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Surfaces and Essences

Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking

by Emmanuel Sander, Douglas R Hofstadter ...

A revelatory foray into cognition and the dynamics of the mind.**“*****Surfaces and Essences *****warrants a place alongside Gödel, Escher, Bach and major recent treatments of human cognition. Analogy is not the endpoint of understanding, but its indispensable beginning.” –**ScienceAnalogy is the core of all thinking.This is the simple but unorthodox premise that Pulitzer ... ... Read more

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A revelatory foray into cognition and the dynamics of the mind.**“*****Surfaces and Essences *****warrants a place alongside Gödel, Escher, Bach and major recent treatments of human cognition. Analogy is not the endpoint of understanding, but its indispensable beginning.” –**ScienceAnalogy is the core of all thinking.This is the simple but unorthodox premise that Pulitzer ...
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Metaphors for Education

by Emmanuel Sander ...

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Metaphors are more than just linguistic tools; they go far beyond this. By drawing on the known to illuminate the unknown, they shape understanding and profoundly influence learning dynamics, making them particularly relevant in education.Metaphors for Education explores this theme in depth, offering a comprehensive and enlightening overview of the role and place of metaphors in the field of ... Read more

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Metaphors are more than just linguistic tools; they go far beyond this. By drawing on the known to illuminate the unknown, they shape understanding and profoundly influence learning dynamics, making them particularly relevant in education.Metaphors for Education explores this theme in depth, offering a comprehensive and enlightening overview of the role and place of metaphors in the field of
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Surfaces and Essences

Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking

by Douglas Hofstadter, Emmanuel Sander ...

Narrated by Sean Pratt ...

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33 hours 53 min

Analogy is the core of all thinking.This is the simple but unorthodox premise that Pulitzer Prize–winning author Douglas Hofstadter and French psychologist Emmanuel Sander defend in their new work. Hofstadter has been grappling with the mysteries of human thought for over thirty years. Now, with his trademark wit and special talent for making complex ideas vivid, he has partnered with Sander to ... Read more

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Analogy is the core of all thinking.This is the simple but unorthodox premise that Pulitzer Prize–winning author Douglas Hofstadter and French psychologist Emmanuel Sander defend in their new work. Hofstadter has been grappling with the mysteries of human thought for over thirty years. Now, with his trademark wit and special talent for making complex ideas vivid, he has partnered with Sander to
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I Am a Strange Loop

by Douglas R Hofstadter ...

Narrated by Greg Baglia ...

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16 hours 47 min

**One of our greatest philosophers and scientists of the mind examines where the self comes from – and how our selves can exist in the minds of others.“I Am a Strange Loop is a work of rigorous thinking, but it’s also an extraordinary tribute to the memory of romantic love: The Year of Magical Thinking for mathematicians.” ―Time**Deep down, your brain is a chaotic seething soup of particles. On a ... Read more

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**One of our greatest philosophers and scientists of the mind examines where the self comes from – and how our selves can exist in the minds of others.“I Am a Strange Loop is a work of rigorous thinking, but it’s also an extraordinary tribute to the memory of romantic love: The Year of Magical Thinking for mathematicians.” ―Time**Deep down, your brain is a chaotic seething soup of particles. On a
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Homo Mysterious

Evolutionary Puzzles of Human Nature

by David P. Barash ...

Narrated by Joe Barrett ...

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11 hours 27 min

For all that science knows about the living world, notes David P. Barash, there are even more things that we don't know, genuine evolutionary mysteries that perplex the best minds in biology. Paradoxically, many of these mysteries are very close to home, involving some of the most personal aspects of being human.Homo Mysterious examines a number of these evolutionary mysteries, exploring things ... Read more

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For all that science knows about the living world, notes David P. Barash, there are even more things that we don't know, genuine evolutionary mysteries that perplex the best minds in biology. Paradoxically, many of these mysteries are very close to home, involving some of the most personal aspects of being human.Homo Mysterious examines a number of these evolutionary mysteries, exploring things
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An Appetite for Wonder

The Making of a Scientist

by Richard Dawkins ...

Narrated by Richard Dawkins, Lalla Ward ...

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7 hours 56 min

New York Timesbestselling author and renowned atheist and evolutionary biologist, Richard Dawkins delivers an intimate look into his own childhood and intellectual development, illuminating his path to becoming one of the foremost thinkers in modern science today“A memoir that is funny and modest, absorbing and playful. Dawkins has written a marvelous love letter to science . . . and for this, the ... Read more

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New York Timesbestselling author and renowned atheist and evolutionary biologist, Richard Dawkins delivers an intimate look into his own childhood and intellectual development, illuminating his path to becoming one of the foremost thinkers in modern science today“A memoir that is funny and modest, absorbing and playful. Dawkins has written a marvelous love letter to science . . . and for this, the
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Who's in Charge?

Free Will and the Science of the Brain

by Michael S. Gazzaniga ...

Narrated by Pete Larkin ...

Unabridged

8 hours 8 min

A powerful orthodoxy in the study of the brain has taken hold inrecent years: Since physical laws govern the physical world and our own brains are part of that world, physical laws therefore govern ourbehavior and even our conscious selves. Free will is meaningless, goesthe mantra; we live in a "determined" world.Not so, argues the renowned neuroscientist Michael S. Gazzaniga in this thoughtful, ... Read more

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A powerful orthodoxy in the study of the brain has taken hold inrecent years: Since physical laws govern the physical world and our own brains are part of that world, physical laws therefore govern ourbehavior and even our conscious selves. Free will is meaningless, goesthe mantra; we live in a "determined" world.Not so, argues the renowned neuroscientist Michael S. Gazzaniga in this thoughtful,
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The Wisdom of Psychopaths

What Saints, Spies, and Serial Killers Can Teach Us About Success

by Kevin Dutton ...

Narrated by Erik Bergmann ...

Unabridged

8 hours 19 min

In this engrossing journey into the lives of psychopaths and their infamously crafty behaviors, the renowned psychologist Kevin Dutton reveals that there is a scale of "madness" along which we all sit. Incorporating the latest advances in brain scanning and neuroscience, Dutton demonstrates that the brilliant neurosurgeon who lacks empathy has more in common with a Ted Bundy who kills for pleasure ... Read more

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In this engrossing journey into the lives of psychopaths and their infamously crafty behaviors, the renowned psychologist Kevin Dutton reveals that there is a scale of "madness" along which we all sit. Incorporating the latest advances in brain scanning and neuroscience, Dutton demonstrates that the brilliant neurosurgeon who lacks empathy has more in common with a Ted Bundy who kills for pleasure
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The Social Conquest of Earth

by Edward O. Wilson ...

Narrated by Jonathan Hogan ...

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10 hours 29 min

From the most celebrated heir to Darwin comes a groundbreaking book on evolution, the summa work of Edward O. Wilson's legendary career.Sparking vigorous debate in the sciences, The Social Conquest of Earth upends “the famous theory that evolution naturally encourages creatures to put family first” (Discover). Refashioning the story of human evolution, Wilson draws on his remarkable knowledge of ... Read more

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From the most celebrated heir to Darwin comes a groundbreaking book on evolution, the summa work of Edward O. Wilson's legendary career.Sparking vigorous debate in the sciences, The Social Conquest of Earth upends “the famous theory that evolution naturally encourages creatures to put family first” (Discover). Refashioning the story of human evolution, Wilson draws on his remarkable knowledge of
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Situations Matter

Understanding How Context Transforms Your World

by Sam Sommers ...

Narrated by Joshua Swanson ...

Unabridged

8 hours 19 min

An entertaining and engaging" exploration of the invisible forces influencing your life-and how understanding them can improve everything you do.The world around you is pulling your strings, shaping your innermost instincts and your most private thoughts. And you don't even realize it.Every day and in all walks of life, we overlook the enormous power of situations, of context in our lives. That's ... Read more

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An entertaining and engaging" exploration of the invisible forces influencing your life-and how understanding them can improve everything you do.The world around you is pulling your strings, shaping your innermost instincts and your most private thoughts. And you don't even realize it.Every day and in all walks of life, we overlook the enormous power of situations, of context in our lives. That's
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The Improbability Principle

Why Coincidences, Miracles, and Rare Events Happen Every Day

by David J. Hand ...

Narrated by Paul Hodgson ...

Unabridged

8 hours 32 min

In The Improbability Principle, the renowned statistician David J. Hand argues that extraordinarily rare events are anything but. In fact, they're commonplace. Not only that, we should all expect to experience a miracle roughly once every month.But Hand is no believer in superstitions, prophecies, or the paranormal. His definition of "miracle" is thoroughly rational. No mystical or supernatural ... Read more

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In The Improbability Principle, the renowned statistician David J. Hand argues that extraordinarily rare events are anything but. In fact, they're commonplace. Not only that, we should all expect to experience a miracle roughly once every month.But Hand is no believer in superstitions, prophecies, or the paranormal. His definition of "miracle" is thoroughly rational. No mystical or supernatural
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Consciousness and the Brain

Deciphering How the Brain Codes Our Thoughts

by Stanislas Dehaene ...

Narrated by David Drummond ...

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11 hours 17 min

How does the brain generate a conscious thought? And why does so much of our knowledge remain unconscious? Thanks to clever psychological and brain-imaging experiments, scientists are closer to cracking this mystery than ever before.In this lively book, Stanislas Dehaene describes the pioneering work his lab and the labs of other cognitive neuroscientists worldwide have accomplished in defining, ... Read more

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How does the brain generate a conscious thought? And why does so much of our knowledge remain unconscious? Thanks to clever psychological and brain-imaging experiments, scientists are closer to cracking this mystery than ever before.In this lively book, Stanislas Dehaene describes the pioneering work his lab and the labs of other cognitive neuroscientists worldwide have accomplished in defining,
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