The first of three volumes of John Neal's collected works. "Not only is the megalithic system largely ignored by archaeologists, it is opposed - even by the numerate among their ranks. This position is now untenable, as it can be shown that the megalithic yard shared an origin with the Sumerian cubit. And the foot-measure used in England - equivalent to a Greek foot - proves to have played a pivotal role in the whole metrological system. It is ironic that just as it is being thrown on the scrap heap of history, its historical importance is beginning to be recognised." Professor Michael Vickers, University of Oxford, review of Neal's work in Nature: International Weekly Journal of Science. 2001. Autorid: John Neal
This is a concise, comprehensive, and accessible introduction to the philosophy of biology written by a leading authority on the subject. Geared to philosophers, biologists, and students of both, the book provides sophisticated and innovative coverage of the central topics and many of the latest developments in the field. Emphasizing connections between biological theories and other areas of philosophy, and carefully explaining both philosophical and biological terms, Peter Godfrey-Smith discusses the relation between philosophy and science; examines the role of laws, mechanistic explanation, and idealized models in biological theories; describes evolution by natural selection; and assesses attempts to extend Darwin's mechanism to explain changes in ideas, culture, and other phenomena. Further topics include functions and teleology, individuality and organisms, species, the tree of life, and human nature. The book closes with detailed, cutting-edge treatments of the evolution of cooperation, of information in biology, and of the role of communication in living systems at all scales.Authoritative and up-to-date, this is an essential guide for anyone interested in the important philosophical issues raised by the biological sciences. Autorid: Peter Godfrey-Smith
This special edition Paperback includes both The Untamed and The Unruly plus PLUS Bonus story Daddy Reed.The UntamedI live in the Alaskan wild with my family because it's where I belong.Safe. Loved. Protected. Happy.Beyond our home is a violent, ruled society I don't ever care to encounter.My oldest brother already went that route, and it ruined him.Being around strangers means heartache, pain, and misery.I'll stick with what I know because that doesn't hurt.All I need are my siblings.They're my best friends.Life is fun with them.Together, we're free in the wild.But the wilderness is also the home of predators.Bears, bad weather, sickness.Other people.We thought we could live alone and unmolested by the latter.We were so wrong.With their sudden presence, everything about our lives is challenged.Loyalties become twisted.Hearts get tangled in the chaos.Feelings and urges cross impossible lines there's no coming back from.Bewildering. Depraved. Perverted. Dark. Vile.My secret desires are wrong.They threaten everything I hold so dear.I could fight against it if I were alone in these forbidden thoughts.I'm not.We're in this together.Our love is untamed.And we are the unruly.***The UnrulyThey took everything from us.Our home. Our family. Our freedom.We've been forced on a trip from hell with people we hate.With each step we take, we lose hope of ever making our way back home again.These people have a wicked agenda.We are their prey.They're brutal and cold.Every person in their group has twisted delusions.I need for my other brothers to rescue us and release us from our prison.As time quickly passes, I realize no one is coming for us.The only way we'll escape is if we save ourselves.I'll have to be smart and calculating. The timing needs to be just right.When we make our great escape, I'll finally be at liberty to explore the feelings I have for my brothers. Love, so pure and innocent, can't be a bad thing.Desperate. Starved. Agonizing. Desire.The way I ache for my siblings doesn't feel wrong. I can no longer fight against these forbidden cravings.We'll love in secret and hope our parents don't find out.Because, if they do discover what we've done, it could mean banishment, or worse.Whatever happens, we'll figure it out. We're in this together.Nothing will keep us apart ever again.Our love is untamed.And we are the unruly.***The Untamed and The Unruly is a second generation forbidden romance in the Wild World taking place on the timeline after The Wild and The Free. While it's not necessary to have read the other two books, please note these characters are the children of Daddy Reed from The Wild. You'll see all of the characters from The Wild and The Free in The Untamed and The Unruly. Please read trigger warnings before proceeding.***
A visionary look at how novel attributes arise and become transformative innovations in nature, culture, and technologyThe Origins of the New presents a revolutionary approach to evolutionary success in all realms of life. In this groundbreaking book, Douglas Erwin takes readers on a dazzling excursion across science and history to explore how evolution generates new and enduring features in biology, culture, and technology.Erwin begins by tracing how thinkers from Darwins time to the present day have sought to discover the driving mechanisms of evolutionary novelty. He then lays out compelling empirical evidence for separating novelty from innovation, showing how novelty involves the emergence of unique characteristics while innovation has to do with the success of those characteristics across time. Erwin develops a unifying conceptual framework for these powerful dynamics, demonstrating how they have shaped everything from the evolution of avian feathers and flight to the creation of human language and the breathtaking advances in digital computing were witnessing today.A landmark work that redefines our understanding of the changes happening all around us, The Origins of the New reveals how the forces of novelty and innovation are the same across nature and culture, continually producing new forms and refashioning the world as we know it.Published in association with the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC Autorid: Douglas H. Erwin
Quantum mechanics was still in its infancy in 1932 when the young John von Neumann, who would go on to become one of the greatest mathematicians of the twentieth century, published Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics--a revolutionary book that for the first time provided a rigorous mathematical framework for the new science. Robert Beyer's 1955 English translation, which von Neumann reviewed and approved, is cited more frequently today than ever before. But its many treasures and insights were too often obscured by the limitations of the way the text and equations were set on the page. In this new edition of this classic work, mathematical physicist Nicholas Wheeler has completely reset the book in TeX, making the text and equations far easier to read.
Tracing the genealogy of conspiracy theory, from Machiavelli through the "paranoid style” to QAnonTruthers, birthers, flat-Earthers, the deep state, crisis actors, chemtrails, the Epstein files, Pizzagate, the Plandemic—it seems as though there’s a conspiracy theory for every situation. But what exactly is a conspiracy theory? And why is the term used to describe beliefs that are so very unlike theories (at least in the scientific sense of the word)? In this erudite and original book, Andrew McKenzie-McHarg answers these questions not by formulating a definition but by tracing a genealogy. He uncovers two crucial strands of contemporary conspiracy theorizing on the threshold of modernity: on the one hand, political analysis as realized by Niccolò Machiavelli in such works as The Prince and, on the other, apocalyptic prophecy as channeled by the charismatic preacher Girolamo Savonarola. The French Revolution, the antisemitic hoax known as the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, and the Nuremberg Trials number among the subsequent episodes that progressively entangled these strands before finally knotting them into the twentieth-century concept of conspiracy theory. Alternative labels were also offered, most strikingly by the historian Richard Hofstadter, whose engagement with American right-wing politics in the 1950s and 1960s inspired his notion of the paranoid style. As McKenzie-McHarg shows, Hofstadter’s coinage, with its psychological bent, contributed to personalizing our understanding of conspiracy theory, thus yielding a specific type of person that, for better or worse, has become all too familiar to us today: the conspiracy theorist. Proceeding from The Prince through The Protocols to the paranoid style and then beyond to QAnon, The Hidden History of Conspiracy Theory sheds new light on a complex and troubling phenomenon.
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Klassikaline puidust aialaud sobib suurepäraselt kasutamiseks väljas ja on mõeldud teie aia, terrassi või siseõue keskpunktiks. Ebatsuuga puit: õuelaud on valmistatud toekast ebatsuuga puidust. Ebatsuuga puit: ebatsuuga puit on äärmiselt vastupidav ja sobib ideaalselt õues kasutamiseks. Ebatsuuga puit on tugev ja vajab ka ilmastiku mõjul vähem hooldust.Tugev pealispind: lauaplaat pakub suurepärast tuge jookide, suupistete, puuviljakorvide ja kaunistuste jaoks.Stabiilne raam: puidust raam tagab aiamööbli tugevuse ja stabiilsuse.Lai kasutus: terrassilaua lihtne ja ajatu disain sobib rõdule, aeda, terrassile jne. Hea teada:Selleks, et kokkupanek oleks võimalikult lihtne on iga tootega kaasas kasutusjuhend. Märkus.Selleks, et õuemööbel püsiks ilus, soovitame seda kaitsta veekindla kattega.p>• Turvalised maksemeetodid: Paypal, pangaülekanne, deebet- ja krediitkaardid, Trustly • Uhiuus toode. 2-aastane garantii sularahas kohaletoimetamise.Tasuta tarne
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Looge aiamööbli komplektiga aeda kutsuv ja kena ilme! Aiamööbli komplektil on pulbervärvitud terasraam, mis muudab laua ja toolid stabiilseks ja vastupidavaks. Siledat klaasist lauaplaati on lihtne niiske lapiga puhastada ning see sobib suurepäraselt einete, jookide ja muude dekoratiivesemete paigutamiseks. Tänu veekindlale õõnsale PVC-rotangile on toolid kulumiskindlad, kergesti hooldatavad ja sobivad igapäevaseks välitingimustes kasutamiseks. Seljatoed lisavad toolidele istumismugavust. Märkus: aiamööbli eluea pikendamiseks soovitame seda kaitsta veekindla kattega.p>• Turvalised maksemeetodid: Paypal, pangaülekanne, deebet- ja krediitkaardid, Trustly • Uhiuus toode. 2-aastane garantii sularahas kohaletoimetamise.Tasuta tarne
The first comprehensive field guide to every bird species in Europe, North Africa, and the Middle EastBirds of Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East is the first comprehensive pocket-sized photographic field guide to every bird
Looge aiamööbli komplektiga aeda kutsuv ja kena ilme! Aiamööbli komplektil on pulbervärvitud terasraam, mis muudab laua ja toolid stabiilseks ja vastupidavaks. Siledat klaasist lauaplaati on lihtne niiske lapiga puhastada ning see sobib suurepäraselt einete, jookide ja muude dekoratiivesemete paigutamiseks. Tänu veekindlale õõnsale PVC-rotangile on toolid kulumiskindlad, kergesti hooldatavad ja sobivad igapäevaseks välitingimustes kasutamiseks. Seljatoed lisavad toolidele istumismugavust. Märkus: aiamööbli eluea pikendamiseks soovitame seda kaitsta veekindla kattega.p>• Turvalised maksemeetodid: Paypal, pangaülekanne, deebet- ja krediitkaardid, Trustly • Uhiuus toode. 2-aastane garantii sularahas kohaletoimetamise.Tasuta tarne
Totally Random is a comic for the serious reader who wants to really understand the central mystery of quantum mechanics--entanglement: what it is, what it means, and what you can do with it. Totally Random is a graphic experiential narrative that unpacks the deep and insidious significance of the curious correlation between entangled particles to deliver a gut-feel glimpse of a world that is not what it seems. See for yourself how entanglement has led some of the greatest thinkers of our time to talk about crazy-sounding stuff like faster-than-light signaling, many worlds, and cats that are both dead and alive. Find out why it remains one of science's most paradigm-shaking discoveries. Join Niels Bohr's therapy session with the likes of Einstein, Schrödinger, and other luminaries and let go of your commonsense notion of how the world works
In the century after the Civil War, an economic revolution improved the American standard of living in ways previously unimaginable. Electric lighting, indoor plumbing, motor vehicles, air travel, and television transformed households and workplaces. But has that era of unprecedented growth come to an end? Weaving together a vivid narrative, historical anecdotes, and economic analysis, The Rise and Fall of American Growth challenges the view that economic growth will continue unabated, and demonstrates that the life-altering scale of innovations between 1870 and 1970 cannot be repeated. Gordon contends that the nation's productivity growth will be further held back by the headwinds of rising inequality, stagnating education, an aging population, and the rising debt of college students and the federal government, and that we must find new solutions. A critical voice in the most pressing debates of our time, The Rise and Fall of American Growth is at once a tribute to a century of radical change and a harbinger of tougher times to come
A complete and unabridged full-color edition of the classic sourcebook on ornamental designFirst published in 1856, The Grammar of Ornament remains a design classic. Its inspiration came from pioneering British architect and designe
A fully revised and updated new edition of the acclaimed field guide to the birds of northeast AfricaBirds of the Horn of Africa is widely regarded as the best field guide to the more than 1,000 species of resident, migrant, and vag
Language: English, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 384, Publishers: Princeton University Press, Author: Wildlife of Japan Mark Brazil, ISBN-13: 9780691175065, Date of issue: 2022
The Reign of Terror continues to fascinate scholars as one of the bloodiest periods in French history, when the Committee of Public Safety strove to defend the first Republic from its many enemies, creating a climate of fear and suspicion in revolutionary France. R. R. Palmer's fascinating narrative follows the Committee's deputies individually and collectively, recounting and assessing their tumultuous struggles in Paris and their repressive missions in the provinces. A foreword by Isser Woloch explains why this book remains an enduring classic in French revolutionary studies.
An accessible blend of narrative history and science, Strange Glow describes mankind's extraordinary, thorny relationship with radiation, including the hard-won lessons of how radiation helps and harms our health. Timothy Jorgensen explores how our knowledge of and experiences with radiation in the last century can lead us to smarter personal decisions about radiation exposures today.
This eagerly anticipated third and final volume of Reiner Stach's definitive biography of the writer answers that question with more facts and insight than ever before, describing the complex personal, political, and cultural circumstances that shaped the young Franz Kafka (1883 - 1924). It tells the story of the years from his birth in Prague to the beginning of his professional and literary career in 1910, taking the reader up to just before the breakthrough that resulted in his first masterpieces, including "The Metamorphosis." Brimming with vivid and often startling details, Stach's narrative invites readers deep inside this neglected period of Kafka's life. The book's richly atmospheric portrait of his German Jewish merchant family and his education, psychological development, and sexual maturation draws on numerous sources, some still unpublished, including family letters, schoolmates' memoirs, and early diaries of his close friend Max Brod.
