Into The Illusive World

Author : Paul A. Moore
Publisher : Springer
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030202026

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Into the Illusive World by Paul A. Moore Pdf

Have you ever thought about what a dog smells as it stops to sniff at a tree? Or what a cat is watching as it stares intensely off into space? What about animals in the wild? What do they see, hear, smell, and feel? How do they perceive their surroundings? This is the illusive world. A world filled with fascinating stimuli that we are not equipped to detect. This is particularly true because we tend to rely so heavily on our eyes or ears. We are figuratively, and literally, blind to this part of the natural world. This part, which is full of stimuli we cannot perceive, encompasses the daily lives of so many animals. Beneath our feet are ants, moles, and spiders using vibrations to coordinate colonies and communicate danger. In the oceans, turtles, fish, and octopi are sensitive to magnetic and electric fields, as well as tasty morsels at the tips of their tentacles. In the skies, owls and raptors can see deep into a lake or pierce the night with highly sensitive eyes. This book brings together all these animals and their amazing sensory abilities in an exploration of how animals perceive their world. Within these pages are wonderful and exciting stories of organisms using their senses to perform sophisticated communication with nestmates, find hidden prey in the dark of night or murky of depths, and call to lovers both near and far. This book will open the door to this illusive world and will take you on a journey into the illusive world and see how different the world is when perceived through another animal’s senses.

Author : Paul A. Moore
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Animal behavior
ISBN : 3030202038

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Into the Illusive World by Paul A. Moore Pdf

Have you ever thought about what a dog smells as it stops to sniff at a tree? Or what a cat is watching as it stares intensely off into space? What about animals in the wild? What do they see, hear, smell, and feel? How do they perceive their surroundings? This is the illusive world. A world filled with fascinating stimuli that we are not equipped to detect. This is particularly true because we tend to rely so heavily on our eyes or ears. We are figuratively, and literally, blind to this part of the natural world. This part, which is full of stimuli we cannot perceive, encompasses the daily lives of so many animals. Beneath our feet are ants, moles, and spiders using vibrations to coordinate colonies and communicate danger. In the oceans, turtles, fish, and octopi are sensitive to magnetic and electric fields, as well as tasty morsels at the tips of their tentacles. In the skies, owls and raptors can see deep into a lake or pierce the night with highly sensitive eyes. This book brings together all these animals and their amazing sensory abilities in an exploration of how animals perceive their world. Within these pages are wonderful and exciting stories of organisms using their senses to perform sophisticated communication with nestmates, find hidden prey in the dark of night or murky of depths, and call to lovers both near and far. This book will open the door to this illusive world and will take you on a journey into the illusive world and see how different the world is when perceived through another animal's senses.

Author : Revd Dr Gabriel J. Anan, PhD
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2015-08-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781504988513

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The Illusive World of Love by Revd Dr Gabriel J. Anan, PhD Pdf

This book attempts to demystify the complexity of the illusive world of love, labeled by the ancient Greeks in the three distinct types of love, particularly eros. The book is challenging this axiom in stressing that majority of people in the world are being fooled into thinking that there is such a thing as true love, as eros. People may say, “Not another book on love”—yes, but with a difference. The belief is that the word love (eros) is an illusion, and that having been entrenched in the certainty of what love has to offer, the more knowledge we have about it, the better. The instance here is this: whilst love is held with higher regard in the world since time immemorial, it is time to have a fresher thought about the reality of love. By engaging in the exploration of the influence of eros (love), we shall be in a supreme position to be able to disentangle the mind-set being enculturated into society centuries ago by the Greek philosophers. It can’t be stressed highly enough as we are all witnessing the devastating impact of the Platonic love eros on many innocent people, particularly children in our modern society. Marinoff claims that “the ancient Greeks, whose development and discoveries in many subjects continue to exert primary influence on Western civilization, and therefore also on the global village, were vitally interested in love and its relation to the human soul. In this pre-Christian period, the Greeks were pagans, and the view of the soul was not a religious one involving spirits or ghosts. Plato and others conceived of love as residing in the soul and the soul itself (and therefore love). This book reveals what true love is in the Bible, contrary to what the ancient Greeks handed to modern society. The Greek’s third and highest form of love is agape. It is the rarest and most valuable kind of love. Agape is unselfish; its expression always helps and never harms another. What makes agape different from eros and philos is its selflessness. Although agape love was mentioned by the Greeks, its true meaning is given by Jesus in the Bible. In this respect, the book is saturated with the biblical verses of God’s love, particularly agape love.

Author : Emily Lloyd-Jones
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2014-07-15
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780316254588

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Illusive by Emily Lloyd-Jones Pdf

The X-Men meets Ocean's Eleven in this edge-of-your-seat sci-fi adventure about a band of "super" criminals. When the deadly MK virus swept across the planet, a vaccine was created to stop the epidemic, but it came with some unexpected side effects. A small percentage of the population developed superhero-like powers, and Americans suffering from these so-called adverse effects were given an ultimatum: Serve the country or be declared a traitor. Some people chose a third option: live a life of crime. Seventeen-year-old Ciere Giba has the handy ability to change her appearance at will. She's what's known as an illusionist. She's also a thief. After crossing a gang of mobsters, Ciere must team up with a group of fellow super powered criminals on a job that most would have considered impossible: a hunt for the formula that gave them their abilities. It was supposedly destroyed years ago--but what if it wasn't? Government agents are hot on their trail, and the lines between good and bad, us and them, and freedom and entrapment are blurred as Ciere and the rest of her crew become embroiled in a deadly race that could cost them their lives.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Sanjay Keshav Pandit
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9788192182810

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Mind Management by Sanjay Pandit by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCAL:B3078787

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Church Quarterly Review by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1875
Category : Theology
ISBN : WISC:89077077782

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The Church Quarterly Review by Anonim Pdf

Author : Peter K. Cornelius,Bruce Kogut
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 527 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2003-08-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780198037347

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Corporate Governance and Capital Flows in a Global Economy by Peter K. Cornelius,Bruce Kogut Pdf

This volume is a timely and insightful exploration into the issues of corporate governance and the impact of corporate governance practices on investments in developing countries. Sponsored by the World Economic Forum, INSEAD, and Wharton, this book collects original essays from senior researchers at the worlds top academic institutions as well as from key policymakers and business leaders, It analyzes global aspects of governance in relation to such issues as corporate performance, privatization, venture capitalism, and workers. With global financial markets having become more integrated, the book pays particular attention to the role of corporate governance in emerging-market economies and international capital flows. Rich in facts and ideas, Corporate Governance and Capital Flows in a Global Economy is a must read for anyone interested in financial crises international risk management, and global competitiveness.

Author : Tomáš Koblížek
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-21
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781350032590

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The Aesthetic Illusion in Literature and the Arts by Tomáš Koblížek Pdf

The notion of aesthetic illusion relates to a number of art forms and media. Defined as a pleasurable mental state that emerges during the reception of texts and artefacts, it amounts to the reader's or viewer's sense of having entered the represented world while at the same time keeping a distance from it. Aesthetic Illusion in Literature and the Arts is an in-depth study of the main questions surrounding this experience of art as reality. Beginning with an introduction providing historical background to modern discussions of illusion, it deals with a wide range of theoretical issues. The collection explores the nature and function of the aesthetic illusion as well as the role of affect and emotion, the implications of aesthetic illusion for the theory of fiction, the variable forms of aesthetic illusion and its relationship to other components of aesthetic response. Aesthetic Illusion in Literature and the Arts brings together a team of scholars from philosophy, literature and art and presents an interdisciplinary examination of a concept lying at the heart of contemporary aesthetics.

Author : Karl Raimund Popper
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780415518796

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The World of Parmenides by Karl Raimund Popper Pdf

The World of Parmenides is a brilliant exploration of the complexity of ancient Greek thought and science, that reveals Popper's engagement with Presocratic philosophy and the enlightenment he experienced in reading Parmenides. Including writings on Greek science, philosophy and history Popper demonstrates his lifelong fascination and admiration of the Presocratic philosophers, in particular Parmenides, Xenophanes and Heraclitus.

Author : Karl Sir Popper
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2012-05-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781136320743

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The World of Parmenides by Karl Sir Popper Pdf

With a new foreword by Scott Austin 'I hope that these essays may illustrate the thesis that all history is or should be the history of problem situations, and that in following this principle we may further our understanding of the Presocratics and other thinkers of the past. The essays also try to show the greatness of the early Greek philosophers, who gave Europe its philosophy, its science, and its humanism.' - Karl Popper, from the preface The World of Parmenides is a brilliant exploration of the complexity of ancient Greek thought and science by one of the twentieth century’s leading philosophers. It reveals the great importance of Presocratic philosophy to Popper’s thought as a whole and shows the profound enlightenment he experienced reading not only Parmenides but the wider world of Greek science and philosophy including Xenophanes and Heraclitus. Edited by Arne F. Petersen, Associate Professor in the Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 818 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1847
Category : Ireland
ISBN : UIUC:30112110906457

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The Dublin University Magazine by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1036 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1847
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119108061

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Dublin University Magazine by Anonim Pdf

Author : John Holmes Agnew,Walter Hilliard Bidwell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1847
Category : American periodicals
ISBN : RUTGERS:39030034118135

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Eclectic Magazine, and Monthly Edition of the Living Age by John Holmes Agnew,Walter Hilliard Bidwell Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 860 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1880
Category : Literature
ISBN : CUB:U183015813183

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Fraser's Magazine by Anonim Pdf