Meteorological Tsunamis: The U.S. East Coast and Other Coastal Regions

The book encompasses a set of papers on meteorological tsunamis covering various aspects on this rare but potentially destructive multiresonant phenomenon. Altogether an editorial and 15 contributions are part of this book; eight of the contributions deal with different aspects of meteotsunamis along the U.S. East Coast and in the region of the Great Lakes, including one paper introducing a new…

Meteorological Tsunamis: The U.S. East Coast and Other Coastal Regions

The book encompasses a set of papers on meteorological tsunamis covering various aspects on this rare but potentially destructive multiresonant phenomenon. Altogether an editorial and 15 contributions are part of this book; eight of the contributions deal with different aspects of meteotsunamis along the U.S. East Coast and in the region of the Great Lakes, including one paper introducing a new…

The Social Neuroscience of Empathy

"A Bradford book."In recent decades, empathy research has blossomed into a vibrant and multidisciplinary field of study. This text collects cross-disciplinary, cutting-edge work on human empathy from the perspectives of social, cognitive, developmental and clinincal psychology and cognitive/affective neuroscience.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Pragmatic Neuroethics: Improving Treatment and Understanding of the Mind-Brain

A survey of the emerging field of neuroethics that calls for a multidisciplinary, pragmatic approach for tackling key issues and improving patient care.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Global institutions and social knowledge : generating research at the Scripps…

This theoretical and empirical study examines the influence of global institutions on the generation of scientific knowledge. Virginia Walsh's approach reverses the traditional focus of international relations literature--which most often deals with how scientific knowledge influences institutions--and offers an original way to look at international environmental governance. After proposing a 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…

Earth system analysis for sustainability

"Report of the 91st Dahlem Workshop on Earth System Analysis for Sustainabliity, Berlin, May 25-30, 2003"--Page [ii].Earth System Analysis for Sustainability uses an integrated systems approach to provide a panoramic view of planetary dynamics since the inception of life some four billion years ago and to identify principles for responsible management of the global environment in the future. Pe…

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Emil du Bois-Reymond: Neuroscience, Self, and Society in Nineteenth-Century G…

A biography of an important but largely forgotten nineteenth-century scientist whose work helped lay the foundation of modern neuroscience.Emil du Bois-Reymond is the most important forgotten intellectual of the nineteenth century. In his own time (1818-1896) du Bois-Reymond grew famous in his native Germany and beyond for his groundbreaking research in neuroscience and his provocative addresse…

Thinking like a Mall: Environmental Philosophy after the End of Nature

A provocative argument that environmental thinking would be better off if it dropped the concept of ""nature"" altogether and spoke instead of the built environment.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.