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Alfredo Zotti, a professional musician and bipolar survivor with a university degree in social anthropology and three years study of psychology, provides an introduction to music theory with specific case studies of applications for Alzheimer's, bipolar disorder, autism spectrum disorder (ASD), schizophrenia, anxiety, depression and other issues. Working primarily as a peer support counselor, his person-centered methods are respectful of client's...
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The Science Delusion is an answer to Richard Dawkins God Delusion. Part A of The Science Delusion commences with a criticism of Karl Popper's Philosophy of Science. This is because some spokesmen for evolution like to use Karl Popper's testability criterion as a categorisation argument against creationism. Some spokesmen for evolution like to say things like 'creationism is not testable therefore it is not science'. In part Popper's philosophy owes...
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This is a collection of funny and inspiring stories from some of my rest home singalongs.
After a fun hour of singing and joking around one lady said, "You make us feel young again . . . if only for an hour." That's the comment that started me thinking I need to collect these wonderful stories and share them. Hope you like them. Rick.
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About half of the undergraduate and roughly 40 percent of graduate degree recipients in science and engineering are women. As increasing numbers of these women pursue research careers in science, many who choose to have children discover the unique difficulties of balancing a professional life in these highly competitive (and often male-dominated) fields with the demands of motherhood. Although this issue directly affects the career advancement of...
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Los temas clave para sumergirse en el apasionante y complejo mundo de la Filosofía, ordenados por temas y descritos con rigor académico en un lenguaje ameno y divulgativo. ¿Qué es la Filosofía?, metafísica, ontología, los límites del conocimiento, el hombre en el cosmos, filosofía de la religión, filosofía y economía, sociedad y política, arte y estética. Todas las respuestas a las preguntas que siempre se ha hecho.
¿Sabías que la...
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What is genetic modification? What does it truly mean for us and the world around us? What are the risks and benefits? And, what's more, how does it even work? The facts about GM are few and far between, but opinions from both sides of the debate are vocal and overpowering. Is that Fish in your Tomato? is a beacon through the noise, explaining the origins and science behind GM, the environmental uncertainties and the public health concerns which have...
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In addition to his brilliant achievements in theoretical mathematics, Alfred North Whitehead exercised an extensive knowledge of philosophy and literature that informs and elevates all of his works. This book represents one of his most significant achievements in the field of natural philosophy. The Concept of Nature originated with Whitehead's Tarner Lectures, and it offers undergraduate students and other readers an absorbing exploration of the...
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Our modern patterns of thinking and learning are all based on observing a world of 'things', which we think of as separate building blocks. This worldview allows us to count and measure objects without their having any innate value; it provides neat definitions and a sense of control over life. However, this approach also sets humans apart from each other, and from nature.
In reality, in nature, everything is connected in a fluid, dynamic way. 'Separateness'...
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Víctor Manuel Toledo, un destacado referente académico en el pensamiento ambiental, presenta en su libro una antología de sus contribuciones teóricas y metodológicas. Sus planteamientos se materializan en experiencias concretas, enriqueciendo el libro. Toledo analiza ecos históricos y se destaca como un crítico comprometido, iluminando posibilidades en medio de la crisis. No se conforma con la descomposición, sino que identifica resistencias...
90) 100 Cassettes
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100 Cassettes started life as one hundred hand drawn cassette covers for an installation at the dA Center for the Arts in Pomona. This book features one hundred chapters on artists and the inner life of music.
Find early entries of abstraction on Alice Cooper, Earl Sweatshirt, Talk Talk, and Prince as well as non fiction meditations on Tony Conrad, Black Sabbath, The Fall, and The Sun City Girls.
Featuring a foreword by Jonathan Lethem and an afterword...
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God Is: A Matter of Fact But Why Does the Fact Matter? Why propose the Theory of Fundamental Intelligence or discuss God as a Matter of Fact? Why is the Scientific Study of the existence of God warranted? The answer lies in two alarming biases: Restricted Science and Creation Teaching. Restricted Science. Over the last century there has been a concerted effort to eliminate any discussion of God or any hypothesis regarding Fundamental Intelligence...
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-¡Cante con todas sus fuerzas! Es una certeza: cantar es bueno para nosotros. Entre otros beneficios, reduce la presión sanguínea y mejora la autoestima y la postura.
-Este libro ofrece una guía experta y ejercicios prácticos para ayudarle a añadir ritmo a su vida.
-De la mano de Rosie Dow, profesora de canto con una extensa carrera y experiencia, descubra cómo controlar la voz, disfrutar de los beneficios físicos y emocionales del canto,...
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Bentley Glass, one of the world's leading investigators in the field of human genetics, is concerned with the moral absolutes and ethics involved in experimentation with human life in the laboratory. He feels that with the development of knowledge must come wider recognition of consequences. His book indicates that we are responsible for all living things. Originally published in 1965. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use...
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Get the Summary of Rebecca Boyle's Our Moon in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Our Moon" by Rebecca Boyle offers a comprehensive exploration of Earth's satellite, the Moon, and its profound impact on human history, culture, and scientific understanding. The Moon's desolate landscape, with its extreme temperature fluctuations and seismic activity, contrasts sharply with the vibrant life on Earth. Boyle delves into...
95) Un Ovium Mori
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Words do naught to function without meaning or expression providing a foundation, and despite the benevolence, grace, or malign intention that backs them up, often enough do we find that these variables mean nothing in a written state-too often are false affections and prejudices ascribed to our words and sewn into our lips; if it is the duty of the author-or of the speaker-to convey absolute meaning, and in that instance we may yet be absolutely...
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¿Cómo gobernar a los hombres? Esta pregunta fundamental se instala, nos dice Foucault, a partir del siglo XVI, y no ha dejado de plantearse desde entonces en las sociedades occidentales, marcando el auge del "arte de gobernar". Si la Iglesia cristiana sostenía que cada individuo debía ser conducido hacia la salvación por alguien a quien lo ligaba un vínculo de obediencia, según el modelo del pastor y las ovejas, y si esta idea rigió durante...
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Everyone knows that today's rate of technological change is unprecedented. With breakthroughs from the Internet to cell phones to digital music and pictures, everyone knows that the social impact of technology has never been as profound or overwhelming. But how much is truth and how much is hype?
Future Hype surveys the past few hundred years to show that many of the technologies we now take for granted transformed society in far more dramatic ways...
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Two earnest scholars who study human consciousness spend six days in a conversation spanning their areas of knowledge in science, philosophy, and metaphysics to question whether our profound ecological crisis, unique in the life of our planet in its potential for loss of biodiversity and the possibility of actual extinction of our species, can be rectified.
100) La ignorancia debida
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"Un gobierno latinoamericano puede lanzar a su maquinaria diplomática al rescate de un militar acusado de torturador o genocida, que de pronto es atrapado en una visita cándida a Europa, o fletar un avión para regresarlo a su patria, pero no hace absolutamente nada para repatriar (y emplear) a miles de sus científicos exiliados en el Primer Mundo. Por supuesto, esto se debe al simple hecho de que esos gobiernos saben muy bien para qué sirven...
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