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  • Connecting Physics Education Research and Practice

    Edited by Italo Testa, Marisa Michelini, Salvatore Esposito ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    This book presents a selection of the most recent research results from the Italian physics education research community, aimed at enhancing the teaching and learning of physics. The motivation for this publication arises from the lack of a comprehensive reference for teachers on research results in physics education. Despite various physics curriculum reform initiatives, such as the introduction ... Read more

    $116.09 USD

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    The Neuroscience and Physics of Time

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    "Beautifully written, eloquently reasoned…Mr. Buonomano takes us off and running on an edifying scientific journey." —Carol Tavris, Wall Street JournalIn Your Brain Is a Time Machine, leading neuroscientist Dean Buonomano embarks on an "immensely engaging" exploration of how time works inside the brain (Barbara Kiser, Nature). The human brain, he argues, is a complex system that not only tells ... Read more

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  • From Matter to Life

    Information and Causality

    Edited by Sara Imari Walker, Paul C. W. Davies, George F. R. Ellis ...
    Recent advances suggest that the concept of information might hold the key to unravelling the mystery of life's nature and origin. Fresh insights from a broad and authoritative range of articulate and respected experts focus on the transition from matter to life, and hence reconcile the deep conceptual schism between the way we describe physical and biological systems. A unique cross-disciplinary ... Read more

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  • Powerful Ideas of Science and How to Teach Them

    by Jasper Green ...
    A bullet dropped and a bullet fired from a gun will reach the ground at the same time. Plants get the majority of their mass from the air around them, not the soil beneath them. A smartphone is made from more elements than you. Every day, science teachers get the opportunity to blow students’ minds with counter-intuitive, crazy ideas like these. But getting students to understand and remember the ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • Chaos and Complexity in Psychology

    The Theory of Nonlinear Dynamical Systems

    Edited by Stephen J. Guastello, Matthijs Koopmans, David Pincus ...
    While many books have discussed methodological advances in nonlinear dynamical systems theory (NDS), this volume is unique in its focus on NDS's role in the development of psychological theory. After an introductory chapter covering the fundamentals of chaos, complexity and other nonlinear dynamics, subsequent chapters provide in-depth coverage of each of the specific topic areas in psychology. A ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • Biophysics Of Consciousness: A Foundational Approach

    by Roman R Poznanski, Jack A Tuszynski, Todd E Feinberg ...
    The problem of how the brain produces consciousness, subjectivity and 'something it is like to be' remains one of the greatest challenges to a complete science of the natural world. While various scientists and philosophers approach the problem from their own unique perspectives and in the terms of their own respective fields, Biophysics of Consciousness: A Foundational Approach attempts a ... Read more

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  • Statistical Downscaling and Bias Correction for Climate Research

    by Douglas Maraun, Martin Widmann ...
    Statistical downscaling and bias correction are becoming standard tools in climate impact studies. This book provides a comprehensive reference to widely-used approaches, and additionally covers the relevant user context and technical background, as well as a synthesis and guidelines for practitioners. It presents the main approaches including statistical downscaling, bias correction and weather ... Read more

    $69.69 USD

  • Complex Systems and Society

    Modeling and Simulation

    by Nicola Bellomo, Giulia Ajmone Marsan, Andrea Tosin ...
    Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
    This work aims to foster the interdisciplinary dialogue between mathematicians and socio-economic scientists. Interaction among scholars and practitioners traditionally coming from different research areas is necessary more than ever in order to better understand many real-world problems we face today. On the one hand, mathematicians need economists and social scientists to better address the ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Science: Image In Action - Proceedings Of The 7th International Workshop On Data Analysis In Astronomy "Livio Scarsi And Vito Digesu"

    by Bertrand Zavidovique, Giosue Lo Bosco ...
    Series series The Science And Culture Series - Astrophysics
    The book gathers articles that were exposed during the seventh edition of the Workshop “Data Analysis in Astronomy”. It illustrates a current trend to search for common expressions or models transcending usual disciplines, possibly associated with some lack in the Mathematics required to model complex systems. In that, data analysis would be at the epicentre and a key facilitator of some current ... Read more

    $56.99 USD

  • Dictionary of Scientific Principles

    Edited by Stephen Marvin ...
    Dictionary of Scientific Principles presents a unique and timeless collection of (almost) all known rules or laws commonly called principles, identified throughout the history of scientific development, their definition, and use. Exploring a broad range of disciplines, the book first lists more than 2,000 principles organized in a standard alphabetical order, then provides a list of subject ... Read more

    $218.00 USD

  • Time and Science

    In 3 VolumesVolume 1: The Metaphysics of Time and Its EvolutionVolume 2: Life SciencesVolume 3: Physical Sciences and Cosmology

    by Carlo Rovelli, Rémy Lestienne, Paul A Harris ...
    Prominent scientists and philosophers of science address contemporary debates on the nature of Time. Their contributions freely discuss its unity and reality, its compatibility with the orders of classical philosophy (present, past and future) and with the disputed idea of free will (Volume 1). They also present a detailed and updated state of the role of Time in the so-called exact sciences: ... Read more

    $235.99 USD

  • Beauty and the Brain

    The Aesthetic Compass

    by Robert W. Thatcher ...
    Beauty and the Brain: The Aesthetic Compass; Where Consciousness and the Physics of the Universe Meet explores how we as a society perceive beauty. This Fascinating text provides an explanation of how aesthetic appreciation occurs by a match of the structure of the brain and external forms, it also describes the brain mechanisms by which humans perceive beauty and how the logarithmic spiral form ... Read more

    $9.99 USD