Daniel J : 712 books

Enables readers to start doing actual data analysis fast for a truly hands-on learning experience This concise and very easy-to-use primer introduces readers to a host of computational tools useful for making sense out of data, whether that data come from the social, behavioral, or natural...

Some people obtain Morgan Dollars without concern for price advancements in the years ahead. These are collectors in the purest sense and are the bedrock foundation of the hobby. However, many of us are hobbyists who try to select "Blue Chip" dates destined to rise strongly in value in the years ahead....

According to the laws of conservation of mass and energy, matter cannot be created or destroyed. Therefore, all human activities result in some residuals. In this title, originally published in 1978, the authors describe the overall magnitude of the annual residuals problem and apply a residuals-environmental...

This book provides a unified treatment of the characteristics of telescopes of all types, both those whose performance is set by geometrical aberrations and the effect of the atmosphere, and those diffraction-limited telescopes designed for observations from above the atmosphere. The emphasis throughout...

Surgery of the Hip is your definitive, comprehensive reference for hip surgery, offering coverage of state-of-the-art procedures for both adults and children. Modelled after Insall & Scott Surgery of the Knee, it presents detailed guidance on the latest approaches and techniques, so you can offer...

This book presents a detailed analytical formulation, and step-by-step design procedure for the electromagnetic (EM) design of radar absorbing structures (RAS). It discusses both the equivalent circuit model and Smith chart approach with illustrations to provide a clear understanding of the steps...

An advanced look at vibration analysis with a focus on active vibration suppression As modern devices, from cell phones to airplanes, become lighter and more flexible, vibration suppression and analysis becomes more critical. Vibration with Control, 2nd Edition includes modelling, analysis...

SAS2: A Guide to Collaborative Inquiry and Social Engagement represents a groundbreaking international effort to support the creation and mobilization of practical, authentic knowledge for social change. The guiding principle behind SAS2 (Social Analysis Systems, www.sas2.net) is that group dialogue...

In this new volume in Springer-Verlag's series "Recent Research in Psychology", Drs. Proctor and Weeks examine what has long been a "self-asserted superiority" of behavior analysts and Skinnerian researchers. Most behavior-analytic views derive from the philosophy of radical behaviorism,...

超越國度的歌曲魔力 改變你看世界的方式 為什麼某些宗教音樂可以加強團體的信仰？為什麼某些歌曲會讓我們潸然淚下？ 其實，音樂與歌曲是人類演化中的精華，能在我們的大腦中誘發情緒並引導行為： ◎為什麼傷心的人要聽慢歌？ 因為悲傷的音樂可以幫我們「騙過」頭腦，讓它釋放泌乳素來回應我們透過音樂想像出來的、安全的悲傷感，然後泌乳素就可以調整我們的心情。 ◎為什麼一起唱歌能夠促進團結 因為具有同步協調性質的歌曲和身體律動，彼此需要互動、相互遷就，因此能創造出最強烈的社交連結，體內還會分泌催產素，促進建立信任感。 ◎為什麼歌詞比文章更容易記憶？ 因為曲調的形式、結構與押韻，能夠為內容設下多重限制，並提供各種記憶上的提示，互相強化之下使得殘缺不全的記憶有幾乎完美的表現。 更多的音樂奧秘，都在《為什麼傷心的人要聽慢歌》逐步呈現。 本書作者丹尼爾．列維廷結合了他在麥基爾大學音樂認知實驗室中最先進的科學研究， 以及和指揮家、人類學家和演化生物學家等等的訪談內容， 呈現了六大類歌曲——友誼、喜悅、安慰、宗教、知識與愛， 這些歌曲如何在我們的大腦中運作，促成人類文化與社會中的人際連結。 《為什麼傷心的人要聽慢歌》帶我們走一遭藝術與科學的交融體驗， 從現代化的實證角度，對音樂提出極為豐富、令人耳目一新的見解， 讓我們對人類行為與文化進展產生了革命性的理解。 【專業推薦】 「科學家以演化生物學、神經科學、心智科學等角度解析音樂，帶來前所未見的開闊視野，也讓我們重新思考人性本質。作者自在遊走於生物音樂學的三個分支之間，不時穿插個人的音樂生命經驗，引用學術研討會中的精彩辯論，在理性與感性之間取得了美妙的平衡。」 ——臺大音樂學研究所副教授　蔡振家 為什麼歌曲能夠使你在幾秒鐘之內潸然淚下？《為什麼傷心的人要聽慢歌》會告訴你答案。書中對人類藝術的觀點新穎又激勵人心，讀起來樂趣十足，喜歡音樂的人都該來看這本書。 ——巴比．麥菲林（Bobby...

Republicanism, Rhetoric, and Roman Political Thought develops readings of Rome's three most important Latin historians - Sallust, Livy and Tacitus - in light of contemporary discussions of republicanism and rhetoric. Drawing on recent scholarship as well as other classical writers and later political...

This is the story of how every mirror is the pearl of the soul through trials to find love like a child with the rarest pearl. To fly through the eyes of my hearts journey and the pains of romance contained in purple flowers.

Vor 1000 Jahren herrscht die 'Schöne Kaiserin' und brillante Erzmagierin Hela-Horas über das Bosparanische Reich, das fast ganz Aventurien umspannt. Hela-Horas hat dem Reich Frieden und Wohlstand gebracht, doch unter der Oberfläche brodelt es: Nachdem die Bosparaner das Volk der Tulamiden bezwungen...

Do you know silica, the tetrahedra of silicon and oxygen constituting the crystals of New Agers and the desiccant in a box of new shoes?  It's no mere mundane mineral. As chemically reacting silicate rocks, silica set off the chain of events known as the origin of life. As biomineralized opal, it...