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…

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The Ethical Treatment of Depression: Autonomy Through Psychotherapy

Is there is a moral imperative on physicians to refer patients with mental depression for psychotherapy rather that treating the ailment with drugs? Psychotherapy, in particular cognitive behavior therapy, promotes autonomy & it is the loss of autonomy, argues Paul Biegler, that is at the heart of depression.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Vision: A computational investigation into the human representation and proce…

"David Marr's posthumously published Vision (1982) influenced a generation of brain and cognitive scientists, inspiring many to enter the field. In Vision, Marr describes a general framework for understanding visual perception and touches on broader questions about how the brain and its functions can be studied and understood. Researchers from a range of brain and cognitive sciences have long v…

Felix Holt, the radical

Fathers and daughters -- Fiction, Love stories, PR, Legal stories, Radicals -- Fiction, Political fiction, Elections -- Fiction, England -- Fiction, Domestic fiction, Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction

Reminiscences of an engineer, at home and abroad

MY HISTORY begins at 1836, at which time I went to one of the largest manufacturers then in London of Marine Engines. There were two factories belonging to the same firm

Living in denial: Climate change, emotions, and everyday life

Global warming is the most significant environmental issue of our time, yet public response in Western nations has been meager. Why have so few taken any action? In this book sociologist Kari Norgaard searches for answers to this question.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Spreadsheet implementation technology: Basics and extensions

"Spreadsheets are used daily by millions of people for tasks that range from organizing a list of addresses to carrying out complex economic simulations. Spreadsheet programs are easy to learn and convenient to use because they have a clear visual model and a simple efficient underlying computational model. Yet although the basic spreadsheet model could be extended, improved, or otherwise exper…

The end of energy: The unmaking of America's environment, security, and indep…

"Americans take for granted that when we flip a switch the light will go on, when we turn up the thermostat the room will get warm, and when we pull up to the pump gas will be plentiful and relatively cheap. In The End of Energy, Michael Graetz shows us that we have been living an energy delusion for forty years. Until the 1970s, we produced domestically all the oil we needed to run our power p…