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Consciousness Explained
Consciousness Explained
Consciousness is notoriously difficult to explain. On one hand, there are facts about conscious experience--the way clarinets sound, the way lemonade tastes--that we know subjectively, from the inside. On the other hand, such facts are not readily accommodated in the objective world described by science. How, after all, could the reediness of...
Six-Legged Soldiers: Using Insects as Weapons of War
Six-Legged Soldiers: Using Insects as Weapons of War
"Six-Legged Soldiers is an excellent account of the affect arthropod-borne diseases have had on warfare...This book will inspire readers to understand...threats and prepare new methods to combat them."--Nature, November 2008

"Both science and military history buffs will learn much from Lockwood, a self-described skeptic
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Proof and Disproof in Formal Logic: An Introduction for Programmers (Oxford Texts in Logic)
Proof and Disproof in Formal Logic: An Introduction for Programmers (Oxford Texts in Logic)
Proof and Disproof in Formal Logic is a lively and entertaining introduction to formal logic providing an excellent insight into how a simple logic works. Formal logic allows you to check a logical claim without considering what the claim means. This highly abstracted idea is an essential and practical part of computer science. The idea of a...
From Embryology to Evo-Devo: A History of Developmental Evolution
From Embryology to Evo-Devo: A History of Developmental Evolution
Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2007.

Although we now know that ontogeny (individual development) does not actually recapitulate phylogeny (evolutionary transformation), contrary to Ernst Haeckel's famous dictum, the relationship between embryological development and evolution remains the subject of intense
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Eureka!: Physics of Particles, Matter and the Universe
Eureka!: Physics of Particles, Matter and the Universe
"... a concise, authoritative, well written review of physics, in all of its branches from Newton to Hawking ... has a truly excellent glossary ..." -- Australian & New Zealand Physicist

"... sets out the basic ideas of physics in a readable style which will commend itself to the general reader, high-school
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Student Research Projects in Calculus (Spectrum Series)
Student Research Projects in Calculus (Spectrum Series)
You are reading this preface because you are curious about student research projects in calculus. Thus you are a member of our intended audience: that growing group of people sincerely interested in improving their students' knowledge of calculus. As you read on, you will discover new ways to challenge your students and stimulate their interest in...
Dream Dictionary For Dummies (Psychology & Self Help)
Dream Dictionary For Dummies (Psychology & Self Help)
Dreams! What do they mean? You probably recognize a connection between the dream world and the “real” world, but did you know that you can actually do things to nurture your dream life? Dream Dictionary For Dummies is the fun and fascinating guide that shows you not only how to decode your dreams, but how to remember them and...
Probability and Schrodinger's Mechanics
Probability and Schrodinger's Mechanics

The presentation and interpretation of (non-relativistic) quantum mechanics is a very well-worked area of study; there have to be very good reasons for adding to the literature on this subject.

My reasons are (obviously) that I am far from satisfied with much of the published work and find difficulties with some points, in
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Professional Android Application Development (Wrox Programmer to Programmer)
Professional Android Application Development (Wrox Programmer to Programmer)

Professional Android Application Development

Offering an open development environment, Android represents an exciting new opportunity to write innovative applications for mobile devices. This book provides you with a hands-on guide to building these applications using the Android software development kit. It...

Lightness of Being: Mass, Ether, and the Unification of Forces
Lightness of Being: Mass, Ether, and the Unification of Forces
Science News

"For a safari-like adventure into the world of physics, follow Wilczek's lead. Quirky but knowledgeable, he explores the essence of the matter that makes up the universe — combining the enthusiasm of someone like Jeff Corwin with the thoughtfulness of a David
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Fiber Based Dispersion Compensation (Optical and Fiber Communications Reports)
Fiber Based Dispersion Compensation (Optical and Fiber Communications Reports)

A pulse of light spreads in time as it propagates in a fiber due to the physical phenomenon called dispersion. While dispersion can be deleterious in optical communications systems, it can also be exploited to manage the temporal and spectral shapes of pulses and their interactions with other pulses. Much of dispersion control is realized in...

The Greatest Comets in History: Broom Stars and Celestial Scimitars (Astronomers' Universe)
The Greatest Comets in History: Broom Stars and Celestial Scimitars (Astronomers' Universe)
The Greatest Comets of History is unique. There are a few books on comets that make passing reference to some of the famous and spectacular objects of earlier years, and a few descriptive catalogues are available, but little detailed descriptive information is contained in either of these sources. This book fills the vacant niche that exists...
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