Helmholtz: From enlightenment to neuroscience

"Although Hermann von Helmholtz was one of the most remarkable figures of nineteenth-century science, he is little known outside his native Germany. Helmholtz (1821-1894) made significant contributions to the study of vision and perception and was also influential in the painting, music, and literature of the time; one of his major works analyzed tone in music. This book, the first in English t…

Dynamical systems in neuroscience: The geometry of excitability and bursting

Explains the relationship of electrophysiology, nonlinear dynamics, and the computational properties of neurons, with each concept presented in terms of both neuroscience and mathematics and illustrated using geometrical intuition. In order to model neuronal behavior or to interpret the results of modeling studies, neuroscientists must call upon methods of nonlinear dynamics. This book offers a…

Global Interdependence, Decoupling, and Recoupling

"One lens through which to view global economic interdependence and the spillover of shocks is that of decoupling (and then recoupling). Decoupling between developed and developing countries can be seen in the strong economic performance of China and India relative to that of the United States and Europe in the early 2000s. Recoupling then took place as developing countries sank along with the …

Talmudical and rabbinical literature

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Common fossils of western New York

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The Glasgow Gallery

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64 p. : 14 cm,"The selection of works is that of Mr. James Paton, the General Superintendent of the

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Letters, sentences and maxims

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The location of La Salle's colony on the Gulf of Mexico

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p. [171]-189. 23 cm,Reprinted from Southwestern historical quarterly, XXVII, 171-189

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Self-instruction for students in gas engineering. Being answers to questions …

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2 p. U+fffd., iii-viii, 263 p. 19 cm,Advertising matter: p. 247-263,Lettered on cover: Advanced

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Spaceflight :a concise history

A concise history of spaceflight, from military rocketry through Sputnik, Apollo, robots in space, space culture, and human spaceflight today. Spaceflight is one of the greatest human achievements of the twentieth century. The Soviets launched Sputnik, the first satellite, in 1957; less than twelve years later, the American Apollo astronauts landed on the Moon. In this volume of the MIT Press E…