scientifically proven. But there is one giant problem with such an easy dismissal of these creepy creatures: people keep encountering them. Join occult scholar John Michael Greer for a harrowing journey into the reality of the impossible. Combining folklore, Western magical philosophy, and actual field experience, Monsters: An Investigator's Guide to Magical Beings is required reading for both active and armchair monster hunters. Between these covers you'll find a chilling collection of fiendish facts and folklore, including: Why true vampires are the least attractive—and most destructive—of all monsters The five different kinds of ghosts Magical origins of the werewolf legends How to survive a chimera encounter (Jersey Devil, chupacabra, Mothman) The hidden connections between faery lore and UFOs Where dragons are found today How to investigate a monster sighting Natural and ritual magic techniques for dealing with hostile monsters This 10th anniversary edition of the quintessential guide to magical beings features a new preface, new chapters on chimeras and zombies, and updates on werewolves, dragons, and the fae.
Author : Samuel R. Delany
Publisher : Macmillan Reference USA
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015028745233