Author: World Book, Inc
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780716640608
Category : Brain
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
"A group of children learn about the human body through visits with Wilhelm Roentgen, Edward Jenner, Leonardo da Vinci, Rosalind Franklin, and Watson and Crick"--
Zac Newton Investigates Bodies and Brains
Author: World Book, Inc
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780716640608
Category : Brain
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
"A group of children learn about the human body through visits with Wilhelm Roentgen, Edward Jenner, Leonardo da Vinci, Rosalind Franklin, and Watson and Crick"--
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780716640608
Category : Brain
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
"A group of children learn about the human body through visits with Wilhelm Roentgen, Edward Jenner, Leonardo da Vinci, Rosalind Franklin, and Watson and Crick"--
Addition
Author: Joseph Midthun
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780716644484
Category : Addition
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"A graphic nonfiction volume that introduces critical basic addition concepts"--
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780716644484
Category : Addition
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"A graphic nonfiction volume that introduces critical basic addition concepts"--
The Wealth of Networks
Author: Yochai Benkler
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300125771
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
Describes how patterns of information, knowledge, and cultural production are changing. The author shows that the way information and knowledge are made available can either limit or enlarge the ways people create and express themselves. He describes the range of legal and policy choices that confront.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300125771
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
Describes how patterns of information, knowledge, and cultural production are changing. The author shows that the way information and knowledge are made available can either limit or enlarge the ways people create and express themselves. He describes the range of legal and policy choices that confront.
Alan Turing: Life and Legacy of a Great Thinker
Author: Christof Teuscher
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3662056429
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 553
Book Description
Written by a distinguished cast of contributors, Alan Turing: Life and Legacy of a Great Thinker is the definitive collection of essays in commemoration of the 90th birthday of Alan Turing. This fascinating text covers the rich facets of his life, thoughts, and legacy, but also sheds some light on the future of computing science with a chapter contributed by visionary Ray Kurzweil, winner of the 1999 National Medal of Technology. Further, important contributions come from the philosopher Daniel Dennett, the Turing biographer Andrew Hodges, and from the distinguished logician Martin Davis, who provides a first critical essay on an emerging and controversial field termed "hypercomputation".
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3662056429
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 553
Book Description
Written by a distinguished cast of contributors, Alan Turing: Life and Legacy of a Great Thinker is the definitive collection of essays in commemoration of the 90th birthday of Alan Turing. This fascinating text covers the rich facets of his life, thoughts, and legacy, but also sheds some light on the future of computing science with a chapter contributed by visionary Ray Kurzweil, winner of the 1999 National Medal of Technology. Further, important contributions come from the philosopher Daniel Dennett, the Turing biographer Andrew Hodges, and from the distinguished logician Martin Davis, who provides a first critical essay on an emerging and controversial field termed "hypercomputation".
How Emotions Are Made
Author: Lisa Feldman Barrett
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0544129962
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
Preeminent psychologist Lisa Barrett lays out how the brain constructs emotions in a way that could revolutionize psychology, health care, the legal system, and our understanding of the human mind. “Fascinating . . . A thought-provoking journey into emotion science.”—The Wall Street Journal “A singular book, remarkable for the freshness of its ideas and the boldness and clarity with which they are presented.”—Scientific American “A brilliant and original book on the science of emotion, by the deepest thinker about this topic since Darwin.”—Daniel Gilbert, best-selling author of Stumbling on Happiness The science of emotion is in the midst of a revolution on par with the discovery of relativity in physics and natural selection in biology. Leading the charge is psychologist and neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett, whose research overturns the long-standing belief that emotions are automatic, universal, and hardwired in different brain regions. Instead, Barrett shows, we construct each instance of emotion through a unique interplay of brain, body, and culture. A lucid report from the cutting edge of emotion science, How Emotions Are Made reveals the profound real-world consequences of this breakthrough for everything from neuroscience and medicine to the legal system and even national security, laying bare the immense implications of our latest and most intimate scientific revolution.
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0544129962
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
Preeminent psychologist Lisa Barrett lays out how the brain constructs emotions in a way that could revolutionize psychology, health care, the legal system, and our understanding of the human mind. “Fascinating . . . A thought-provoking journey into emotion science.”—The Wall Street Journal “A singular book, remarkable for the freshness of its ideas and the boldness and clarity with which they are presented.”—Scientific American “A brilliant and original book on the science of emotion, by the deepest thinker about this topic since Darwin.”—Daniel Gilbert, best-selling author of Stumbling on Happiness The science of emotion is in the midst of a revolution on par with the discovery of relativity in physics and natural selection in biology. Leading the charge is psychologist and neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett, whose research overturns the long-standing belief that emotions are automatic, universal, and hardwired in different brain regions. Instead, Barrett shows, we construct each instance of emotion through a unique interplay of brain, body, and culture. A lucid report from the cutting edge of emotion science, How Emotions Are Made reveals the profound real-world consequences of this breakthrough for everything from neuroscience and medicine to the legal system and even national security, laying bare the immense implications of our latest and most intimate scientific revolution.
Explorations
Author: Beth Alison Schultz Shook
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781931303811
Category : Anthropology
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781931303811
Category : Anthropology
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Zac Newton Investigates Spectacular Space
Author: World Book, Inc
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780716640615
Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
"A group of children learn about space through visits with Neil Armstrong, Edmond Halley, Nicolaus Copernicus, Annie Jump Cannon, and Edwin Hubble"--
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780716640615
Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
"A group of children learn about space through visits with Neil Armstrong, Edmond Halley, Nicolaus Copernicus, Annie Jump Cannon, and Edwin Hubble"--
Working Memory Capacity
Author: Nelson Cowan
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 1317232380
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
The idea of one's memory "filling up" is a humorous misconception of how memory in general is thought to work; it actually has no capacity limit. However, the idea of a "full brain" makes more sense with reference to working memory, which is the limited amount of information a person can hold temporarily in an especially accessible form for use in the completion of almost any challenging cognitive task. This groundbreaking book explains the evidence supporting Cowan's theoretical proposal about working memory capacity, and compares it to competing perspectives. Cognitive psychologists profoundly disagree on how working memory is limited: whether by the number of units that can be retained (and, if so, what kind of units and how many), the types of interfering material, the time that has elapsed, some combination of these mechanisms, or none of them. The book assesses these hypotheses and examines explanations of why capacity limits occur, including vivid biological, cognitive, and evolutionary accounts. The book concludes with a discussion of the practical importance of capacity limits in daily life. This 10th anniversary Classic Edition will continue to be accessible to a wide range of readers and serve as an invaluable reference for all memory researchers.
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 1317232380
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
The idea of one's memory "filling up" is a humorous misconception of how memory in general is thought to work; it actually has no capacity limit. However, the idea of a "full brain" makes more sense with reference to working memory, which is the limited amount of information a person can hold temporarily in an especially accessible form for use in the completion of almost any challenging cognitive task. This groundbreaking book explains the evidence supporting Cowan's theoretical proposal about working memory capacity, and compares it to competing perspectives. Cognitive psychologists profoundly disagree on how working memory is limited: whether by the number of units that can be retained (and, if so, what kind of units and how many), the types of interfering material, the time that has elapsed, some combination of these mechanisms, or none of them. The book assesses these hypotheses and examines explanations of why capacity limits occur, including vivid biological, cognitive, and evolutionary accounts. The book concludes with a discussion of the practical importance of capacity limits in daily life. This 10th anniversary Classic Edition will continue to be accessible to a wide range of readers and serve as an invaluable reference for all memory researchers.
Science Encyclopedia
Author: National Geographic Kids
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1426325428
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Offers an illustrated encyclopedia of general science, with informative and fun facts on a broad array of scientific topics.
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1426325428
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Offers an illustrated encyclopedia of general science, with informative and fun facts on a broad array of scientific topics.
Spectacular Stories for Curious Kids
Author: Jesse Sullivan
Publisher: Big Dreams Kids Books
ISBN: 9781953429131
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
DISCOVER, WONDER, EXPLORE, IMAGINE You have found the book that is a wild, whirling tornado of breathless fascination. This book, a gift for kids who revel in reading (or even those who find it tedious) is a most extraordinary, gratifying, daring affair, teeming with life and vivid stories, abundantly complete with diverse and unique marvels for the young mind, the whole forming a blazing vision of breathtaking splendor that will astonish, inspire, and capture the imagination of young readers everywhere. Each story is an adventure, each tale a discovery. Each page is dripping with captivating tales from history and scientific wonders, all of which have been specifically curated and written for YOUNG READERS. The purpose of this book is to fascinate but also to empower and uplift. These 100 stories filling over 280 pages will inspire awe and fascination in both reluctant readers as well as budding aficionados of the written word. You will be amazed at what your child excitedly learns from a book like this. Get this book today and ignite your child's curiosity. ★ Fascination is an incredible gift. ★
Publisher: Big Dreams Kids Books
ISBN: 9781953429131
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
DISCOVER, WONDER, EXPLORE, IMAGINE You have found the book that is a wild, whirling tornado of breathless fascination. This book, a gift for kids who revel in reading (or even those who find it tedious) is a most extraordinary, gratifying, daring affair, teeming with life and vivid stories, abundantly complete with diverse and unique marvels for the young mind, the whole forming a blazing vision of breathtaking splendor that will astonish, inspire, and capture the imagination of young readers everywhere. Each story is an adventure, each tale a discovery. Each page is dripping with captivating tales from history and scientific wonders, all of which have been specifically curated and written for YOUNG READERS. The purpose of this book is to fascinate but also to empower and uplift. These 100 stories filling over 280 pages will inspire awe and fascination in both reluctant readers as well as budding aficionados of the written word. You will be amazed at what your child excitedly learns from a book like this. Get this book today and ignite your child's curiosity. ★ Fascination is an incredible gift. ★