Features of person :from the inventory of persons to their morphological real…

This book offers a significant reconceptualization of the person system in natural language. The authors, leading scholars in syntax and its interfaces, propose that person features do not have inherent content but are used to navigate a "person space" at the heart of every pronominal expression. They map the journey of person features in grammar, from semantics through syntax to the system of …

Leading from within :conscious social change and mindfulness for social innov…

A roadmap for integrating mindfulness into every aspect of social change: how to lead transformation with compassion for the needs and perspectives of all people. Gretchen Steidle knows first-hand the personal transformation that mindfulness practice can bring. But she doesn't believe that transformation stops at personal wellbeing. In Leading from Within , Steidle describes the ways that perso…

From Monkey Brain to Human Brain: A Fyssen Foundation Symposium

"Proceedings of the ninth Fyssen Symposium entitled "From monkey brain to human brain" which was held at the Pavillon Henry IV in St-Germain-en-Laye from 20 to 23 June 2003"--Preface.Leaders in cognitive psychology, comparative biology, and neuroscience discuss patterns of convergence and divergence seen in studies of human and nonhuman primate brains.The extraordinary overlap between human and…

The importance of small decisions :how culture evolves

How people make decisions in an era of too much information and fake news. Humans originally evolved in a world of few choices. Prehistoric, preindustrial, and predigital eras required fewer decisions than today's all-access, always-on world of too much information. Economists have largely discarded the idea that agents act rationally and the market follows suit. It seems that no matter how sma…

Building the intentional university :Minerva and the future of higher education

Includes index."We start with a simple question: If you could reinvent higher education for the 21st century, what should it look like? We began by taking a hard look at problems in traditional higher education, and innovated in many ways to address these problems head-on: We have created a new curriculum, focusing on what we call "practical knowledge"; we have developed new pedagogy, based on …

From Newspeak to Cyberspeak: A History of Soviet Cybernetics

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Data science

A concise introduction to the emerging field of data science, explaining its evolution, relation to machine learning, current uses, data infrastructure issues, and ethical challenges.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Translating happiness :a cross-cultural lexicon of well-being

How embracing untranslatable terms for well-being - from the Finnish sisu to the Yiddish mensch - can enrich our emotional understanding and experience. Western psychology is rooted in the philosophies and epistemologies of Western culture. But what of concepts and insights from outside this frame of reference?OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Fighting corruption is dangerous :the story behind the headlines

A frontline account of how to fight corruption, from Nigeria's former finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

The state of economics, the state of the world

Leading economists address the ongoing challenges to economics in theory and practice in a time of political and economic crises.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.